[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Advice on IGOs from the GAC's Johannesburg Communique

[Paul Keating]

So we are a bottoms up structure until the bottom has an idea the top does not like??

Sincerely,
Paul Keating, Esq.

> On Jun 29, 2017, at 6:08 PM, Phil Corwin <psc at vlaw-dc.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Mary.
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> No surprises here, unfortunately.
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> Best, Philip
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> From: gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org <gnso-igo-ingo-crp-bounces at icann.org> on behalf of Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 11:30 AM
> To: gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org
> Subject: [Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Advice on IGOs from the GAC's Johannesburg Communique
>  
> Dear Working Group members,
>  
> You may be interested to know that the GAC Communique from this meeting in Johannesburg (ICANN59) has been released: https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/27132037/GAC%20ICANN59%20Communique_Final.pdf?version=2&modificationDate=1498747877729&api=v2
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> “In respect of IGOs, the GAC advice to the Board is:
> The GAC reiterates its Advice that IGO access to curative dispute resolution mechanism should:
> I. be modeled on, but separate from, the existing Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
> II. provide standing based on IGOs’ status as public intergovernmental institutions, and
> III. respect IGOs’ jurisdictional status by facilitating appeals exclusively through arbitration.
>  
> The GAC expresses concern that a GNSO working group has indicated that it may deliver recommendations which substantially differ from GAC Advice, and calls on the ICANN Board to ensure that such recommendations adequately reflect input and expertise provided by IGOs.
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> RATIONALE
> This Advice aligns with the view of governments that IGOs perform important public functions for citizens worldwide, and that protecting their identities in the DNS serves to minimize the potential for consumer harm.”
>  
> Thanks and cheers
> Mary
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