<p dir="ltr">I am OK with this. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Cheers<br>
Tanya </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 11 Feb 2016 17:58, "Niels ten Oever" <<a href="mailto:niels@article19.org">niels@article19.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I would like to propose the following message to the board. It's<br>
addressed to Bruce because we discussed this with him on the CCWG<br>
list. All you input on the mail or the two texts are very welcome, but<br>
I'd like to send the email soon.<br>
<br>
Dear Bruce,<br>
<br>
Hereby the Cross Community Working Party on ICANN's Corporate and<br>
Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights would like to propose<br>
two suggestions for the Human Rights statement that the board is<br>
intending to make. One statement stays very close to the agreed bylaw<br>
language, and the other takes a more forward leaning position.<br>
<br>
We hope that these texts provide a useful input to your deliberations.<br>
Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions or if we<br>
can be of any help.<br>
<br>
1.<br>
The ICANN board commits to respecting human rights within ICANN's core<br>
values and mission. The Board will work together with the community to<br>
identify where ICANN's policies and operations can impact human rights<br>
and will seek to ensure that no human rights are adversely impacted.<br>
Furthermore, within its mission, ICANN will seek to review its<br>
processes for remediation to ensure that mechanisms are in place to<br>
redress if need be.<br>
<br>
2.<br>
The board of ICANN commits to take concrete steps to operationalize<br>
its core value of respecting human rights withing ICANN's mission. The<br>
steps will include working together with the community to understand<br>
the potential human rights impacts of its operations through a human<br>
rights impact assessment, and engagement of the board, management,<br>
staff and stakeholders toward a common understanding of priority human<br>
rights issues, which would culminate in a human rights report, and<br>
putting in place a human rights remediation policy to address adverse<br>
human rights impacts.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
Niels<br>
<br>
Niels ten Oever<br>
Head of Digital<br>
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Article 19<br>
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On 02/11/2016 12:42 PM, Tatiana Tropina wrote:<br>
> Hi Matt<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> You were not on the call, but this is exactly was I was trying to<br>
> point out on the call, about the possibility to go further than the<br>
> bylaw language. The question was why do we need the board's<br>
> statement then if it rephrases and repeats the language itself. I<br>
> still think that it is not a problem if the board statement is<br>
> worded closely to the bylaw language. Since the bylaw won't be<br>
> operational, the board's commitment to respecting human rights and<br>
> continuing the work with the community in the WS2 have more than a<br>
> mere symbolic meaning. The statement will show the willingness to<br>
> commit, to continue the work and to operationalise the bylaw.<br>
><br>
> My opinion: the simpler the better.<br>
><br>
> This is why I think we have to give two options: a simple option<br>
> and "forward looking" option.<br>
><br>
> Best regards Tanya<br>
><br>
> On 11 February 2016 at 12:36, Matthew Shears <<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org">mshears@cdt.org</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org">mshears@cdt.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Wasn't on the call but Tatiana I think is pointing the right way.<br>
> They are two different things. It seems to me that the commitment<br>
> we need from the Board and perhaps the only one they might give at<br>
> this stage until the FoI is undertaken is the commitment to the<br>
> work in WS2. It would be a little unusual for them to go further<br>
> than that given they were already skeptical of the bylaw. The<br>
> second piece - ICANN's commitment to HR (not the Board's as it<br>
> should be an organizational commitment) - would probably come as a<br>
> result of the FoI.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 11/02/2016 11:27, Tatiana Tropina via cc-humanrights3 wrote:<br>
>> Dear Niels, dear all, after reading this short email exchange<br>
>> with Michele, I realised that may be we have to be clearer when<br>
>> we send the proposed wording of the statement to the board. I<br>
>> suggest inclusion of the explanation "what it means".<br>
>> Furthermore, after the call yesterday I am still not convinced<br>
>> that we can be sure that the board wants to go further than the<br>
>> language provided in the bylaw. I can suggest as an alternative<br>
>> solution that we send two proposed statements: (1) the one we<br>
>> discussed on the call and which is based on the bylaw (2) the<br>
>> statement on operationalisation and assessment that we drafted<br>
>> after the call. In this case, depending on what was the notion<br>
>> behind making this statement, the board can either chose one of<br>
>> them or draft a combination of two. What do you think? Cheers<br>
>> Tanya<br>
>><br>
>> On 10 February 2016 at 16:29, Niels ten Oever via<br>
>> cc-humanrights3<br>
>> <<mailto:<a href="mailto:cc-humanrights3@icann.org">cc-humanrights3@icann.org</a>><a href="mailto:cc-humanrights3@icann.org">cc-humanrights3@icann.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cc-humanrights3@icann.org">cc-humanrights3@icann.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
> Hi Michele,<br>
><br>
> This statement means that the ICANN board will:<br>
><br>
> 1. operationalize it's commitment to human rights 2. contribute to<br>
> a Human Rights Impact Assessment with the community of<br>
> stakeholders 3. contribute to the development of a Human Rights<br>
> Policy with the community of stakeholders 4. work on a process for<br>
> remediation.<br>
><br>
> Does this make it more clear? If not, can you make your question a<br>
> bit more precise?<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Niels<br>
><br>
> Niels ten Oever Head of Digital<br>
><br>
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> On 02/10/2016 04:24 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:<br>
>> The board of ICANN commits to take concrete steps to<br>
>>>> operationalize its core value of respecting human rights<br>
>>>> within ICANN's mission. The steps will include working<br>
> together<br>
>>>> with the community to understand the potential human rights<br>
>>>> impacts of its operations through a human rights impact<br>
>>>> assessment, engagement of the board, management, staff and<br>
>>>> stakeholders toward a common understanding of priority human<br>
>>>> rights issues, and putting in place a human rights policy to<br>
>>>> address the priority issues.<br>
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