[Ws2-hr] Proposed Agenda Call Sept 6 19:00 UTC

[Niels ten Oever]

Dear Jorge,

The question has been forwarded to ICANN legal and we are awaiting a
response.

Best,

Niels

On 09/07/2016 03:22 AM, Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch wrote:
> Dear Niels
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> 
> May I kindly request clarification on the status of our inquiry into the
> (legal) effects that the HR commitment we are talking about is a "core
> value"?
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> According to the new Bylaws "core values" are “guidance” (“should also
> guide the decisions and actions of ICANN…”) and are subject to a
> specific balancing and interpretation clause:
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> "(c) The Commitments and Core Values are intended to apply in the broadest
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> possible range of circumstances. The Commitments reflect ICANN’s
> 
> fundamental compact with the global Internet community and are intended to
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> apply consistently and comprehensively to ICANN’s activities. The specific
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> way in which Core Values are applied, individually and collectively, to any
> 
> given situation may depend on many factors that cannot be fully anticipated
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> or enumerated. Situations may arise in which perfect fidelity to all Core
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> Values simultaneously is not possible. Accordingly, in any situation where
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> one Core Value must be balanced with another, potentially competing Core
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> Value, the result of the balancing must serve a policy developed through the
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> bottom-up multistakeholder process or otherwise best serve ICANN’s Mission."
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> I feel this is quite relevant for our discussions, as it sets the frame
> of the effect of the new HR "core value".
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> Best and looking forward to your guidance and apologies if I have missed
> any relevant message on this issue
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> 
> Jorge
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org [mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org] Im
> Auftrag von Niels ten Oever
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. September 2016 00:19
> An: ws2-hr at icann.org
> Betreff: [Ws2-hr] Proposed Agenda Call Sept 6 19:00 UTC
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> Dear all,
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> Please find underneath and attached the proposed agenda for our call of
> Sept 6 19:00 UTC.
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> Also please find attached a rather advanced version of the document
> mentioned under agenda point 2, the summary of the Human Rights work
> under Workstream 1.
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> 1. Administrivia
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> Roll call, absentees, SoIs, etc
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> 2. Discussion on: the Summary on what was agreed and discussed on human
> rights during WS1
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rwpw9aSAqboRO2_rNkjMVJPOmYwmdr5B1_M_aNMoZb4/edit?usp=sharing
> 
> 3. Discussion on: Concerns on possible impacts of Human Rights bylaw and
> FoI
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KcKGRJjuhKEzCh2AZ8PPR_MofOQFBN8CMuJqTG_h9h4/edit?usp=sharing
> 
> 4. Discussion on FoI draft document
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1emqmzyB9_0vm6oKxhIWZ47L7lxcFKUBHVnkBYUOsA2Q/edit
> 
> 5. AOB
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> ICANN staff informed me that they are working on providing more real
> time collaboration methods, but currently they do not offer such
> services. So until that time I am afraid we are stuck with Google Docs.
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> As always feel free to suggest addition or changes to the points above.
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> Best,
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> 
> Niels
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> Niels ten Oever
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> Head of Digital
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