[Acct-Legal] Request on Ombuds questions

[Greg Shatan]

I think we need to sharpen up the workflow between the Legal Committee and
ICANN Legal....

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:09 AM, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <
leonfelipe at sanchez.mx> wrote:

> Dear Sam and John,
>
> I have not received any reaction to this email or I might have missed it.
>
> I need to update the plenary on this today so any guidance will be much
> appreciated.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> León
>
> El 21/11/2016, a las 12:35, León Felipe Sánchez Ambía <
> leonfelipe at sanchez.mx> escribió:
>
> Dear Samantha and John,
>
> As part of the CCWG-Legal Committee works, we hereby request for an
> expedited opinion from CCWG-Accountability WS2:
>
> Background:
>
> The CCWG-Accountability WS2 Ombusman sub-group is working on recommending
> possible changes to the Office of the Ombudsman as required in the final
> report for WS1 of the CCWG-Accountability.
>
> Given the focus of this sub-group the group working on implementing ATRT2
> recommendations, which includes a requirement for an external review of the
> office of the Ombudsman, has proposed that the CCWG-Accountability WS2
> Ombudsman sub-group take on the responsibility for this evaluation which it
> has accepted to do [with the agreement of the ccwg-WS2 plenary].
>
> The current ICANN Ombudsman Herb Waye and his predecessor are both members
> of the Ombudsman sub-group drafting team.
>
> Question:
>
> Is the current ICANN Ombusman [and his predecessor] placing himself in a
> conflict of interest by participating in the sub-group which will have
> responsibility for the external review of the Office of the Ombudsman? If
> so what should the Ombudsman do to avoid such a conflict (completely recuse
> himself from all aspects or only from making or approving recommendations)?
>
> As the answers to these questions will enable to continue the work of the
> Ombuds Sub-group on different topics, we would kindly ask to have an answer
> to them as soon as possible.
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> Leon Sanchez
> CCWG-Accountability Co-Chair.
> Saludos,
>
>
>
> León
>
>
>
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