[PC-NCSG] Consensus call on NCSG comments on the COE report Human Rights and ICANN

[Stephanie Perrin]

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.
>