[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [council] Council Prioritization Exercise

Tue Oct 21 16:57:41 EEST 2025

Dear Farzi,

/For #2, we do have as strong position on whether this work should be 
prioritized -- *it should not. */The very people who would be involved 
in this process are very tired. We have been attending two meetings a 
week and we are very, very tired.  Applicant support, Community Priority 
Evaluation, Objections and Appeals all involved untold energy from the 
Multistakeholder Process. /Please do not prioritize RPMs -- Please Defer 
-- because there we will lose due to exhaustion if we start now or even 
soon. Plus, as you point out there are so many more Timely, Important 
Issues./

/*For #2, we need a new, independent, objective and neutral data study 
of the UDRP - done by data scientists. Right now, there is none. *To do 
a "data-driven review, we truly, truly need an independent study, just 
as we had for starting the RPM Review - Phase 1 with a great independent 
study on the Trademark Clearinghouse. /As Co-Chair, I can tell you that 
it changed the entire temperature in the Working Group from partisan (I 
love the TMCH, I hate the TMCH) to constructive -- "given this 
independent, objective data, what are the problems of the TMCH and how 
can we fix it."

*Please, please, please find a way to get ICANN Org to commission an 
independent study here, just like for RPM Review - Phase 1 -- with 
questions from all SOs and ACs. After 90,000 UDRP decisions, the vast 
majority revoking domain names, it is the least they can do and it will 
be critical to the outcome.*

*We will lose if we start with the WIPO-ICA report as WIPO is a vested 
party and does not want us to review its work as Provider. It wants to 
be legislator and judge.*

Best and tx,

Kathy

On 10/21/2025 9:33 AM, farzaneh badii wrote:
> Hi
>
> We only have until tomorrow. Lets send this to the council:
>
> *1. Transfers Dispute Mechanism*
> This issue should be prioritized in accordance with the findings of 
> the /Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA)/ conducted after the 
> Transfer Policy Review PDP. The HRIA identified that access to 
> effective remedy is a central human rights consideration, and the lack 
> of a clear dispute process for registrants creates an accountability 
> gap. Therefore, this work should move forward as a matter of priority 
> to ensure registrants have timely and rights-respecting redress 
> options in cases of domain name theft or unauthorized transfers.
>
> *2. Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) Phase 2*
> We do not have a strong position on whether this work should be 
> prioritized. However, given the significant time elapsed since the 
> original PDP and the evolving enforcement landscape, the Council 
> should consider multiple recent studies on UDRP rather than relying on 
> a single source. ICANN org should also conduct its own study to assess 
> the current effectiveness, fairness, and accessibility of existing 
> RPMs before launching any new PDP.
>
> *3. DNS Abuse*
> While recognizing the importance of DNS abuse mitigation, we caution 
> against adopting the “doomsday narrative” that frames DNS abuse as an 
> existential threat to the multistakeholder model. The issue deserves 
> attention but not disproportionate urgency. If the PDP proceeds, 
> mitigation mechanisms must be evaluated not only for their perceived 
> technical effectiveness but also for their /consistency with human 
> rights principles/—including proportionality, due process, and 
> avoidance of over-removal or overblocking.
>
>
>
> Farzaneh
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM Pedro de Perdigão Lana 
> <pedrodeperdigaolana at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     Just to note, although this doesn't change anything in the
>     important part of the working document, the RPM IRT work is
>     actually expected to end in Q1 2026, not Q4 2025.
>
>     Cordially,
>
>     *Pedro de Perdigão Lana*
>     Lawyer <https://www.nic.br/>, GEDAI/UFPR
>     <https://www.gedai.com.br/> Researcher
>     PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)
>     Coordination/Board/EC @ISOC Brazil <https://www.isoc.org.br/>,NCUC
>     <https://www.ncuc.org/> & NCSG
>     <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Home>(ICANN)
>     and CC Brazil <https://br.creativecommons.net/>.
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>
>     Em dom., 12 de out. de 2025 às 19:10, Tomslin Samme-Nlar
>     <mesumbeslin at gmail.com> escreveu:
>
>         FYA
>
>         Remain blessed,
>         Tomslin
>
>
>         ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>         From: *Steve Chan via council* <council at icann.org>
>         Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 at 10:31
>         Subject: [council] Council Prioritization Exercise
>         To: council at icann.org <council at icann.org>
>
>
>         Dear Councilors,
>
>         I missed this action item (“Staff to recirculate the
>         Prioritization document to Council list with a deadline of
>         feedback from SG/Cs of 9 21 October.“) from the Council’s
>         September meeting, so apologies for the later delivery. Here
>         is a link to the document:
>         https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/draft/gnso-council-prioritization-working-document-05sep25-en.pdf
>         and because of the late delivery, I’d like to suggest that the
>         due date for feedback be extended to 21 October. As a
>         reminder, the homework for Councilors is: “Councilors to share
>         the prioritization document with SG/Cs to establish group
>         priorities and share feedback with Council not later than 9 21
>         October.”
>
>         Best,
>
>         Steve
>
>         *Steven Chan**
*
>
>         VP, Policy Development Support & GNSO Relations
>
>         Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>
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