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

[Dorothy K. Gordon]

Well said, we cannot work without ensuring we respect these fundamental charters.

Dorothy K. Gordon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Avri Doria" <avri at acm.org>
To: pc-ncsg at ipjustice.org
Sent: Thursday, 25 September, 2014 4:50:12 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia
Subject: Re: [PC-NCSG] Consensus call on NCSG comments on the COE report Human Rights and ICANN

Hi,

I think the point is to have some way to advise on the human rights
impact of the things we decide and do.

Of course ICANN should not be making human rights policy, but is MUST
makes its policies in accordance to human rights requirements.  And to
do that it needs to understand these requirements and have some process
in the ICANN structure for making sure they are alwasy adequately
considered.

avri


On 25-Sep-14 11:19, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
> 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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