<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi Patrik,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">indeed it is time to move on. we got an acceptable charter for now and we should start the real work (we have less than 3 months before BA meeting)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Best,<br>
<br>Rafik</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-04-14 2:34 GMT+09:00 Patrik Fältström <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paf@netnod.se" target="_blank">paf@netnod.se</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Just to make things clear, I think this is fine.<br>
<br>
This should move forward in the chartering process.<br>
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Patrik<br>
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> On 10 apr 2015, at 11:43, Niels ten Oever <<a href="mailto:niels@article19.org">niels@article19.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hello everyone,<br>
><br>
> I have tried to balance both the comments and text suggestions from<br>
> everyone in the following draft text for the CCWP. I tried to balance<br>
> ICANNs corporate responsibilities, social responsibilities, its impact<br>
> on society and its impact on human rights.<br>
><br>
> I hope this text is both broad and narrow enough for everyone to work<br>
> with. I'm greatly looking forward to your endorsements, comments<br>
> (preferably with text suggestions), I hope we can make the final<br>
> decision on Tuesday.<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Niels<br>
><br>
> PS I'm also keeping a pad with the changes here:<br>
> <a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/icannhr" target="_blank">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/icannhr</a><br>
><br>
> Background<br>
><br>
> This cross community working party (CCWP) seeks to map and understand<br>
> the issues and potential solutions related to corporate and social<br>
> responsibilities of the Internet Corporation<br>
> for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and this related, but not<br>
> limited to policies, procedures and operations, it particularly<br>
> focuses on ICANNs responsibility to respect human rights. It builds on<br>
> a long term community engagement on this topic, further catalyzed with<br>
> the publication of the paper 'ICANN's procedures and policies in the<br>
> light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values', as<br>
> commissioned by the Council of Europe, and after sessions held in<br>
> London, Los Angeles and Singapore. It seeks to improve ICANN's<br>
> measures to respect human rights in accordance with article 4 of<br>
> ICANN's articles of incorporation and and have established a programme<br>
> for corporate social responsibility.<br>
><br>
> Objective<br>
><br>
> The CCWP on ICANNs Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect<br>
> Human Rights would have the purpose to raise awareness, provide<br>
> information, facilitate dialogue and make suggestions to ICANN the<br>
> corporation and the ICANN community on ways to better harmonize<br>
> ICANN’s policies and procedures with internationally recognized human<br>
> rights and corporate social responsibility standards, such as UN<br>
> Guiding Principles on Business and HUman Rights, the UN Global<br>
> Compact, and the European Commission and International Human Rights<br>
> and Business guidelines on implementation of the UN Guiding Principles<br>
> on Business and Human Rights for the ICT Sector. This specifically in<br>
> the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and<br>
> the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The<br>
> working party will focus on issues related to human rights that are<br>
> directly impacted by ICANN policy decisions, procedures and operations.<br>
><br>
> Responsibilities and scope of work<br>
><br>
> (i) To continue the process of raising awareness about the interplay<br>
> between ICANN’s policies, procedures and operations and corporate and<br>
> social responsibility issues, specifically with respect for human rights;<br>
><br>
> (ii) To map and collect information from the community about cases as<br>
> well as current ICANN policies, procedures and operations that present<br>
> an impact on the respect of human<br>
> rights in which further guidance on how to harmonize policies and<br>
> procedures with increased respect of human rights would be necessary;<br>
><br>
> (iii) To develop corporate and social responsibility guidelines for<br>
> the procedures that are in place or that should be created in the<br>
> policy development process to ensure specifically, but not limited to,<br>
> the respect for human rights;<br>
><br>
> (iv) To provide information, suggestions and recommendations to the<br>
> chartering organizations and to the broader ICANN community on how<br>
> ICANN’s policies and procedures can be<br>
> developed and implemented consistent with internationally recognized<br>
> standards. This input can inform the policy development processes as<br>
> defined in the ICANN Bylaws.<br>
><br>
> (v) To propose procedures and mechanisms with the aim of producing<br>
> assessments on if and how policies and procedures under development<br>
> and/or being implemented may impact on human rights.<br>
><br>
> (vi) Draft Position Papers and Statements as deemed appropriate<br>
><br>
> (vii) To carry out further discussions about the pertinence and timing<br>
> for the creation of a cross-community working group on this issue.<br>
><br>
> The membership of the CCWP on ICANNs Corporate and Social<br>
> Responsibility to Respect Human Rights is proposed to include members<br>
> representing the diversity of the ICANN community. The Working Party<br>
> will serve as a focal point for the CSR discussion, knowledge<br>
> dissemination and communication about the impact of ICANN's policies<br>
> and procedures on corporate and social responsibility, specifically<br>
> related to Human Rights. Its activities will be conducted in an open<br>
> and fully transparent manner.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Niels ten Oever<br>
> Head of Digital<br>
><br>
> Article 19<br>
> <a href="http://www.article19.org" target="_blank">www.article19.org</a><br>
><br>
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><br>
> On 04/06/2015 06:27 PM, Niels ten Oever wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On 04/06/2015 06:12 PM, Patrik Fältström wrote:<br>
>>>> By adding Corporate Social Responsibility to the work of this<br>
>>>> working party we're expanding the scope far beyond human<br>
>>>> rights. Initially we have tried to make the scope smaller by<br>
>>>> only having a look at first generation human rights, and<br>
>>>> predominantly freedom of expression and the right to privacy<br>
>>>> and the impact ICANN has on them. CSR opens up the discussion<br>
>>>> on: The impact of a company on economic, environmental and<br>
>>>> social impacts caused by its everyday activities. These are a<br>
>>>> lot of different things, far beyond what was initially<br>
>>>> envisioned. Ranging from CO2 emisions, travel policy,<br>
>>>> transparency, renumeration, supply chain disclosure, I've been<br>
>>>> having a look at the best practices in CSR-land, and it is<br>
>>>> quite huge: <a href="https://www.globalreporting.org/" target="_blank">https://www.globalreporting.org/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Yes, CSR is a VERY broad topic. One must scope it.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> If we manage to produce a report provuides an analysis and<br>
>>>> recommendations based on the IHRB report [0] that Patrik<br>
>>>> mentioned is, would for me be a perfect outcome of our work,<br>
>>>> but I am curious if people think we should go further.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Patrik mentioned that he wanted to include topics of labor in<br>
>>>> this work, but that seems covered by the UN Guiding Principles<br>
>>>> on Business and Human Rights and are also addressed in the<br>
>>>> IHRB report.<br>
>>><br>
>>> No, I said we COULD do that.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I agree we must be scoped.<br>
>>><br>
>>>> So I just want to make sure that our scope is wide enough to<br>
>>>> include everything we want to do, but narrow enough to keep it<br>
>>>> manageable.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Currently I am not 100% sure if we are discussing semantics,<br>
>>>> or issues we want to tackle, it seems we are discussing the<br>
>>>> difference between things that mean the same to me:<br>
>>><br>
>>> To me semantics.<br>
>><br>
>> Happy to hear this all. Let's work it out :)<br>
>>><br>
>>>> 1. CCWP on ICANN and Human Rights 2. CCWP on ICANNs Corporate<br>
>>>> Responsibility to Respect Human Rights 3. CCWP on ICANN CSR<br>
>>>> issues related to Human Rights<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> But I think that this has a far wider scope:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 4. CCWP on Corporate Social Responsibility for ICANN<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> And this email made me want to check with you Patrik if we're<br>
>>>> talking about the same thing:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On 04/05/2015 04:42 PM, Patrik Fältström wrote:<br>
>>>>> I just do not want this to be a CCWG on Human Rights. It<br>
>>>>> should be on ICANN CSR issues related to Human Rights.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> And once again, if I am alone in being sensitive on this<br>
>>>>> kind of wording, let me know. Then I rest my case ;-)<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Looking forward to discuss!<br>
>>><br>
>>> So it is [3] above I am asking for, of your four alternatives.<br>
>>><br>
>>> But I understand the view of Bill that it might be viewed<br>
>>> immediately as "ICANN as the corporation", so I can go with a<br>
>>> name of the CCWG that is as [1].<br>
>>><br>
>>> I will have a look at the document you produced online Niels.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Once again, I am sensitive to "Human Rights" as I very strongly<br>
>>> see Human Rights are agreements between states on what they MUST<br>
>>> do and what they MUST NEVER do. Everyone else is acting in that<br>
>>> context. For example by doing activities that forces States to<br>
>>> change their behavior. Or by acting in a specific way just<br>
>>> because States do misbehave (but one have to do things there<br>
>>> anyway).<br>
>>><br>
>>> It might have been teachers I have had that hammered this<br>
>>> possibly too drastic view into my brain...but there you are.<br>
>>><br>
>>> And still, I can view myself be in the minority here.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Patrik<br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>> Very happy to have your voice in this discussion Patrik (isn't<br>
>> human rights all about protecting minorities ;) ). Previously we<br>
>> noticed that as long as we were talking about Human Rights, people<br>
>> thought we were going to have ICANN as an advocacy organizations<br>
>> against torture. Adding 'ICANNs Corporate Responsibility to Respect<br>
>> Human Rights' made things much clearer for many people (and linked<br>
>> it very directly to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human<br>
>> Rights). So great to be able to test what is the best language to<br>
>> describe what we want to do.<br>
>><br>
>> There are indeed different obligations for states (that should<br>
>> protect human rights) and for other actors (that should respect<br>
>> human rights), which is both a responsibility.<br>
>><br>
>> It's just that CSR has become quite something of a marketing term<br>
>> for a lot of different things, so I would be afraid that it would<br>
>> create more confusion than it would solve. But if you think the<br>
>> opposite, what would you think of:<br>
>><br>
>> 5. CCWP on ICANNs Corporate Social Responsibility to respect Human<br>
>> Rights ?<br>
>><br>
>> I think it would help deciding on this before I go edit the<br>
>> document.<br>
>><br>
>> Finally, Bill: do you think the issue about 'corporate' is more of<br>
>> an issue in CSR than in CR ? Because this was not brought up at<br>
>> the discussion in Singapore even though the title of the session<br>
>> was ICANNs Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights.<br>
>><br>
>> Looking forward to discuss.<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>><br>
>> Niels<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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