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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Leon and legal team,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are the question we addressed yesterday with respect to the HR sub-team:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>What is the definition ICANN legal uses for ‘applicable law’?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>What does the term “Respect” mean according to the bylaws (in relation to Core Values)?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>What is the relationship between core values and commitments in general; and the HR core value and commitments in particular?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>How does the balancing progress between core values, as described in the bylaws, take place? Is it documented?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the call I noted some comments in the nature of clarification and Leon asked if I would suggest some revisions on list and here below are my thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First, however, two important points.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One, I will separately send a copy of this memo to Niels ten Oever, one of the rapporteurs of the HR Sub-Team who is handling this matter for the sub-team. I will ask Niels to contact us through Leon rather quickly if he has any issue with
any of this. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And, two, recall that I am a member of the HR Sub-team and have taken an active position on the nature of “respect” and the meaning of “applicable law” in the team. There are other views than mine and they have been reasonably expressed
- the discussion is not ended. So I come at this with a point of view, nonetheless I have endeavored to make these “tweaked” questions fair and in keeping with the questions originally posed by Niels.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here is how I suggest we handle these questions and forward them to ICANN legal:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>With respect to ICANN legal’s understanding of the definition of “applicable law”:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Has ICANN legal developed an understanding of the meaning of the term “applicable law”?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>If so, does that understanding apply in the context of the new bylaw at Article 1.2(b)(viii)?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Would the following definition of “applicable law,” currently under consideration by the CCWG WS2 Sub-Team on Human Rights, be consistent with either or both of those?:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<o:p> </o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><Quote>: Applicable law refers to the body of law that binds ICANN at any given time, in any given circumstance and in any relevant jurisdiction. It consists of statutes, rules, regulations, etcetera, as well as judicial opinions, where
appropriate. It is a dynamic concept inasmuch as laws, regulations, etcetera, change over time. Applicable law can have disparate impacts on ICANN around the globe: for example, if ICANN employs personnel in different jurisdictions then it must observe the
appropriate labour laws in those various locales. Applicable law is thus a large body of law that eludes our ability to catalogue, but it is ascertainable in the context of a specific question or issue. <Quote><o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">d.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>Please share the applicable understanding(s). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]>With respect to questions 2 through 4 above I suggest we leave the questions as they are but introduce each of them with this phrase: “In the view of ICANN legal,”.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">David McAuley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">International Policy Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Verisign Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">703-948-4154<o:p></o:p></p>
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