<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,</div><div>Many , if not all of comments made are relevant .</div><div>We need to look the mandate and scope of work opf the IRP .Perhaps it should have some basic /general part and for each and evry case some particular part dealing with that specific issue.</div><div>There are currently deficiencies in that process and Booking.com is a clear example of that deficiency </div><div>Kavouss </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-03-16 22:49 GMT+01:00 David Post <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.g.post@gmail.com" target="_blank">david.g.post@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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At 10:41 PM 3/15/2015, Rahul Sharma wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type="cite">+1Â David and
Phil<br><br>
 <br><br>
Since IRP is only meant to review if Board decisions are in line and
consistent with procedures and principles established, and as such cannot
challenge any Board decision, a Body that ensures that ICANN adheres to
international laws, and if its decisions are legitimate or not  and
should be challenged should be (1) an independent body, constituted by a
process independent from ICANN and (2) and have expertise in
international law, and not just commercial arbitration<br>
</blockquote><br>
Rahul: Just to be clear: it wasn't my understanding that
there would be a body the "ensures that ICANN adheres to
international laws." In my opinion (which may or may not be
shared by others), an Independent Review Panel, which ensures that ICANN
adheres to (a) its commitment to consensus decision-making (b) within the
stated mission (i.e., only makes policies reasonably necessary for
security and stability of the DNS), that will go a long way to keeping
the Board within proper limits. I'm not convinced that a second
body charged with enforcing international law would be helpful or
necessary, and might just over-complicate the process.<br>
David<br><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>On 16 March 2015 at 05:10, Phil
Corwin <<a href="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<dd>That’s exactly right, David, and what we just saw in the IRP
brought by Booking.com over the finding that .Hotels and .Hoteis were in
the same new gTLD contention set<br><br>
<dd>Â <br><br>
<dd><span>The available accountability mechanisms were restricted to reviewing
whether proper procedure had been observed, but could not reach the
admittedly questionable merits of the original decision that found them
confusingly similar at the gTLD level.<br><br>
</span><dd>Â <br><br>
<dd><span>So when should the merits of a Board decision be susceptible to
modification or reversal, who has standing to bring such a challenge, and
what should be the standard of review? Important questions, and not easy
to answer.<br><br>
</span><dd>Â <br><br>
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<dd><span>From:
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<dd><span>Subject: Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Regarding ICANN's adherence to
"international law"<br><br>
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<dd><span>At 08:16 PM 3/14/2015, Bruce Tonkin wrote:<br><br>
</span><dd>Under its Articles of Incorporation ICANN already operates “for
the benefit of the Internet community as a a whole, carrying out its
activities in conformity with relevant principles of international law
and applicable international conventions and local law.â€Â  Â
See:
<a href="https://wwww.icann.org/en/about/governance/articles" target="_blank">
https://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/articles</a><br><br>
<dd><span>The Independent Review Process allows parties to challenge Board
decisions that are inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws.<br><br>
</span><dd>[SNIP]<br><br>
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<dd>Just by way of clarification, while it's true that the IRP allows
parties "to challenge Board decisions that are inconsistent with the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws," the IRP panel does not have
the power to actually decide the question of whether or not a Board
decision WAS inconsistent with the Articles or Bylaws. See Bylaws,
Art IV sec 3(4):<br><br>
<dd><span>"The IRP Panel must apply a defined standard of review to the
IRP request, focusing on:
<ol>
<ol>
<li><a name="14c2764b5825c017_14c1fd026a73d48c_IV-3.4a"></a>did the Board act without
conflict of interest in taking its decision?;
<li><a name="14c2764b5825c017_14c1fd026a73d48c_IV-3.4b"></a>did the Board exercise due
diligence and care in having a reasonable amount of facts in front of
them?; and
<li><a name="14c2764b5825c017_14c1fd026a73d48c_IV-3.4c"></a>did the Board members exercise
independent judgment in taking the decision, believed to be in the best
interests of the company?"
</li></li></li></ol>
</ol><br>
</span><dd><span>That's a much narrower scope of inquiry than whether the Board acted
outside the ByLaws, for example.<br><br>
</span><dd>David<br><br>
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