[PC-NCSG] Consensus call on NCSG comments on the COE report Human Rights and ICANN
Stephanie Perrin
stephanie.perrin
Thu Sep 25 18:19:11 EEST 2014
I don't think anybody would trust ICANN to take the lead on human rights
issues, all we are looking for is compliance with generally accepted
public policy principles. WE have a long way to go in that regard, in
my view. I do share your concern about the grab...but at the moment, on
the privacy front, we are still fighting off a "risk-based approach" to
privacy. This has been what ICANN appears to have been practising for
quite some time...
Stephanie
On 14-09-25 10:23 AM, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
> I too endorse the comment, cleaned up with the proposed wording
> changes highlighted in the
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1swluHqQOEC4RZSO38if3qpBlfCDIqXjoaChoYYmrBfo/
> version.
>
> I would note in passing that the issue of human rights and the
> Internet is gaining increased attention on the agendas of a number of
> international and multilateral organizations. That is good but will
> also call for increased vigilance here since there is likely to be a
> "land grab" as significant players try to take control of the process,
> in order to take credit for what is arrived at.
>
> In my view ICANN is not the organization to take the lead in framing
> something for the Internet like the Universal Declaration of Human
> Rights (UNHDR), which in that case was passed by the UN. What ICANN
> can do, within its remit, is champion and become a best-in-class
> organization incorporating the human rights issues into its policies
> and practices. Doing so would be to ICANN's credit and give it a
> strong seat at any venue where the broader framing of Internet rights
> and human rights is taking place. It is my view that this is the
> strategy ICANN should initiate earlier rather than later.
>
> Sam L.
>
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