[Wp4] Fwd: WP4..first meet.

[Rudolph Daniel]

"two approaches: a human
rights impact assessment at the beginning of a PDP and a CSR report
which would also include a human rights impact assessment of ICANNs
operations and practices"

Thanks for that clarification Niels.
RD
On Sep 15, 2015 12:52 PM, "Niels ten Oever" <lists at digitaldissidents.org>
wrote:

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> Dear Rudolph,
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> On 09/11/2015 07:45 PM, Rudolph Daniel wrote:
> > Hi Greg
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Rudolph Daniel"
> > <rudi.daniel at gmail.com <mailto:rudi.daniel at gmail.com>> Date: Sep
> > 11, 2015 1:42 PM Subject: WP4..first meet. To: "NPC SVG"
> > <npcsvg at gmail.com <mailto:npcsvg at gmail.com>> Cc:
> >
> > Hi Greg General scoping questions/ thoughts.
> >
> > 1) In light of today's WG4 meet, I am wondering how "up to date"
> > the attached opinion (attachef pdf) is...as it relates to the task
> > in hand.
> >
> > Quote: "Currently, international human rights standards do not
> > create binding legal obligations on U.S. corporations and state law
> > fiduciary duty standards do not compel corporate Boards of
> > Directors to act in furtherance of international human rights" end
> > quote
> >
>
> ICANN however has made an commitment to respect international law in
> Article 4 of its Articles of Incorporation.
>
>
> > 2) When I look at Ruggie, for example, I am asking myself, just
> > what are we hoping to achieve?
> >
> > At the ICANN bylaws level, are we to look towards some kind of due
> > diligence or report process, ( annual review, which could be
> > included in annual report) by which to monitor or access human
> > rights impact of the corp. it's practices...on an ongoing
> > basis..maybe functioning at the office of  Ombudsman?
>
> In the CCWP on ICANNs Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect
> Human Rights (CCWP) we're currently working on two approaches: a human
> rights impact assessment at the beginning of a PDP and a CSR report
> which would also include a human rights impact assessment of ICANNs
> operations and practices. We hope to present a concrete proposal for
> this in Dublin.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
> >
> > Or some word set which holds the corp. to a set of (values)? And
> > how are they to be monitored by whom?
>
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>
> > RD
> >
> >
> >
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