[bc-gnso] workshop at IGF, on human rights in policy development at ICANN

Thu Nov 8 13:24:24 UTC 2012

I am in the Enhanced Cooperation /European session. Steve, I asked Anders to come in as well. Can you catch up w him that you are there? He is not online at all. 
It is interesting there is no technical, business participant - so not presenting all views. 

Steve, NOT suggesting this is relevant for interventions themselves,  but I am not sure this fits the requirement of "reflecting all views", in the panelists. 

Who from BC  is in the room w you? 

This session is going along...

AT&T, Disney, ICANN, Jimson and I are here... CS is all w you! Except Bill Drake..
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gabriela Szlak <gabrielaszlak at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:36:55 
To: <sdelbianco at netchoice.org>
Cc: <bc-gnso at icann.org>
Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] workshop at IGF, on human rights in policy
 development at ICANN

Sorry, the link to the workshop is this:
http://webcast.igf2012.com/#room1

2012/11/8 Gabriela Szlak <gabrielaszlak at gmail.com <mailto:gabrielaszlak at gmail.com> >
 Thanks Steve, and here?s a quick link to follow the workshop online:

http://webcast.igf2012.com/#room8 

G.

 2012/11/8 Steve DelBianco <sdelbianco at netchoice.org <mailto:sdelbianco at netchoice.org> >

 This afternoon the IGF will have a workshop on ICANN's policy development process.  It's been organized by NCSG members who would like ICANN to more formally consider "human rights" in PDPs. Panelists:  

Joy Liddicoat - Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed 
Wendy Seltzer - Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed 
Franklin Netto - ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee - Govt - GRULAC - Confirmed 
Avri Doria - DotGay Application Advisory Group (dAAG) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed 
Hong Xue - Institute of the Internet Policy & Law at Beijing Normal University (BNU) - Academy - Asia Pacific - Confirmed 
Kuo-Wei Wu - ICANN Board - Civil Society - Asia Pacific - Confirmed  

 We saw this initiative in Toronto, regarding the Thick WHOIS PDP.   Several BC members here in Baku will attend and intervene when appropriate. 

 --Steve 

 (No.123) Human Rights, Internet Policy and the Public Policy Role of ICANN 

The recent years have proven that the openness of Internet is a 
fundamental feature for the empowerment of citizens and the 
strengthening of democracies. The framing of Internet policy should be 
oriented towards this goal and the policies governing the Domain Name 
System are not a stranger to this debate. 
On one hand, a human rights assessment on new ICANN policies could 
provide the community with means to better understand the impacts of 
the introduction of new policies in the ICANN environment, in addition 
to economic analyses. On the other, new regulation is being proposed 
in numerous countries using the DNS system as a resource to prevent or 
stop illicit activities. The fine balance between law enforcement and 
the protection of human rights, such as free speech and privacy, among 
others, is crucial for a number of new Internet regulations that 
affects the DNS. 
For example there are tensions between the potential benefits of 
aggregating specific forms of content for communities of people to 
support their right to information, and the ease of DNS filtering to 
further censor or narrow the spaces for expression and information of 
already marginalised/discriminated against sections of society, for 
example, the introduction of dotgay. 
Especially at ICANN, free speech concerns over the implementation of 
new generic top level domains and the traditional debate over privacy 
and the WHOIS highlights the need for a more concrete analysis on the 
impact on human rights on ICANN activities. 
However, ICANN is not a human rights standard setting body yet is 
responsible for public policy making, although in a very narrow 
sphere. The role and responsibility of ICANN in relation to human 
rights needs further exploration and multi-stakeholder dialogue to 
better understand how to give effect to human rights related issues 
within ICANN. 
The proposed workshop will provide a comprehensive analysis of 
internet policy topics handled by ICANN that have human rights 
implications and examine how these implications are paramount to the 
fostering of the public interest in internet policy. 
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Agenda for Workshop no.123: Human Rights, Internet Policy and the 
Public Policy Role of ICANN 

10 minutes - Introductions 
* Moderator: Framing the questions and setting the stage for the debates 
*Each panelist: 2 line introductions from each panelist - their name, 
affiliation and why they think the issue is important 

60 minutes - What are the most relevant topics regarding human rights 
protection on the development of the public policy role of ICANN? 
* Panelists have 5 (five) minutes to present their remarks, followed 
by 35 (thirty five) minutes of audience discussion 

40 minutes - How to implement a human rights assessment on ICANN policies? 
* Panelists have 2 (two) minutes to present remarks followed by 30 
(thirty) minutes of audience discussion 

10 minutes - Wrap up and way forward 
*Each panelist: 1 minute takeaways 
*Moderator: overall summary 

Organiser(s) Name:  
Joy Liddicoat - Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Civil Society - WEOG 
Carlos Affonso Souza - Center for Technology and Society at Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School (CTS/FGV) - Academia - GRULAC 
Robin Gross - Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) - Civil Society - WEOG 

Submitted Workshop Panelists:  
Joy Liddicoat - Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed 
Wendy Seltzer - Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed 
Franklin Netto - ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee - Govt - GRULAC - Confirmed 
Avri Doria - DotGay Application Advisory Group (dAAG) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed 
Hong Xue - Institute of the Internet Policy & Law at Beijing Normal University (BNU) - Academy - Asia Pacific - Confirmed 
Kuo-Wei Wu - ICANN Board - Civil Society - Asia Pacific - Confirmed  

Name of Remote Moderator(s):  
Carlos Affonso Souza - CTS/FGV 

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