[cc-humanrights] Human Rights in CCWG on accountability

Rafik Dammak rafik.dammak at gmail.com
Wed Aug 5 12:58:59 UTC 2015


Hi Niels,

I think you need to ask the staff to join acct-staff at icann.org

Best,

Rafik

2015-08-05 21:56 GMT+09:00 Niels ten Oever <niels at article19.org>:

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> Hi Rafik,
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> Would you have a link to that mailinglist so people here can subscribe?
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> Thanks!
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> Niels
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> Niels ten Oever
> Head of Digital
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> Article 19
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> On 08/05/2015 02:46 PM, Rafik Dammak wrote:
> > a subgroup was set to work on that and its mailing list set
> > already. I think participants of CCWG can join it ( the CCWG is
> > open to participants and observers)
> >
> > Rafik
> >
> > 2015-08-05 21:30 GMT+09:00 Niels ten Oever <niels at article19.org
> > <mailto:niels at article19.org>>:
> >
> > Thanks Marilia. Do you think it would also make sense to draft a
> > public comment to the CCWG report by suggesting concrete text? Or
> > would the best workflow be to work on this in the subgroup? Has
> > the subgroup already been formed? Do you know when they should
> > finish and whether people from this list, who are not participating
> > in the CCWG, can join?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Niels
> >
> >
> >
> > Niels ten Oever Head of Digital
> >
> > Article 19 www.article19.org <http://www.article19.org>
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> > On 08/03/2015 07:01 PM, Marilia Maciel wrote:
> >> Thank you for sharing, Niels. The conclusion that a reference to
> >> HR should be included it in the bylaws is a very positive
> >> development. From what I can notice in the CCWG-Accountability
> >> mailing list, there has been a considerable interest to join the
> >> subgroup that will be created to discuss this topic.
> >
> >> Best! Marília
> >
> >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Niels ten Oever
> >> <niels at article19.org <mailto:niels at article19.org>
> > <mailto:niels at article19.org <mailto:niels at article19.org>>> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >
> >> This might be of interest to you (from CCWG on Accountability
> >> https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-Ju
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> > <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-Ju
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> >> <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-J
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> >> )
> >
> >> Best,
> >
> >> Niels
> >
> >> Mathieu Weill mathieu.weill at afnic.fr <http://afnic.fr>
> > <http://afnic.fr> Fri Jul
> >> 31 11:49:55 UTC 2015
> >
> >> Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >> As announced during our last call, the co-Chairs have reviewed
> >> where we are on this issue. Our group is tasked to work on the
> >> basis of consensus, and we have focused on assessing where this
> >> condition was met .
> >
> >> It is our conclusion that : 1) our group has achieved consensus
> >> on including a human rights related Commitment in Icann's Bylaws.
> >> 2) no particular wording currently proposed achieved consensus.
> >
> >> As a consequence, we propose to include into the public comment
> >> 2 report (in the Mission & Core value section, a draft is
> >> included below) - this assessment and a firm commitment to add a
> >> human rights related Commitment into Icann's Bylaws, - the
> >> underlying requirements expressed during the debate, - the
> >> concrete language proposals that were considered by our group so
> >> far, as examples
> >
> >> Finally, given the strong momentum on the issue, both during the
> >> meeting and on list before and after, and taking into account
> >> the high level of complexity involved, we suggest to kick off
> >> ASAP a subgroup to further refine the requirements and assess
> >> potential options based on further studies of the current
> >> situation and "agreed-on" language.
> >
> >> We thank you all for your understanding and commitment on this
> >> topic, as well as the extensive discussions both on list and
> >> during the calls about this.
> >
> >> As a reminder, Minority statements filed until Saturday 12.00
> >> UTC will be incorporated into the report to be published on
> >> Monday. Statements filed after this deadline will be published
> >> online but not incorporated into the report.
> >
> >> Best regards, Leon, Thomas & Mathieu Co-chairs
> >
> >> ----------------------------------------------- NEW SUBSECTION
> >> IN 3A Mission, Commitmennts & Core Values
> >
> >> Elaborating an Icann Commitment to Human Rights
> >
> >> The CCWG-Accountability extensively discussed the opportunity to
> >> include into Icann Bylaws a Comittment related to Human Rights.
> >> The group commissioned a legal analysis of whether the
> >> termination of the IANA contract would induce changes into
> >> Icann's obligations with regards to Human Rights (LINK). While no
> >> significant issue was found to be directly linked to the
> >> termination of the IANA contract, the group acknowledged the
> >> recurring debates around the nature of Icann's accountability
> >> towards the respect of fundamental human rights.
> >
> >> These discussions identified the following, non-exhaustive, list
> >> of accountability-related requirements : - the NTIA criteria to
> >> maintain the openness of the Internet, including free expression
> >> and the free flow of information - the need to avoid extending
> >> Icann's mission into content regulation - the importance of
> >> assessing the impact of Icann policies on Human righ ts
> >
> >> Examples of language that could serve as a Commitment were as
> >> follows : - Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will
> >> be committed to respect the fundamental human rights of the
> >> exercise of free expression and the free flow of information. -
> >> Within its mission and in it operations, ICANN will be committed
> >> to respect internationally recognized fundamental human rights.
> >
> >> The group has achieved consensus on including a human rights
> >> related Commitment in Icann's Bylaws. However no particular
> >> wording currently proposed achieved consensus. Reiterating its
> >> commitment to elaborate concrete proposals as part of its
> >> mandate,  the CCWG-Accountability is calling for comments on this
> >> approach and the underlying requirements.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >> -- *Marília Maciel* Pesquisadora Gestora - Centro de Tecnologia
> >> e Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio Researcher and Coordinator - Center
> >> for Technology & Society - FGV Law School
> >> http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts
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