[cc-humanrights] FoI discussion
Matthew Shears
mshears at cdt.org
Tue May 17 10:50:46 UTC 2016
Hi + 1 Niels on the "less is more" w/r/t/ the FOI.
On 5/17/2016 11:45 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote:
> Dear Corinne,
>
> Thanks for your great work, it might help to have a bit of background in
> to the discussion that we extensively had in CCWG WP4 on this. There was
> no clear agreement whatsoever on using the Ruggie Principles, so
> assuming we will might ruffle some feathers.
>
> Next to that we might need think whether it would be necessary to go
> this deep and far at all. Maybe an FoI could simply be an explanatory
> report to the bylaw which explains:
> - What does it mean to respect
> - What does it mean to not enforce
> - Reference to applicable instruments
> - Whether other documents are needed in addition to the bylaw (e.g. HR
> policy
>
> I think that less might be more.
>
> Happy to discuss on the call and hear what other people think.
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
>
>
> Niels ten Oever
> Head of Digital
>
> Article 19
> www.article19.org
>
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> On 05/17/2016 11:59 AM, Corinne Cath wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have been working on the FOI - and developed some completely new text
>> on the basis of your suggestions, which you can find below.
>>
>> I have focused on the Ruggie principles as the standard for ICANN to
>> uphold. I assume this is still open for discussion, but for the time
>> being (or unless Tatiana, Aarti or Vidushi tell me that I have no
>> business making these kinds of decisions as a none-lawyer ;) I am
>> focusing on Ruggie.
>>
>> However, I am running into some troubles trying to actually flesh out
>> what steps should be taken to ensure the interpretation of the Ruggie
>> principles happens as we believe will best ensure ICANN's commitment to
>> respect human rights.
>>
>> Right now I combined text from the HRIA document, the research done
>> <http://www.ihrb.org/pdf/reports/2015-11-17-ICANN-Corporate-Responsibility-to-Respect-Human-Rights.pdf>
>> by Article 19 and the guiding principles
>> <http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HR.PUB.12.2_En.pdf>for the
>> Ruggie principles. But I feel like I am going in circles, and suggesting
>> in the FOI that we need the development of other policies and
>> procedures. Which I don't think is the best way forward.
>>
>> If anyone has any thoughts now, or on the call later today that would be
>> much appreciated!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> *FOI Version 3 *
>>
>>
>>
>> The purpose of this Framework of Interpretation (FOI) is to give a
>> framework for applying human rights principles to ensure that ICANN
>> respects internationally recognized human rights. The most appropriate
>> principles to set as the standard in the case of ICANN are the UN
>> Guiding Principleson Business and Human Rights, also known as the Ruggie
>> principles. These principles present a set of guidelines for States and
>> companies to ‘protect, respect, and remedy’ human rights abuses
>> committed in business operations. Their unique tailoring to businesses
>> makes them a good fit for ICANN. The word respect in this case refers to
>> companies’ responsibility to avoid infringing on the human rights of
>> others and should address adverse human rights impacts with which they
>> are involved (Guiding principle 11,
>> <http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf>for
>> implementing the Ruggie Principles).
>>
>>
>>
>> The overall Ruggie principles has three tiers:
>>
>> 1. State responsibility to protect against human rights abuses by third
>> entities, including businesses through policies, regulation and
>> adjudication.
>>
>> 2. Corporate responsibility to respect human rights, in which businesses
>> are asked to practice due diligence (see definition below) to avoid
>> infringing on the rights of others and address instances of adverse
>> impact in which they are involved.
>>
>> 3. Access to effective remedy for victims, both judicial and non-judicial.
>>
>>
>>
>> This framework of interpretation develops a set of guiding principles
>> based on those presented by the UN for the Ruggie principles and
>> specifically focused on the second tier: the corporate responsibility to
>> respect human rights.
>>
>>
>> *Corporate responsibility to respect human rights:*
>>
>> In addition to an explicit human rights commitment, companies need to
>> adopt a due diligence approach to their business processes. Due
>> diligence in the case of human rights refers to the: “An ongoing risk
>> management process…in order to identify, prevent, mitigate and account
>> for how [a company] addresses its adverse human rights impacts. It
>> includes four key steps: assessing actual and potential human rights
>> impacts; integrating and acting on the findings; tracking responses; and
>> communicating about how impacts are addressed.” (UN Ruggie Principles).
>>
>> In practice this mean companies need to have in place on-going processes
>> that identify potential human rights abuses, that allow them to respond
>> in a timely fashion with measures to prevent these abuses. These
>> processes can also identify ongoing human rights abuses, and as such,
>> need to include procedures to remedy those. Keeping in mind that this
>> framework of interpretation does not create any additional obligation
>> for ICANN to respond to or consider any complaint, request or demand
>> seeking the enforcement of human rights by ICANN.
>>
>> Based on this information the following steps should be taken to ensure
>> proper interpretation of the Ruggie Principles:
>>
>>
>> _Phase 1: Human rights impact analysis_
>>
>> a.) A planning and scoping phase that includes scoping of (i) ICANN’s
>> business activities to understand the scale and type of ICANN’s
>> operations, and (ii) the human rights context of ICANN’soperation to
>> understand the human rights topics in the particular ICANN operational
>> context.
>>
>>
>> b.) Data collection and baseline phase: additional data gathering to
>> better understand the key human rights areas identified in phase a,
>> through further research, as well as interviews and stakeholder
>> engagement.
>>
>>
>> c.) Impact analysis: systematically identify any human rights impacts of
>> ICANN operations and to assess their severity against the Ruggie Principles.
>>
>>
>> d.) Present an impact analysis matrix.
>>
>>
>>
>> _Phase 2: Mitigation and prevention system for human rights abuses_
>>
>> a.) Manage and mitigate impact by applying a mitigation hierarchy that
>> first focuses on prevention, and where not possible applies mitigation
>> strategies.This includes finding ways to exercise leverage to address
>> impacts in collaboration with third parties, including business
>> partners, stakeholders, government agencies etc.
>>
>>
>> b.) Clearly establish roles and responsibility, allocate resources and
>> establish performance indicators, milestones and deadlines to be
>> followed.
>>
>>
>>
>> _Phase 3: Presentation of findings _
>>
>> a.) Present the responses to the issues identified on an on going basis.
>>
>>
>>
>> _Phase 4: Reporting and evaluation_
>>
>> a.) Reporting publically on progress periodically.
>>
>>
>> b.) Develop mechanism to feed these results back into phase 2.
>>
>>
>> c.) ICANN board and management should carry out a comprehensive (and
>> preferably an external) process of review and evaluation of its Policy
>> and Management Plan/System after three to five years of implementation.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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