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There is no international corporate law. Therefore there is no means by which ICANN can be organized as a non-profit entity under international law but for a treaty arrangement such as that for the Red Cross. How long would that take, what would that cost,
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<div id="x_from"><b>From:</b>wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de</div>
<div id="x_sent"><b>Sent:</b>June 26, 2016 12:27 PM</div>
<div id="x_to"><b>To:</b>parminder@itforchange.net; asoto@ibero-americano.org; paul.rosenzweig@redbranchconsulting.com; accountability-cross-community@icann.org</div>
<div id="x_subject"><b>Subject:</b>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] premature jurisdiction debates</div>
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There is something called international law..... Like we are an international community working on an international issue, there is also international law.<br>
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W:<br>
I am always perplexed that we have the same discussion again and again. The subject of international law is the state, represented by its government. Governments negotiate treaties. The primary source of international law is the Charter of the United Nations.
The seven principles there - including sovereign equality of states - are seen as jus cogens. The rules for treaties are laid down in the the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Governments can delegate some rights - via an international treaty - to
an intergovernmental organisation, as UNESCO, ITU and others.Such organizations become a subject sui generis under international law and can negotiate treaties with their host countries. Governments can also create international courts - as the International
court of justice in The Hague or the Rome Statute. But in case of a conflict, the conflicting parties are governments, not private legal or natural persons.
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This is rather different from what we have with ICANN. ICANN is a non-for profit private corporations which operates n the public interest. In its Articles of Incorporation ICANN makes clear that in operates within the framework of international law. That means
ICANN respect the national sovereignty of states, does not interfere into internal affairs of other countries etc. But ICANN is not a subject under international law. Governments participate in ICANN in an advisory role. The role is specified in the bylaws.
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If Parminder proposes an intergovernmental organizations for the governance of the Internet (or an intergovernmental framework convention for the domain name system) he should say so. Theoretically this is an option. Governments are free to negotiate anything
as long as they find negotiation partners. It took 25 years to negotiate the 3rd Law of th Sea Convention. It took more than 20 years to negotiate the Rome Treaty. An the negotiations for a treaty on climate change started in the early 1990s. At this stage
I do not see any intention of governments to enter into a new intergovernmental codification conference to negotiate an Internet treaty.
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BTW, individuals can start a case against private corporations if those corporations violate their rights they have in the country where they live. The case Schrems vs. Facebook is a good example. Facebook is incorporated in the US but does business in Europe.
The European Court of Justice decided that Facebook has to respect the rights of privacy of Mr. Schrems, a citizen of Austria.
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Hope this helps to end this useless debate. <br>
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Wolfgang<br>
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