[Ws2-hr] When should ICANN uphold human rights?

Niels ten Oever lists at nielstenoever.net
Mon Sep 5 22:19:51 UTC 2016


Dear Kavouss,

On 09/05/2016 06:30 PM, Arasteh wrote:
> Dear Mr. Niels  ten Oever Thank you very much for yr reactions I hope
> you have kindly recognized that: A) this issue can only be discussed
> at SubGroup established for FOI for Human Rights AND NOT IN THE
> SUBGROUP ON SO/AC ACCOUNTABILITY 

This is the FoI subgroup.

B) thank you for  the list of the
> reference  documents that you have made but  please kindly study the
> complete list discussed at Human Rights Group chaired Mr, Leon
> Sanchez You would not a complete list there. If you , as the One of
> the Co-Chair of the Group proposed a selected list , I have no
> problem with that but 1) this issue must be discussed at your group
> and not accountability Group and 2) we MUST avoid repeating
> discussions that we have had. Under Mr. Sanchez Group  during four or
> five months

We did not have an exhaustive list developed during WS1. This is exacty
the work at hand, so it would be great if you could comment on the list,
or add information if we might have missed it.

Best,

Niels


 Tks Arasteh Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 5 Sep 2016, at 05:58, Niels ten Oever <lists at nielstenoever.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Great to see the discussion developing here. If I look at the
>> questions brought up by Farzane, structured by Paul (and confirmed
>> by Tijani), I see some overlap with the questions that were brought
>> up in the draft FoI we've been working on as Google Doc.
>> 
>>>> *        What substance we see in the phrase human rights
>>>> inside ICANN Mission?
>> 
>> For this question we had a preliminary answer, namely that we
>> could understand the following documents as 'Internationally
>> recognized human rights':
>> 
>> UDHR: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=eng 
>> ICCPR:
>> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx 
>> ICESCR:
>> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx 
>> ICERD:
>> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CERD.aspx CEDAW:
>> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CEDAW.aspx CRPD:
>> http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml 
>> DRIPS:
>> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/Pages/Declaration.aspx
>> 
>> This could help narrow down that part of the discussion.
>> 
>> When we look at the second question and clarification by John:
>> 
>>>> *        When, if ever, ICANN should give that substance
>>>> (whatever it may be) effect?
>> 
>> This might mean different things for:
>> 
>> - the ICANN community (SOs and ACs) - ICANN the organization -
>> Contracted parties - policy development process
>> 
>> It might helps us to differentiate or list what the different
>> relevant activities of these (or other) parts of the ICANN
>> ecosystem and understand what (potential) human rights impacts they
>> might have?
>> 
>> Just a suggestions.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Niels
>> 
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