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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks for this information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I wonder whether we are allowed to make comments to the staff document. A change/edit modus would probably be helpful.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As a general remark, I feel that staff comments/opinions should be clearly labeled as such and distinguished from what
was agreed in the ws1 paper (i.e. Annex 12), where we said basically the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In the summary (points 2 and 5)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Addressing jurisdiction-related questions, namely:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can ICANN</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">’s
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">accountability be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">enhanced depending on the laws applicable to its actions?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">”
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The CCWG-Accountability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">anticipates focusing on the question of applicable law for contracts and dispute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">settlements.“<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">And in the “topic development” (starting at point 25):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">25
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C3063">Jurisdiction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Jurisdiction directly influences the way ICANN’s accountability processes are structured and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">operationalized. The fact that ICANN is incorporated under the laws of the U.S. State of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">California grants the corporation certain rights and implies the existence of certain accountability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">mechanisms. It also imposes some limits with respect to the accountability mechanisms it can<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">adopt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The topic of jurisdiction is, as a consequence, very relevant for the CCWG-Accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN is a nonprofit public benefit corporation incorporated in California and subject to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">applicable California state laws, applicable U.S. federal laws and both state and federal court<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">jurisdiction. ICANN is subject to a provision in paragraph eight</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">1
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">of the Affirmation of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Commitments, signed in 2009 between ICANN and the U.S. Government.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">ICANN’s Bylaws (Article XVIII) also state that its principal offices shall be in California.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The CCWG-Accountability has acknowledged that jurisdiction is a multi-layered issue and has<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">identified the following "layers”:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Place and jurisdiction of incorporation and operations, including governance of internal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">affairs, tax system, human resources, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jurisdiction of places of physical presence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Governing law for contracts with registrars and registries and the ability to sue and be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sued in a specific jurisdiction about contractual relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ability to sue and be sued in a specific jurisdiction for action or inaction of staff and for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">redress and review of Board action or inaction, including as relates to IRP outcomes and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">other accountability and transparency issues, including the Affirmation of Commitments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Relationships with the national jurisdictions for particular domestic issues (ccTLDs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">managers, protected names either for international institutions or country and other<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">geographic names, national security, etc.), privacy, freedom of expression.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meeting NTIA requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">At this point in the CCWG-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Accountability’s work, the main issues that need to be investigated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">within Work Stream 2 relate to the influence that ICANNīs existing jurisdiction may have on the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">actual operation of policies and accountability mechanisms. This refers primarily to the process<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">for the settlement of disputes within ICANN, involving the choice of jurisdiction and of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">applicable laws, but not necessarily the location where ICANN is incorporated:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Consideration of jurisdiction in Work Stream 2 will focus on the settlement of dispute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">jurisdiction issues and include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Confirming and assessing the gap analysis, clarifying all concerns regarding the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">multi-layer jurisdiction issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">o
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Identifying potential alternatives and benchmarking their ability to match all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CCWG-Accountability requirements using the current framework.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Consider potential Work Stream 2 recommendations based on the conclusions of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">this analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A specific Subgroup of the CCWG-Accountability will be formed to undertake this work.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">As I commented also in another subgroup, I feel that we should start exactly
where we left the different issues in ws1 (i.e. the final report), and not try to reword, selectively quote and/or reorder what was decided then.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Hope this is helpful<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#1F4E79;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ws2-jurisdiction-bounces@icann.org]
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Karen Mulberry<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 23. August 2016 17:56<br>
<b>An:</b> ws2-jurisdiction@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> ACCT-Staff <acct-staff@icann.org>; Thomas Rickert (thomas@rickert.net) <thomas@rickert.net><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> [Ws2-jurisdiction] Staff paper on jurisdiction posted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">I wanted to let you know that the staff paper on Jurisdiction has been posted at <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/khWOAw">https://community.icann.org/x/khWOAw</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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