[CCWG-ACCT] Human rights - way forward

[Avri Doria]

hi,

Thank you. 

Contrary to my often proclaimed  policy of no more volunteering at
ICANN, I would be happy to serve on that subgroup.

I am in the process of collecting all of the various forms of the bylaws
phrase that have been submitted an will send it to the list.

avri


On 31-Jul-15 13:49, Mathieu Weill wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> As announced during our last call, the co-Chairs have reviewed where
> we are on this issue. Our group is tasked to work on the basis of
> consensus, and we have focused on assessing where this condition was met.
>
> It is our conclusion that :
> 1) our group has achieved consensus on including a human rights
> related Commitment in Icann's Bylaws.
> 2) no particular wording currently proposed achieved consensus.
>
> As a consequence, we propose to include into the public comment 2
> report (in the Mission & Core value section, a draft is included below)
> - this assessment and a firm commitment to add a human rights related
> Commitment into Icann's Bylaws,
> - the underlying requirements expressed during the debate,
> - the concrete language proposals that were considered by our group so
> far, as examples
>
> Finally, given the strong momentum on the issue, both during the
> meeting and on list before and after, and taking into account the high
> level of complexity involved, we suggest to kick off ASAP a subgroup
> to further refine the requirements and assess potential options based
> on further studies of the current situation and "agreed-on" language.
>
> We thank you all for your understanding and commitment on this topic,
> as well as the extensive discussions both on list and during the calls
> about this.
>
> As a reminder, Minority statements filed until Saturday 12.00 UTC will
> be incorporated into the report to be published on Monday. Statements
> filed after this deadline will be published online but not
> incorporated into the report.
>
> Best regards,
> Leon, Thomas & Mathieu
> Co-chairs
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> NEW SUBSECTION IN 3A Mission, Commitmennts & Core Values
>
> Elaborating an Icann Commitment to Human Rights
>
> The CCWG-Accountability extensively discussed the opportunity to
> include into Icann Bylaws a Comittment related to Human Rights. The
> group commissioned a legal analysis of whether the termination of the
> IANA contract would induce changes into Icann's obligations with
> regards to Human Rights (LINK). While no significant issue was found
> to be directly linked to the termination of the IANA contract, the
> group acknowledged the recurring debates around the nature of Icann's
> accountability towards the respect of fundamental human rights.
>
> These discussions identified the following, non-exhaustive, list of
> accountability-related requirements :
> - the NTIA criteria to maintain the openness of the Internet,
> including free expression and the free flow of information
> - the need to avoid extending Icann's mission into content regulation
> - the importance of assessing the impact of Icann policies on Human
> rights
>
> Examples of language that could serve as a Commitment were as follows :
> - Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will be committed to
> respect the fundamental human rights of the exercise of free
> expression and the free flow of information.
> - Within its mission and in it operations, ICANN will be committed to
> respect internationally recognized fundamental human rights.
>
> The group has achieved consensus on including a human rights related
> Commitment in Icann's Bylaws. However no particular wording currently
> proposed achieved consensus. Reiterating its commitment to elaborate
> concrete proposals as part of its mandate,  the CCWG-Accountability is
> calling for comments on this approach and the underlying requirements.
>
>
>


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