[CCWG-ACCT] FW: [Acct-Staff] Comment on CCWG-Accountability statement

[Alice Jansen]

Forwarding this email on behalf of Richard Hill.
Best regards
Alice 
>
>On 6/21/15, 5:02 PM, "Richard Hill" <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:
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>>Please forward to the CCWG-Accountability mailing list.
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>>Thank you,
>>Richard
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>>I refer to the 20 June 2015 statement from the CCWG-Accountability, at:
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>>  https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-06-20-en
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>>The statement does not mention what appears to me to be a significant
>>issue:
>>the comments from the community differed sharply regarding the matter of
>>the
>>jurisdiction of ICANN. Some commentators favored US jurisdiction (as at
>>present), some commentators favor changes in the bylaws that would make
>>it
>>difficult to change jurisdiction away from the US, and other commentators
>>took the view that the jurisdiction should not remain in the US.
>>
>>This is, in my view, an important issue that should be highlighted as
>>requiring further discussion.
>>
>>Best,
>>Richard 
>>