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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: </div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Joy Liddicoat - Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed</font></div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Wendy Seltzer - Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed</font></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Franklin Netto - ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee - Govt - GRULAC - Confirmed</font></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Avri Doria - DotGay Application Advisory Group (dAAG) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed</font></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Hong Xue - Institute of the Internet Policy & Law at Beijing Normal University (BNU) - Academy - Asia Pacific - Confirmed</font></div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Kuo-Wei Wu - ICANN Board - Civil Society - Asia Pacific - Confirmed </font></div>
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We saw this initiative in Toronto, regarding the Thick WHOIS PDP. Several BC members here in Baku will attend and intervene when appropriate.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><b>(No.123) Human Rights, Internet Policy and the Public Policy Role of ICANN</b></span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The recent years have proven that the openness of Internet is a</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">fundamental feature for the empowerment of citizens and the</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">strengthening of democracies. The framing of Internet policy should be</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">oriented towards this goal and the policies governing the Domain Name</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">System are not a stranger to this debate.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">On one hand, a human rights assessment on new ICANN policies could</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">provide the community with means to better understand the impacts of</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">the introduction of new policies in the ICANN environment, in addition</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">to economic analyses. On the other, new regulation is being proposed</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">in numerous countries using the DNS system as a resource to prevent or</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">stop illicit activities. The fine balance between law enforcement and</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">the protection of human rights, such as free speech and privacy, among</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">others, is crucial for a number of new Internet regulations that</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">affects the DNS.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">For example there are tensions between the potential benefits of</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">aggregating specific forms of content for communities of people to</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">support their right to information, and the ease of DNS filtering to</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">further censor or narrow the spaces for expression and information of</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">already marginalised/discriminated against sections of society, for</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">example, the introduction of dotgay.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Especially at ICANN, free speech concerns over the implementation of</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">new generic top level domains and the traditional debate over privacy</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">and the WHOIS highlights the need for a more concrete analysis on the</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">impact on human rights on ICANN activities.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">However, ICANN is not a human rights standard setting body yet is</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">responsible for public policy making, although in a very narrow</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">sphere. The role and responsibility of ICANN in relation to human</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">rights needs further exploration and multi-stakeholder dialogue to</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">better understand how to give effect to human rights related issues</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">within ICANN.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">The proposed workshop will provide a comprehensive analysis of</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">internet policy topics handled by ICANN that have human rights</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">implications and examine how these implications are paramount to the</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">fostering of the public interest in internet policy.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Agenda for Workshop no.123: Human Rights, Internet Policy and the</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Public Policy Role of ICANN</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">10 minutes – Introductions</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">* Moderator: Framing the questions and setting the stage for the debates</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">*Each panelist: 2 line introductions from each panelist – their name,</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">affiliation and why they think the issue is important</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">60 minutes – What are the most relevant topics regarding human rights</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">protection on the development of the public policy role of ICANN?</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">* Panelists have 5 (five) minutes to present their remarks, followed</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">by 35 (thirty five) minutes of audience discussion</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">40 minutes – How to implement a human rights assessment on ICANN policies?</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">* Panelists have 2 (two) minutes to present remarks followed by 30</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">(thirty) minutes of audience discussion</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">10 minutes – Wrap up and way forward</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">*Each panelist: 1 minute takeaways</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">*Moderator: overall summary</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Organiser(s) Name: </font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Joy Liddicoat - Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Civil Society - WEOG</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Carlos Affonso Souza - Center for Technology and Society at Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School (CTS/FGV) - Academia - GRULAC</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Robin Gross - Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) - Civil Society - WEOG</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Submitted Workshop Panelists: </font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Joy Liddicoat - Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Wendy Seltzer - Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Franklin Netto - ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee - Govt - GRULAC - Confirmed</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Avri Doria - DotGay Application Advisory Group (dAAG) - Civil Society - WEOG - Confirmed</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Hong Xue - Institute of the Internet Policy & Law at Beijing Normal University (BNU) - Academy - Asia Pacific - Confirmed</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Kuo-Wei Wu - ICANN Board - Civil Society - Asia Pacific - Confirmed </font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Name of Remote Moderator(s): </font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Carlos Affonso Souza - CTS/FGV</font></div>
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