[Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary

Thomas Rickert thomas at rickert.net
Wed Sep 6 19:29:36 UTC 2017 

Paul, 
You are right and I will not try to edit Jorge’s statement. But, I think that it would be unfortunate if we ended up with multiple comments on process in the report. I still hope we can sort out the process points by discussing them. 

Thomas


> Am 06.09.2017 um 19:09 schrieb Paul Rosenzweig <paul.rosenzweig at redbranchconsulting.com>:
> 
> Isn’t it the case that the dissenting opinion is Jorge’s (and some others)?  And if that is the case, why isn’t the proper resolution that THEY are masters of their own document?  If they want to make a claim that the process was flawed as a ground for their dissent, shouldn’t they be free to make it?  People who aren’t signing the document shouldn’t be telling those who wrote it what to say.
>  
> BUT … on the other hand, my implicit assumption is that ANYONE can file a dissent or a concurrence.  I reach the conclusion I do w/r/t Jorge’s piece only with the proviso that, of course, Greg and others in the subgroup are free to write a concurring piece for submission to the Plenary, reflecting rebuttal of why Jorge’s views on process are wrong.   That way uninvolved parties (like me) can see the best case from either side and judge the matter.  Presumably that is allowed, yes?
>  
> FWIW, I think the process argument doesn’t really work – but I see no reason why Jorge shouldn’t be allowed to make it if he wants.
>  
> Paul Rosenzweig
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> From: ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org> [mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>] On Behalf Of Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>
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> Subject: Re: [Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary
>  
> Dear Greg and all,
> While I feel the points have been sufficiently made, please see below my point of view regarding Greg’s responses (in Green).
> Kind regards
> Jorge 
>  
> Von: Greg Shatan [mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>] 
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. September 2017 08:33
> An: Cancio Jorge BAKOM <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>
> Cc: Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net>>; <ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>> <ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>>
> Betreff: Re: [Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary
>  
> Responses below.
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Greg
>  
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:30 AM, <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>> wrote:
>> Dear Greg and all,
>> 
>> I feel the question on the drafting team may be regarded as simple if we stick to some main elements: was there an agenda, action points from a call or an email calling for volunteers? No, there were not.
>  
> We should consider what was present as well as what was absent. There were action points from the call mentioning that several call participants had volunteered for a drafting team, and an email from the rapporteur looking forward to the work of the drafting team.​  At least one participant who missed the call was able to discern that a drafting team had been formed, and volunteered to join it.
>  
> è    It is fair to reflect everything. But key elements of an open call were missing: to have it on the agenda, to include under the action points that volunteers were sought, an email (with proper subject line) informing about this… all this was missing. I’m far from calling for huge formalities… a simple email would have clarified everything.
> The dissent reflects in my view these facts as it says the following: “[the dt] lacked appropriate stakeholder balance as in our view there was not an appropriate communication and outreach on its constitution, which contributed to having no Government representation on this team.” – a statement that is quite nuanced in my view…
>  
>  
>  
>> Was its composition balanced in terms of stakeholders that had provided different points of view into the public comment period? No, it wasn't.
>  
> ​The composition was based on who volunteered.  It was an open group.​
>  
> è    It was not „open“ in the sense that it was clear how and when it was constituted and who could participate (see above). And this misses the point of the balance – we are not counting heads here – we need to strive for agreed solutions and clearly the drafting group only contained people from one school of thought and one stakeholder group – a minimal outreach to the other school of thought would have been very productive, especially in view that I had participated in the pre-public comment “drafting team”, i.e. that there was demonstrated willingness to take part in such an effort.
>  
>> 
>> Otherwise we would not be discussing this point within the dissent.
>> 
>> I could question other statements Greg makes in his last email, but I feel we would be just losing our precious time.
>  
> ​If these were the best attempts that could be made at questioning statements in my last email, I agree it would not be a good use of time to go further down the list.​
>  
> è    I guess this wants to be ironic. Our time is limited and our points are on the record. I understand that as “prevalining” school of thought you are happy with everything, but I feel that we have to maintain a respectful interaction.
>  
>> 
>> Those who have filed public comments have a legitimate position when they disagree in how they have been addressed, as explained before.
>  
> ​I'm not sure what an "illegitimate position" would be​, but participants in this or any other subgroup are free to submit minority statements varying from the conclusions in the main report.  Typically, these are used to make a case for the alternate conclusion(s), but the guidance on what constitutes an appropriate minority statement are not particularly rigid (consist with an overall approach that seeks to avoid quibbling over process).
>  
> è    The substance of the dissent is quite clearly put in it. I guess we may agree on that – see below again for the text. 
>  
>> 
>> Those who wanted the status quo and who were in an absolute majority in the review process are naturally ok with how things went.
>  
> ​I'm not sure who "wanted" the "status quo" (i.e., the Subgroup's views in the Report before comments were received), or whether there was an "absolute majority" of any kind; those are indeed simplistic terms.  What I "wanted" is not necessarily reflected in the Report, but that is only to be expected in the multistakeholder process.  What is reflected is a  position that I was willing and continue to be willing to accept, along with most of the Subgroup, as a result of our consensus-building process.  It seemed clear, once we discussed moving away from that position, that there was no other position that would get sufficient support.
>  
> I understand you may not be ok with the result.  That does not mean that there was a problem with the process.  
>  
> As said above, the problem is mainly with the substance, as explained in the dissent: “Their expectation was that a properly balanced result would reflect some if not all of the positions and proposals made in their responses. The governments are dismayed to note, however, that there are no changes of any significance to the draft FoI and Considerations documents that addresses any of the substantial issues which they raised.
> In particular, the three Governments were in full agreement that the FOI text should make stronger reference to the UN Guiding Principles as the most relevant voluntary international standard. However, the Subgroup did not undertake an inclusive effort to determine if a compromise text could be formulated that would accommodate this position of the three governments.“
>                 And as added in the dissent there were issues with the drafting team which we have now discussed ad nauseam.
>  
>> I would leave it by that in somewhat simplistic terms and await discussions in the CCWG.
>  
> ​I look forward to it. Hopefully these discussions will focus on substance.​
>> 
>> kind regards
>> 
>> Jorge
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 
>> Von: Greg Shatan <gregshatanipc at gmail.com <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>>
>> Datum: 5. September 2017 um 22:54:08 MESZ
>> An: Cancio Jorge BAKOM <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>
>> Cc: <ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>>, Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net>>
>> Betreff: Re: [Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary
>> 
>> I would note the following:
>> 
>> First, the minority statement does not mention that the drafting team language was not adopted by the Subgroup.  As written, one might think the drafting team was a vehicle by which the Report was revised while excluding minority voices.  Since the work of the drafting team came to naught, it seems a trifle disproportionate to use a formal Minority Statement to raise concerns about the process by which it was formed and announced.
>> 
>> With regard to process, I see things somewhat differently.
>> 
>> The drafting team was not only announced on the call.  There were two emails to the list that same day, both mentioning the drafting team -- the post-call notes and Niels' email. Notably, Matthew Shears missed the call and still volunteered for the drafting team.  So I don't think it's fair to say that a review of the transcript was the only way to find out about the drafting team.
>> 
>> Could Niels have sent an email expressly seeking volunteers for the drafting team? Of course.  Did that stop Matthew? Is that an offense worthy of permanent enshrinement in the Subgroup's report? Did Niels' less direct email and the call notes serve to  exclude the "dissenter" who was not on the call from the drafting team?  Should a specific invite have been made to certain members of the Subgroup?  I would say the answer to all those questions is no, but that is only my view.
>> 
>> Having been invited to check the record, at least indirectly, I did so to the extent possible (I cannot see past versions of the Google Doc, as I only have "view" rights).  A search of the email list and the relevant transcripts did not reveal any proposals or draft text to the text of the Report from the "dissenters" (though one dissenting participant was actively involved in the conversations on the list and in the calls), either before or after the call for the drafting team (though there were objections to the drafting team language from the two dissenting participants).  Of course, there were contributions from many other participants in the course of these discussions.
>> 
>> There was also discussion of the cover email from the Subgroup, and considerable discussion of the reference to this point in that email.  The "dissenters" did suggest alternate text for this sentence, but it did not gain any traction in the rest of the Subgroup.  Perhaps there was confusion between the cover letter and the Report text, or perhaps the proposal were in prior versions of the draft document. Or perhaps I just missed something.
>> 
>> Overall, I have to say that I see no substantial issues of process with relation to the consideration of the 3 comments or the objections of the 2 participants.
>> 
>> However, I did find a process issue in my review of the history that was far more likely to have had an effect on the Subgroup's report: The decision to reject the drafting team's proposal and retain existing language took place on a single call of the Subgroup, on a call where several of the drafting team members were not present and at least 3 other members of the Subgroup who supported the drafting team's language on the list were also not present.  The views of these drafting team members and other participants were not cited during the call or otherwise taken into account.  If one wanted to raise concerns about process per se, this would seem far more meritorious.
>> 
>> 
>> As to the larger question of why have public comments if there are public comments that do not change the Report?  First I would note that these particular comments were vigorously and extensively debated -- which I think qualifies as "duly taken into account."  Second and more generally, the experience varies greatly from comment period to comment period, with regard to changes.  Sometimes there are quite a few changes that come from comments, others not so much.  An analysis of how and when comments result in changes would take pages, since it is more art than science.  In many cases it boils down to one or both of the following -- broad support in the group for a particular change and/or broad support across many comments for a particular change.  Of course, changes for clarity and changes of objective fact are more likely to be adopted than those that propose a change in position.
>> 
>> Regardless, the comments are always carefully reviewed and considered.  But ultimately, there is absolutely no presumption that any comment will result in a change -- nor should there be.  There is also no presumption and little if any precedent for the idea that a group will engage in dialogue with any of the commenters.  Indeed, it would raise serious issues if some commenters were approached and others were not.  The basic precept is that the group is where deliberations take place and where inputs are weighed, and that much of this happens on the calls.
>> 
>> Finally, I see that Jorge suggests that "Our opinion is that those calls [for a stronger recognition of the UNGP] should have been better addressed as explained in the dissent."  This could be "better addressed" by expanding the discussion of why changes were not made in response to these comments, though that probably doesn't belong in the body of the report.  (Maybe it could be in a response to the minority statement, if the dissenters seek to keep the minority statement in the report beyond the presentation to the plenary.)
>> 
>> However, I believe "better addressed" in the view of the dissenters means revising the Report so that it "would reflect some if not all of the positions and proposals made in their responses" (i.e., the comments of Switzerland, UK and Brazil).  In spite of significant discussions, there did not seem to be such language that would retain the broad support of the Subgroup.  In other words, the comments and those that supported them did not persuade the Subgroup to adopt such changes.  Without such persuasion, the mere fact that a comment has been made is not going to result in a change of position, no matter how convinced any commenter is that their view is correct.  As such, I think the process was honored and it worked, and that any criticisms of the process do not go to issues that would have changed the position of the group.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 12:41 PM, <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>> wrote:
>> Hi Thomas
>> 
>> I hope you have read all the exchanges - perhaps you have not, otherwise it would be clear from all the materials that I was not on the 8th of August call... according to Greg's investigation Kavouss attended as member and Mark as observer...
>> 
>> In any case you would also know that we were not silent and that we made proposals, including draft text, to try addressing our concerns. These proposals were made on the mailing list and are on the record - please check. There was no email to the list, to me or other dissenters to join the drafting team - I would probably have joined - the same way as I was in the original pre-public comment drafting team devoting a lot of time to this effort in a minority position within that original team...please check the record.
>> 
>> As to the new drafting team, I feel that I have been quite nuanced. I monitored the emailing list during all the period, but as shown by Greg's investigation, if you did not look into the transcript of the specific 8 of August call it was quite difficult to identify when and how the drafting group came into being. An email to the list inviting volunteers would have been fine...
>> 
>> Anyway, I feel that the main point is about substance, and I'm happy that you accept that we may dissent. Being aware of such divergence of opinions -as we all were- would have advised, in my opinion, reaching out proactively to those who are now dissenting and had taken the effort of filing public comments (which in my case involved consulting several Ministries). We may disagree on that too, but it would have been probably been more productive and inclusive.
>> 
>> kind regards
>> 
>> Jorge
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 
>> Von: Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net><mailto:thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net>>>
>> Datum: 5. September 2017 um 18:10:14 MESZ
>> An: Cancio Jorge BAKOM <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>>
>> Cc: t.tropina at mpicc.de <mailto:t.tropina at mpicc.de><mailto:t.tropina at mpicc.de <mailto:t.tropina at mpicc.de>> <t.tropina at mpicc.de <mailto:t.tropina at mpicc.de><mailto:t.tropina at mpicc.de <mailto:t.tropina at mpicc.de>>>, ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>> <ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>>>, Thomas Rickert <thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net><mailto:thomas at rickert.net <mailto:thomas at rickert.net>>>
>> Betreff: Re: [Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary
>> 
>> Hi Jorge,
>> Let me briefly share my personal (not co-chair) thoughts on this.
>> 
>> I have to say that I take issue with is your point on the process of recruitment of the DT.
>> 
>> I understand you and your colleagues have been on the call when the call for volunteers for the DT was made. You remained silent.
>> You even remained silent on the mailing list despite a considerable exchange of e-mails as shown in the e-mail Greg kindly put together.
>> 
>> Thus, you were not only asked but subsequently given the opportunity to be added to the team. You chose not to do so. That is fine.
>> You characterize this process as not being appropriate communication and outreach. I think that is not appropriate given what actually happened.
>> 
>> Please remember: This DT is not a formal working group where formal calls for volunteers are published. Are you suggesting we should add that level of complexity to our procedures?
>> 
>> We have managed to produce outstanding results by group members volunteering to take on on certain tasks without a formal process.
>> 
>> I understand that you do not agree with the substance of the report and want to make that known with your statement. That is fine.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> Thomas
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Am 05.09.2017 um 15:09 schrieb <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>>> <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>>>:
>> 
>> Dear Matthew and Tatiana,
>> 
>> I understand your points to a certain extent. But, at the same time: what are public comment periods good for if we absolutely stick to the text subject to the consultation?
>> What changed is that in the public consultation we had basically those who wanted to stick to the consultation text but we also heard from two additional Governments (UK, Brazil) that were not part of the prior Subgroup discussions calling for a stronger recognition of the UNGP. Our opinion is that those calls should have been better addressed as explained in the dissent…
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Jorge
>> 
>> Von: ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>>> [mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>>] Im Auftrag von Dr. Tatiana Tropina
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. September 2017 14:31
>> An: ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>>>
>> Betreff: Re: [Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary
>> 
>> 
>> I find myself in agreement with Matt.
>> 
>> Also - unless my memory fails me - Jorge was a part of the team which drafted the text Matt cites. We went back to the text we agreed after hours of drafting and discussions. The text included UNGP and reflected the fact that we don't have consensus. I don't understand what changed since then? We still have no consensus on further endorsement of UNGP but they are included in the text as a possible reference.
>> 
>> I think the current text is balanced and takes into account all the positions. Let me also remind, that some of us - those who were against Ruggie at all - also compromised during the drafting exercise and agreed to include the Ruggie reference.
>> 
>> Warm regards,
>> 
>> Tanya
>> 
>> 
>> On 05/09/17 14:11, Matthew Shears wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> This dissenting opinion does not reflect the inclusive and extensive discussion, and multiple rounds of drafting, on the matter of the UNGP prior to the public comment.
>> 
>> The result of that significant discussion and drafting was the following in the Considerations document:
>> 
>> With regards to the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human
>> Rights, no consensus was reached as to their suitability for interpreting
>> the Core Value. However with regard to the implementation of the Core
>> Value certain aspects of the UN Guiding Principles for Business and
>> Human Rights could be considered as a useful guide in the process of
>> applying the Human Rights Core Value. There are certain Guiding
>> Principles that may not be suitable for ICANN and others that might be
>> applicable, depending on the circumstances. However, it is beyond the
>> scope of this document to provide a detailed analysis of the Guiding
>> Principles and their application, or not, in particular situations.
>> In any case, a conflict between any Guiding Principle and an ICANN
>> Bylaw provision or Article of Incorporation must be resolved in favor of
>> the Bylaw or Article. The use of the Guiding Principles as potential
>> guidance has to be carefully considered by each SO and AC as well as
>> ICANN the organization.
>> This text was very carefully worded so as to not preclude the UNGP nor endorse it, which was agreed at the time to be the appropriate treatment of the matter.  As is clearly stated there was no consensus.  And, the final sentence allows for future consideration of the UNGP by the SOs and ACs and the ICANN the org.
>> 
>> Matthew
>> 
>> On 05/09/2017 11:33, Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>> wrote:
>> Thanks to Greg for this thorough investigation to the origins of the „drafting team“. Apparently only the transcript of the call on August 8th provides some clarity on how the drafting team was constituted, as the agenda, the notes of the call, and the subsequent emails did not contain an open call for participating in such a drafting team.
>> 
>> Nonetheless, and recognizing that at least in the call itself there was such a call for forming the drafting team, I would like to slightly amend the dissenting opinion as follows:
>> 
>> ==
>> "This dissenting opinion is based on serious concerns about the Sub-Group's treatment of the substantial comments and proposals submitted during the public comment period by the Governments of Brazil, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (who are all active members of the GAC's Human Rights and International Law Working Group).
>> Their expectation was that a properly balanced result would reflect some if not all of the positions and proposals made in their responses. The governments are dismayed to note, however, that there are no changes of any significance to the draft FoI and Considerations documents that addresses any of the substantial issues which they raised.
>> In particular, the three Governments were in full agreement that the FOI text should make stronger reference to the UN Guiding Principles as the most relevant voluntary international standard. However, the Subgroup did not undertake an inclusive effort to determine if a compromise text could be formulated that would accommodate this position of the three governments.
>> Furthermore, the drafting team which was created by the Sub-Group in order to develop changes to the draft texts following consideration of the inputs received, lacked appropriate stakeholder balance as in our view there was not an appropriate communication and outreach on its constitution open invitation to participate in the drafting team, which contributed to having no Government representation on this team.
>> This dissenting opinion is supported by Jorge Cancio (Switzerland) and Kavouss Arasteh (Iran), members of this Subgroup, and the representatives of the Governments of Brazil and UK who are observers on this Subgroup, and the representative of the Government of Peru.”
>> ==
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Jorge
>> 
>> Von: Greg Shatan [mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com><mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com <mailto:gregshatanipc at gmail.com>>]
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. September 2017 08:21
>> An: Aikman-Scalese, Anne <AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com><mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com>>><mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com><mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com>>>
>> Cc: Cancio Jorge BAKOM <Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>>; lists at nielstenoever.net <mailto:lists at nielstenoever.net><mailto:lists at nielstenoever.net <mailto:lists at nielstenoever.net>><mailto:lists at nielstenoever.net <mailto:lists at nielstenoever.net><mailto:lists at nielstenoever.net <mailto:lists at nielstenoever.net>>>;thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br <mailto:thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br><mailto:thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br <mailto:thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br>><mailto:thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br <mailto:thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br><mailto:thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br <mailto:thiago.jardim at itamaraty.gov.br>>>; ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr at icann.org>>>
>> Betreff: Re: [Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> I think it would be helpful to review the course of events under discussion here and in the minority statement.  I've taken the time to comb through the email list and the relevant meeting transcripts, and as far as I can determine, this is what took place.  I'll provide this without further comment, but I hope it is useful to all members of the Subgroup.
>> 
>> 1.  Niels made a request for volunteers to join a drafting team on the August 8, 2017 Working Group call.  Attendance records show that Kavouss Arasteh and Mark Carvell were on the call (the latter as an Observer).  Three people on the call (David Macauley, myself and Tatiana Tropina) volunteered for the drafting team.  Anne also apparently volunteered, but this was not noted in the call notes; this was subsequently clarified.
>> 
>> 2.  Almost directly after the call (or possibly even during the end of the call), Niels sent to the subgroup list an email with two versions of the paragraph in question ("Original text" and "Text proposed by me on the call"), and said "I am greatly looking forward to the suggestion of the drafting team."
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>> 3.  Matthew Shears replied to that thread a couple of hours later and volunteered to be on the drafting team.  Rudy Daniel, Anne Aikman-Scalese and Kavouss Arasteh also replied to that thread, with contributions.  Rudy also sent a follow-on email with further observations; David responded to this.
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>> 4.  Within a few hours after that, MSSI Secretariat sent an email to both the CCWG and ws2-hr lists with Action Items and raw captioning from the August 8 meeting.  The second Action Item from the meeting was:
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>>   *   DM, GS, TT volunteer for drafting team for the two elements of text which were discussed on the call this week
>> for consideration at the next meeting.
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>> 5.  The next day, David sent another email on the topic, again to the full subgroup list.  Kavouss, Anne and Steve DelBianco all replied to this email, discussing various aspects and options for the text.
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>> 6.  Meanwhile, Anne sent an email directly after the call with some thoughts on the language of this paragraph, to which there were numerous responses by eight different members of the subgroup (Kavouss,  Tijani, Steve, Rudy, Brett, Bastiaan, Seun and David) over the next couple of days.
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>> 7.  Members of the drafting team took note of these discussions on the list and then put together a suggested revised text to be discussed by the Subgroup.
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>> 8.  On August 15, the date set to return a text to the list, David Macauley on behalf of the Drafting Team sent a suggested text to the full list for the Subgroup to consider.  Brett and Anne (who had not yet seen the very final suggested text due to time zone differences) responded in support of the suggested text.  Jorge and Kavouss responded, objecting to the suggested text.
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>> 9.  There were also responses to Niels' agenda email to the list, commenting on the suggested text -- Brett, Matthew, Rudy, and Anne in support; Jorge and Kavouss objecting.
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>> 10.  This suggested text was then discussed on the August 15 call.  The decision on that call, as reported in the post-call email from MSSI Secretariat, was:
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>>   *   The modifications proposed by the drafting team were not supported and as such are rejected. The original text used in the public consultation will be used.
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>> ?Only David Macauley and Tatiana Tropina were present from the drafting team. Anne, Matthew and I were unable to attend. Kavouss was on the call and participated actively in the discussion of the revised text.  Mark Carvell was present as an Observer.
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>> ?11.  ?At the following meeting on August 22, there was no further discussion of the drafting team's text.  There was a second reading of the cover email to be sent to the Plenary with the Subgroup's report, including the language used to characterize the Subgroup's response to comments suggesting that the UNGP be expressly mentioned.  There was also a lengthy discussion of procedural matters relating to the minority statement submitted by Jorge.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Aikman-Scalese, Anne <AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com><mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com>><mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com><mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com <mailto:AAikman at lrrc.com>>>> wrote:
>> Thanks Jorge.  You may recall that in one version of the revised “Considerations” language proposed by me on the list, I included a specific reference to ICANN the organisation using the assessment tool specified in Ruggie Principle 18(b).  This suggestion was rejected by the rest of the drafting team.  As far as I know, there were not  separate drafting team calls and everyone participated on the list and proposed language on the general list.
>> 
>> I am not certain how the final language arose, but in the end I elected to support it.  I do think that if either Kavouss or you as active members would have chosen to become drafting team members, the language might have been better.
>> 
>> Thank you
>> Anne
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>> From: ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>>> [mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org><mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org <mailto:ws2-hr-bounces at icann.org>>>] On Behalf Of Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch><mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch <mailto:Jorge.Cancio at bakom.admin.ch>>>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 9:04 AM
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>> Subject: [Ws2-hr] dissenting opinion - final version for transmittal to CCWG plenary
>> 
>> Dear Niels,
>> 
>> As anticipated, please find hereunder the final version of the dissenting opinion I would like to file to the report from the Subgroup:
>> 
>> ==
>> "This dissenting opinion is based on serious concerns about the Sub-Group's treatment of the substantial comments and proposals submitted during the public comment period by the Governments of Brazil, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (who are all active members of the GAC's Human Rights and International Law Working Group).
>> Their expectation was that a properly balanced result would reflect some if not all of the positions and proposals made in their responses. The governments are dismayed to note, however, that there are no changes of any significance to the draft FoI and Considerations documents that addresses any of the substantial issues which they raised.
>> In particular, the three Governments were in full agreement that the FOI text should make stronger reference to the UN Guiding Principles as the most relevant voluntary international standard. However, the Subgroup did not undertake an inclusive effort to determine if a compromise text could be formulated that would accommodate this position of the three governments.
>> Furthermore, the drafting team which was created by the Sub-Group in order to develop changes to the draft texts following consideration of the inputs received, lacked appropriate stakeholder balance as there was no open invitation to participate in the drafting team, which contributed to having no Government representation on this team.
>> This dissenting opinion is supported by Jorge Cancio (Switzerland) and Kavouss Arasteh (Iran), members of this Subgroup, and the representatives of the Governments of Brazil and UK who are observers on this Subgroup, and the representative of the Government of Peru.”
>> ==
>> 
>> Thanks for including it in the final report to be transmitted to the CCWG Plenary for its consideration.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Jorge
>> 
>> 
>> Von: accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org><mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>><mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org><mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>>> [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org><mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces at icann.org>>] Im Auftrag von MSSI Secretariat
>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. August 2017 00:54
>> An: CCWG Accountability <accountability-cross-community at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org><mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>><mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org><mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org <mailto:accountability-cross-community at icann.org>>>>
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>> Betreff: [CCWG-ACCT] Recordings, DAIRs, Raw Caption Notes for Human Rights Subgroup Meeting #32 | 29 August 2017
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>> Hello all,
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>> You may find the recordings, Decisions, Action Items, Requests (DAIRs), and raw caption notes for CCWG Accountability WS2 Human Rights Subgroup - Meeting #32  –  29 August 2017  posted athttps://community.icann.org/x/LwIhB <http://community.icann.org/x/LwIhB><http://community.icann.org/x/LwIhB <http://community.icann.org/x/LwIhB>>
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>> The transcript will be posted on when it becomes available (usually in 3 to 5 business days after the call).
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>> A copy of the DAIRs and raw caption notes may be found below.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Kind Regards,
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>> (MSSI) Multistakeholder Strategy & Strategic Initiatives
>> Projects & Operations Assistant.
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>> Raw Captioning Notes
>> Disclaimer: This rough edit transcript, which may contain missing, misspelled or paraphrased words, is only provided for your immediate review and is not certified as verbatim and is not to be cited in any way.
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>> Decisions:  Decision taken to proceed with submitting the revised report for CCWG-Plenary’s consideration.
>> Action Items:  NTO to submit the revised report for CCWG-Plenary’s consideration.
>> Requests:  Members of the subgroup are seeking clarification on who has rights to file a Minority Statement, per the CCWG charter, and what has been done in the past:
>> •         Has an Observer filed a Minority Statement in CCWG Accountability before?
>> •         Has anyone who wasn't an official Member  (appointed from an SOAC)  filed a Minority Statement in CCWG before?
>> •         What the CCWG Charter say about who has rights to file a Minority Statement?
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