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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>Seun, Sam, All, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>«&nbsp;option c&nbsp;» is the following&nbsp;: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>“Adopt adjusted bylaw language as part of WS1 to clarify that it can only be enforced or used in an IRP once the FoI is approved (Such as : “This articles becomes effective 30 days after approval of the FoI…”).”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>Mathieu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De&nbsp;:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org] <b>De la part de</b> Seun Ojedeji<br><b>Envoyé&nbsp;:</b> vendredi 15 janvier 2016 06:14<br><b>À&nbsp;:</b> Leon Felipe Sanchez Ambia<br><b>Cc&nbsp;:</b> ICANN-Adler; Thomas Rickert; accountability-cross-community@icann.org; ACCT-Staff (acct-staff@icann.org); Sidley ICANN CCWG (sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com)<br><b>Objet&nbsp;:</b> Re: [CCWG-ACCT] (no subject)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p>Hello Leon,<o:p></o:p></p><p>It may be good to post here what &quot;option c&quot; text looks like. Secondly, I believe legal are only to provide legal opinion and I think the question you ask may be better directed to the board.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Regards<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 14 Jan 2016 22:09, &quot;León Felipe Sánchez Ambía&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx">leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Sam,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for this input. Would you feel comfortable with option c on human rights?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>León<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>El 14/01/2016, a las 2:22 p.m., Samantha Eisner &lt;<a href="mailto:Samantha.Eisner@icann.org" target="_blank">Samantha.Eisner@icann.org</a>&gt; escribió:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>Thanks for this note.&nbsp; I provide the following reaction in my role as an attorney with ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>The concern raised by the Board in its comments was not solely focused on the issue of increased potential for lawsuits or IRPs.&nbsp; Rather, the Board focused on the&nbsp;<i>impact</i>&nbsp;of opening up ICANN to suits or IRPs based on human rights issues prior to having the framework for consideration of ICANN’s role in respecting human rights. &nbsp; As Bruce explained on the 12 January 2015 call,&nbsp;not having&nbsp;a framework&nbsp;leaves either courts or IRP panels to determine how human rights fit into ICANN’s mission.&nbsp; Leaving ICANN’s mission open to that type of external definitional work seems counter to all the effort of the CCWG-Accountability to confirm ICANN’s narrow and limited mission. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>Including undefined commitments to human rights in the Bylaws&nbsp;without the framework to guide courts or IRP panels in how they should consider the scope of human rights commitments in ICANN, creates a risk for the entire community.&nbsp; CCWG Counsel’s suggestion that IRP usage could be limited, by example, through “preclud[ing] claims of human rights violations that are not grounded in a specific violation of an applicable law”,&nbsp;still leaves the&nbsp;question&nbsp;of what law would be applicable?&nbsp; How do we know that&nbsp;the laws that will be relied upon are respectful of ICANN’s limited mission?&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>The question isn’t really “will ICANN be subject to more suits?” &nbsp;As CCWG counsel noted, the potential of suit always exists.&nbsp; The potential of IRPs being brought on human rights grounds is probably increased if there is a specific Bylaws mention of human rights.&nbsp; However, these are not where the real risks occur.&nbsp; The question that should be considered is&nbsp;“Does the community wish to leave the definition of ICANN’s role in human rights to Courts or IRP panels?&quot;</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>.&nbsp; Also, it is&nbsp;important to note that the Board’s comments do not remove the possibility of human rights being referred to in the Bylaws, but rather propose that consideration of that placement should happen after a framework is completed.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>I<span style='background:#FFFEFE'>&nbsp;look forward to continuing this conversation with&nbsp;the CCWG.</span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";background:#FEFDFD'>Best,&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";background:#FDFCFC'>Sam</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>From:&nbsp;</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>&quot;Gregory, Holly&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>holly.gregory@sidley.com</span></a>&gt;<br><b>Date:&nbsp;</b>Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 4:28 PM<br><b>To:&nbsp;</b>Mathieu Weill &lt;<a href="mailto:mathieu.weill@afnic.fr" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>mathieu.weill@afnic.fr</span></a>&gt;, Thomas Rickert &lt;<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>thomas@rickert.net</span></a>&gt;, León Sánchez Ambía &lt;<a href="mailto:leonfelipe@sanchez.mx" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>leonfelipe@sanchez.mx</span></a>&gt;, &quot;<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a>&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>accountability-cross-community@icann.org</span></a>&gt;<br><b>Cc:&nbsp;</b>&quot;ACCT-Staff (<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>acct-staff@icann.org</span></a>)&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>acct-staff@icann.org</span></a>&gt;, Sidley ICANN CCWG &lt;<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</span></a>&gt;, ICANN-Adler &lt;<a href="mailto:ICANN@adlercolvin.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>ICANN@adlercolvin.com</span></a>&gt;, &quot;'Rosemary E. Fei'&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:rfei@adlercolvin.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>rfei@adlercolvin.com</span></a>&gt;, Samantha Eisner &lt;<a href="mailto:samantha.eisner@icann.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>samantha.eisner@icann.org</span></a>&gt;<br><b>Subject:&nbsp;</b>&lt;no subject&gt;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear CCWG Co-Chairs, &nbsp;Members and Participants and ICANN Staff,&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>Attached please find our memo responding to the certified question of January 11, 2016 regarding litigation risks related to the proposed human rights bylaws provisions.&nbsp; Kind regards, Holly and Rosemary</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif";color:#1F497D'>&nbsp;</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>HOLLY&nbsp; J. GREGORY</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Partner and Co-Chair<br>Global Corporate Governance &amp; Executive Compensation Practice<br><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sidley Austin LLP</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="tel:%2B1%20212%20839%205853" target="_blank">+1 212 839 5853</a><br><a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" target="_blank" title="Click to send email to Gregory, Holly"><span style='color:purple'>holly.gregory@sidley.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","serif"'>****************************************************************************************************<br>This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential.<br>If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments and notify us<br>immediately.<br><br>****************************************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Accountability-Cross-Community mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org">Accountability-Cross-Community@icann.org</a><br><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/accountability-cross-community</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>