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

Fri Feb 12 09:53:59 UTC 2016

Sounds good (and solid clear) to me. Thanks for writing and polishing the text. 

> On Feb 11, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Tatiana Tropina <tatiana.tropina at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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,
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
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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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