[CCWG-ACCT] Minority statements inclusion in report

Nigel Roberts nigel at channelisles.net
Tue Dec 1 17:24:13 UTC 2015


Hear hear!

And this is why the proposed qualification that removes any obligation 
to do anything if it violates fundamental rights is unacceptable no 
matter how matter former ICANN CEOs line up to push it.

On 12/01/2015 05:07 PM, Mueller, Milton L wrote:

> The limitation we are proposing is analogous to a constitutional limitation enforced by a court, capable of overriding actions by the executive or legislative branches _regardless of how popular those actions are_. Imagine where the state of freedom of expression would be if the U.S. did not have its first amendment or Europe its convention on fundamental rights. Rights violations occur often when majorities want to violate rights to address what they see at the time as a pressing problem. To say "oh, you can replace the executive and legislature when they violate rights" is missing the point about constitutional limitations.


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