[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Agenda and documents for the WG call on Wednesday 11 March 2015

[Mary Wong]

Hello everyone,

Here is the proposed agenda for the next WG call:
1. Roll call/updates to SOI
2. Review international law expert response and determine next steps on
sovereign immunity issue (see document circulated on 9 March)
3. Follow up/wrap up on discussion about UDRP/URS differences
4. Next steps/next meeting
Thanks and cheers
Mary

Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
Email: mary.wong at icann.org


From:  Mary Wong <mary.wong at icann.org>
Date:  Monday, March 9, 2015 at 19:19
To:  <gnso-igo-ingo-crp at icann.org>
Subject:  Response from international law expert

> Dear WG members,
> 
> We have received a response from Mr. Hans Corell, the international law expert
> to whom we had sent the list of questions on sovereign immunity, prepared in
> consultation with our WG co-chairs Petter and Phil. Mr. Corell is a former
> Swedish diplomat and was from 1994-2004 the Under-Secretary-General for Legal
> Affairs and Legal Counsel for the United Nations. He is presently an adviser
> to a number of international bodies, including ICANN and the International Bar
> Association, where he is the current Co-Chair of the Council of the Human
> Rights Institute. I attach a copy of his full CV to this email, but you can
> also see his professional biography and current appointments here:
> http://www.havc.se/PresentEngagements.htm and
> http://www.havc.se/res/SelectedMaterial/20140721shortbio.pdf.
> 
> In order to try to gain an initial understanding of the scope of the
> international legal principle of sovereign immunity as it applies to IGOs, we
> provided Mr. Corell with some basic background information into our work and
> the reason for asking the specific questions we enclosed. We did not, however,
> go into detail about the progress and workings of the WG, including our
> interaction with the IGOs ­ so you will see from his response that some of his
> comments are based on general rather than more specific information. You will
> see also that he has certain questions for the WG, which may be helpful
> avenues for follow up.
> 
> As such, staff thought that the WG may wish to discuss both Mr. Corell¹s
> answers to the questions that were posed to him as well as possible follow-up
> action on the WG call this Wednesday. For instance, we could develop a
> subsequent set of questions  that we can provide along with a note summarizing
> the IGOs¹ position on the matter, so that he can provide us with more detailed
> input. 
> 
> Please note that Petter and Phil have not yet had a chance to review Mr.
> Corell¹s response. Do note also that representatives of the UN legal counsel
> were participants in the original IGO-INGO PDP WG that preceded our work, and
> I believe may also be represented in the IGO ³small group² that sent us their
> January 205 response. As such, a further point for WG discussion may be how we
> follow up with the IGO ³small group² after having reviewed their and Mr.
> Corell¹s response.
> 
> For completeness I attach also a copy of the initial note and questions that
> were sent to Mr. Corell.
> 
> Thanks and cheers
> Mary
> 
> Mary Wong
> Senior Policy Director
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
> Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
> Email: mary.wong at icann.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
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