[Ws2-jurisdiction] ISSUE - unilateral jurisdiction of one country over ICANN

[Schweighofer Erich]

Very right, Milton.

>From the site of internet users (the remit of ALAC), our goal should non-inference of international entities in ICANN’s core activities. Decisions of ICANN should be stable – after an efficient redress procedure – and not be challenged by States and Supranational Organisations anymore and also – considering ongoing thoughts in international humanitarian law – not subject to sanction regimes.

Each state can decide who runs its ccTLD, respecting rights to property, but too much insistence on sovereignty means also that it may be subject to sanctions.

As I mentioned before, immunity in international law is slowly going to be reduced to necessity (a very difficult process); thus pragmatic work on non-interference (e.g. some partial immunity) should be the goal. A general OFAC licence may be the first (and not the last) example. Other important work has to be done in courts that they accept ICANN’s special status.

Best, Erich







Von: Mueller, Milton L<mailto:milton at gatech.edu>
Gesendet: Montag, 21. August 2017 15:02
An: Nigel Roberts<mailto:nigel at channelisles.net>; ws2-jurisdiction at icann.org<mailto:ws2-jurisdiction at icann.org>
Betreff: Re: [Ws2-jurisdiction] RES: RES: RES: ISSUE - unilateral jurisdiction of one country over ICANN



We formulate it as a collateral damage argument. The DNS root is an essential facility to the functioning of the global Internet, and it is better for people in a sanctioned country (most of whom are innocent parties) to have Internet access. Taking away Internet access harms the general public more than it harms the sanction targets.

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> Subject: Re: [Ws2-jurisdiction] RES: RES: RES: ISSUE - unilateral jurisdiction of
> one country over ICANN
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> It was a genuine comment.
>
> If you are making an application for a General Licence you will have to
> formulate it quite differently than "we don't like the USA foreign policy" since
> it is the USA that will accept or decline the application.
>
>
>
>
> On 21/08/17 12:52, parminder wrote:
> >
> > On Monday 21 August 2017 04:58 PM, Nigel Roberts wrote:
> >> I'm sure that formulation will go down well on the OFAC General
> >> License application form, and with Ted Cruz .  . .
> >
> > Nigel, I will respectfully urge you to give up your cryptic one
> > liners, most of which we from the non english non-western world are
> > unable to understand. Neither does the sarcasm contained therein
> > contribute to what is a very serious exercise of global responsibility
> > that we are trying to undertake here. Please be very clear and
> > explicit in whatever you want to say, and try simple and plain
> > english, with fewer idioms and situated facts rooted in western culture.....
> >
> > As for what I understand from your above remark, if your suggestion is
> > that we, of the non US world, play nice and deferential to every quirk
> > and detail of the US nation and state, let me make it very clear that
> > I have no such intention. I much respect the US nation and state, but
> > then so do I respect every other country, and the democratic rights of
> > their citizens.
> >
> > parminder
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21/08/17 12:08, parminder wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Monday 21 August 2017 04:29 PM, Nigel Roberts wrote:
> >>>> And what will ICANN then be immune from?
> >>>
> >>> Milton put it nicely, to quote, "...from the vagaries of U.S.
> >>> foreign policy or other laws and policies that would circumvent
> >>> ICANN's accountability to its global MS community."
> >>>>
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