<div dir="ltr">Hi Wolfgang,<br><br>Global laws or International law mean codes developed by collaboration of nation states and other stakeholders, whether developed as laws (eg: Law of Armed Conflict) or through multilateral treaties or International acceptable standards/ conventions (such as for human rights) or as code of conduct, that will be applicable to the body managing and coordinating critical Internet resources and their usage, and its policies. Arbitration matters can also be decided - whether to be taken to International Court of Justice (ICJ) or if alternate arrangements need to be devised. <br><br>What laws and provisions should determine whether a particular domain is acceptable or not, or when domain seizure can take place based on local court decisions citing IP infringement, or whether citizens of a particular nation states can apply for gTLDs or not, or whether domains can be cancelled based on territory? These, and many more, are all teething questions for which global community seeks answer, which just cannot be left without being discussed in detail. I understand Brazilian government too raised this point in GAC meeting in ICANN 52. <br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Different stakeholders from India gathered together yesterday in New Delhi to discuss on developments specifically related to IANA transition and ICANN Accountability. CCWG Co-chair Mathieu Weill also made a brief presentation remotely. When asked about this particular question, h</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">e too was surprised that this aspect wasn't discussed in detail by the community. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Prof. Milton Mueller too updated us all on ICG activities and he too was surprised why there hasn't been detailed discussion on the subject in the community.<br><br>Seek inputs of all to discuss this in detail. <br><br>Warm Regards,<br>Rahul Sharma </span></p><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 March 2015 at 14:09, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de" target="_blank">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Rahul:<br>
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ICANN & its functions should be subject to global laws, not state of California laws?<br>
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</span>Wolfgang:<br>
Could you specify what "global laws" means?<br>
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