[NCSG-PC] Joint WSIS+20 Civil Society Alliance on human rights

[Rafik Dammak]

Thanks Farzaneh, looking forward to hearing from others. If there is no
objection we can endorse.

Rafik


On Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 20:25 farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rafik
>
> I read through it. It’s fine with me but I would have liked it to have
> more support for protecting and preserving multistakeholder bottom up
> infrastructure organizations.
>
> I hope our PC considers endorsing this statement. We can show leadership
> by endorsing it. I guess it’s too late.
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> This is the clean version of the proposed joint statement:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MsuyRD8paAyNChFN3tTmxj6gFO54TYb8D93suttL9SE/edit?tab=t.0
>> .
>>
>> They are currently gathering final red line edits or omissions from the
>> representatives of the different coalitions contributing to the statement,
>> ideally by noon (UTC) tomorrow. After this point, they are aiming to have a
>> final (locked) copy of the statement to share within the
>> different coalitions for endorsement according to our own procedures.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> Le jeu. 30 oct. 2025 à 02:06, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> hi all,
>>>
>>> The civil society alliance is asking us if we want to support the
>>> statement below and we have a short timeframe to do so.
>>> Please let me know if you agree with the statement.
>>> for the signal group of the alliance and coordination, who want to join
>>> and be active there.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafik
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Rafik,
>>>
>>> It has been great collaborating with you recently and in particular
>>> during the event yesterday.
>>>
>>> I am sorry for our delay following up about the NCSG joining the
>>> Alliance. To explain, we have had limited bandwidth to work together as the
>>> Alliance and have been focused on producing analysis from within our
>>> individual coalitions. However, given the recent opposition from some
>>> governments to the human rights language, we are now working on a joint
>>> statement of the Alliance (the Global Digital Rights Coalition, the Global
>>> Digital Justice Forum and the Global South Alliance) on human rights, and
>>> we would very much like to also collaborate with the NCSG and its members
>>> on this.
>>>
>>> The draft statement is here
>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16SZtIyl6-yFHDm0KZ9R-aho3vNLZscdELQtFVyVBgOI/edit?tab=t.0>.
>>> We are working today to reconcile and finalise the edits, with the aim of
>>> having a final version ready for tomorrow and publishing the statement on
>>> Monday (3rd November). It is quite a tight timeline but this should give 48
>>> working hours (Thursday morning - Monday morning) for review and
>>> endorsement by members of our respective coalitions.
>>>
>>> We also have a Signal group for coordination. If you let me know your
>>> contact details / the details of other Excom members, I can add you to the
>>> group.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Ellie
>>>
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