[cc-humanrights] Human Rights in CCWG on accountability

Matthew Shears mshears at cdt.org
Fri Aug 7 08:40:50 UTC 2015


Very good points.

On 8/5/2015 3:16 PM, Stephanie Perrin wrote:
> AS for the strategy....I think it would be a good idea to discuss it 
> with Avri among others who have been in the thick of it trying to get 
> the language into the bylaws.  The CCWG gets quite heated and this is 
> very controversial and close to some government hearts, not to mention 
> industry hearts.  I would suggest a somewhat cautious approach, but 
> perhaps I just find the CCWG multiple conversations and calls 
> overwhelming.  I would suggest you have a listen to some of them 
> before you wade in Niels.
> cheers Stephanie
> PS I will see if I can find and forward the email that has the list of 
> all who have joined the group.
>
> On 2015-08-05 8:46, 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>>:
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>>     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-Jul
>>     y/
>>     <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-Jul%0Ay/>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     004798.html
>>     >
>>     <https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/accountability-cross-community/2015-Ju
>>     ly/
>>     >
>>     >
>>     004798.html>
>>     > )
>>     >
>>     > 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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>>     >
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>>     > Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio Researcher and Coordinator - Center for
>>     > Technology & Society - FGV Law School http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts
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