[cc-humanrights] FoI discussion

Motoko Aizawa motoko.aizawa at ihrb.org
Tue May 17 13:02:51 UTC 2016


Apologies in advance that I will not be on the call today. Re the FoI, I
agree that less is more. In terms of the four bullets, I would offer the
first two bullet points instead. I do agree that less is more. Motoko


   - What it means for ICANN to respect human rights
   - What is outside the scope of ICANN's responsibility to respect human
   rights (e.g., no enforcement)

        - Reference to applicable instruments
        - Whether other documents are needed in addition to the bylaw (e.g.
HR
policy




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On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 6:45 AM, Niels ten Oever <niels at article19.org>
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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> >             <herb.waye at icann.org <mailto:herb.waye at icann.org>>,  Niels
> >     ten Oever <niels at digitaldissidents.org
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