<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Nigel,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Resello's agreement is governed by the law of the Netherlands. I have no idea whether Resello is violating Dutch law with this policy (and I continue to have no idea whether there is a legal reason for this policy, either...).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">With regard to the UK law, out of curiosity, can you point me to where it says citizenship is a protected characteristic?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Under US anti-discrimination laws, there are quite a number of protected classes (including race), but I don't believe citizenship is one of them. Always happy to learn more, though.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Greg</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Nigel Roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nigel@channelisles.net" target="_blank">nigel@channelisles.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
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On 20/09/17 18:19, Greg Shatan wrote:<br>
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Can you please guide me to the section of the RAA that would prevent<br>
such a business decision (i.e., a registrar deciding not to do business<br>
with citizens of a given country (whether it is Canada, Haiti, Iran or<br>
otherwise)?<br>
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In the United Kingdom, never mind the RAA, this would be quite illegal (see s.13, prohibited conduct) unless such treatment is required by law (e.g. required by legally binding sanctions).<br>
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How can anyone in the 21st century believe that any "business decision" doctrine could allow making decisions on the basis of race/citizenship (or any other protected characteristic) is quite alien over here and incomprehensible.<br>
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