[cc-humanrights] [Cc-humanrights3] Draft board human rights commitment / statement

Thu Feb 11 17:13:41 UTC 2016

I am OK with this.

Cheers
Tanya
On 11 Feb 2016 17:58, "Niels ten Oever" <niels at article19.org> wrote:

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> Hi all,
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> I would like to propose the following message to the board. It's
> addressed to Bruce because we discussed this with him on the CCWG
> list. All you input on the mail or the two texts are very welcome, but
> I'd like to send the email soon.
>
> Dear Bruce,
>
> Hereby the Cross Community Working Party on ICANN's Corporate and
> Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights would like to propose
> two suggestions for the Human Rights statement that the board is
> intending to make. One statement stays very close to the agreed bylaw
> language, and the other takes a more forward leaning position.
>
> We hope that these texts provide a useful input to your deliberations.
> Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions or if we
> can be of any help.
>
> 1.
> The ICANN board commits to respecting human rights within ICANN's core
> values and mission. The Board will work together with the community to
> identify where ICANN's policies and operations can impact human rights
> and will seek to ensure that no human rights are adversely impacted.
> Furthermore, within its mission, ICANN will seek to review its
> processes for remediation to ensure that mechanisms are in place to
> redress if need be.
>
> 2.
> The board of ICANN commits to take concrete steps to operationalize
> its core value of respecting human rights withing ICANN's mission. The
> steps will include working together with the community to understand
> the potential human rights impacts of its operations through a human
> rights impact assessment, and engagement of the board, management,
> staff and stakeholders toward a common understanding of priority human
> rights issues, which would culminate in a human rights report, and
> putting in place a human rights remediation policy to address adverse
> human rights impacts.
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
> Niels ten Oever
> Head of Digital
>
> Article 19
> www.article19.org
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> On 02/11/2016 12:42 PM, Tatiana Tropina wrote:
> > Hi Matt
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > You were not on the call, but this is exactly was I was trying to
> > point out on the call, about the possibility to go further than the
> > bylaw language. The question was why do we need the board's
> > statement then if it rephrases and repeats the language itself. I
> > still think that it is not a problem if the board statement is
> > worded closely to the bylaw language. Since the bylaw won't be
> > operational, the board's commitment to respecting human rights and
> > continuing the work with the community in the WS2 have more than a
> > mere symbolic meaning. The statement will show the willingness to
> > commit, to continue the work and to operationalise the bylaw.
> >
> > My opinion: the simpler the better.
> >
> > This is why I think we have to give two options: a simple option
> > and "forward looking" option.
> >
> > Best regards Tanya
> >
> > On 11 February 2016 at 12:36, Matthew Shears <mshears at cdt.org
> > <mailto:mshears at cdt.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Wasn't on the call but Tatiana I think is pointing the right way.
> > They are two different things.  It seems to me that the commitment
> > we need from the Board and perhaps the only one they might give at
> > this stage until the FoI is undertaken is the commitment to the
> > work in WS2.  It would be a little unusual for them to go further
> > than that given they were already skeptical of the bylaw.  The
> > second piece - ICANN's commitment to HR (not the Board's as it
> > should be an organizational commitment) - would probably come as a
> > result of the FoI.
> >
> >
> > On 11/02/2016 11:27, Tatiana Tropina via cc-humanrights3 wrote:
> >> Dear Niels, dear all, after reading this short email exchange
> >> with Michele, I realised that may be we have to be clearer when
> >> we send the proposed wording of the statement to the board. I
> >> suggest inclusion of the explanation "what it means".
> >> Furthermore, after the call yesterday I am still not convinced
> >> that we can be sure that the board wants to go further than the
> >> language provided in the bylaw. I can suggest as an alternative
> >> solution that we send two proposed statements: (1) the one we
> >> discussed on the call and which is based on the bylaw (2) the
> >> statement on operationalisation and assessment that we drafted
> >> after the call. In this case, depending on what was the notion
> >> behind making this statement, the board can either chose one of
> >> them or draft a combination of two. What do you think? Cheers
> >> Tanya
> >>
> >> On 10 February 2016 at 16:29, Niels ten Oever via
> >> cc-humanrights3
> >> <<mailto:cc-humanrights3 at icann.org>cc-humanrights3 at icann.org
> >> <mailto:cc-humanrights3 at icann.org>> wrote:
> >>
> > Hi Michele,
> >
> > This statement means that the ICANN board will:
> >
> > 1. operationalize it's commitment to human rights 2. contribute to
> > a Human Rights Impact Assessment with the community of
> > stakeholders 3. contribute to the development of a Human Rights
> > Policy with the community of stakeholders 4. work on a process for
> > remediation.
> >
> > Does this make it more clear? If not, can you make your question a
> > bit more precise?
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Niels
> >
> > Niels ten Oever Head of Digital
> >
> > Article 19 www.article19.org <http://www.article19.org>
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> > On 02/10/2016 04:24 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
> >> The board of ICANN commits to take concrete steps to
> >>>> operationalize its core value of respecting human rights
> >>>> within ICANN's mission. The steps will include working
> > together
> >>>> with the community to understand the potential human rights
> >>>> impacts of its operations through a human rights impact
> >>>> assessment, engagement of the board, management, staff and
> >>>> stakeholders toward a common understanding of priority human
> >>>> rights issues, and putting in place a human rights policy to
> >>>> address the priority issues.
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