July 2015 - Accountability-Cross-Community

Call(s) on Thursday
by Grace Abuhamad Sept. 12, 2015

Sept. 12, 2015

Dear all, The poll is now closed. Staff will proceed to schedule two calls for Thursday 30 July: * 11:00 13:00 UTC * 17:00 19:00 UTC (this call may need to be extended depending on progress made) Please look forward to calendar notices. The Agenda will follow later today. Best, Grace From: <accountability-cross-community-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Grace Abuhamad <grace.abuhamad(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:24 AM To: Accountability Cross Community <accountability-cross-community(a)icann.org> Subject: [CCWG-ACCT] IMPORTANT: Doodle Poll for Thursday Call Dear all, On today¹s call we did not complete the review of documents, so there is a need for another CCWG-Accountability plenary call on Thursday. We need to schedule this call with 24h notice, so this gives us a very short "Doodle-window². Please complete the Doodle below by 05:00 UTC on Wednesday 29 July. Doodle link: http://doodle.com/v7pnmag2puyba8g5 Thank you, Grace

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Human rights - way forward
by Mathieu Weill Sept. 8, 2015

Sept. 8, 2015

Dear Colleagues, As announced during our last call, the co-Chairs have reviewed where we are on this issue. Our group is tasked to work on the basis of consensus, and we have focused on assessing where this condition was met. It is our conclusion that : 1) our group has achieved consensus on including a human rights related Commitment in Icann's Bylaws. 2) no particular wording currently proposed achieved consensus. As a consequence, we propose to include into the public comment 2 report (in the Mission & Core value section, a draft is included below) - this assessment and a firm commitment to add a human rights related Commitment into Icann's Bylaws, - the underlying requirements expressed during the debate, - the concrete language proposals that were considered by our group so far, as examples Finally, given the strong momentum on the issue, both during the meeting and on list before and after, and taking into account the high level of complexity involved, we suggest to kick off ASAP a subgroup to further refine the requirements and assess potential options based on further studies of the current situation and "agreed-on" language. We thank you all for your understanding and commitment on this topic, as well as the extensive discussions both on list and during the calls about this. As a reminder, Minority statements filed until Saturday 12.00 UTC will be incorporated into the report to be published on Monday. Statements filed after this deadline will be published online but not incorporated into the report. Best regards, Leon, Thomas & Mathieu Co-chairs ----------------------------------------------- NEW SUBSECTION IN 3A Mission, Commitmennts & Core Values Elaborating an Icann Commitment to Human Rights The CCWG-Accountability extensively discussed the opportunity to include into Icann Bylaws a Comittment related to Human Rights. The group commissioned a legal analysis of whether the termination of the IANA contract would induce changes into Icann's obligations with regards to Human Rights (LINK). While no significant issue was found to be directly linked to the termination of the IANA contract, the group acknowledged the recurring debates around the nature of Icann's accountability towards the respect of fundamental human rights. These discussions identified the following, non-exhaustive, list of accountability-related requirements : - the NTIA criteria to maintain the openness of the Internet, including free expression and the free flow of information - the need to avoid extending Icann's mission into content regulation - the importance of assessing the impact of Icann policies on Human rights Examples of language that could serve as a Commitment were as follows : - Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will be committed to respect the fundamental human rights of the exercise of free expression and the free flow of information. - Within its mission and in it operations, ICANN will be committed to respect internationally recognized fundamental human rights. The group has achieved consensus on including a human rights related Commitment in Icann's Bylaws. However no particular wording currently proposed achieved consensus. Reiterating its commitment to elaborate concrete proposals as part of its mandate, the CCWG-Accountability is calling for comments on this approach and the underlying requirements. -- ***************************** Mathieu WEILL AFNIC - directeur général Tél: +33 1 39 30 83 06 mathieu.weill(a)afnic.fr Twitter : @mathieuweill *****************************

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CCWG Webinars
by villa＠reduniv.edu.cu Aug. 5, 2015

Aug. 5, 2015

Hi all, good morning! Is there any official communication about the CCGW Webinars next week? I would like to have it to share it with our respective communities. The one shared by Alissa Cooper about the ICG Webinars is a good example. Regards, Jorge

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Update to 5A.2 on Voting Weights
by Jordan Carter Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

Hi all Attached please find mark ups showing update on the voting weights part of 5A based on the discussion at this forty-seventh CCWG meeting. Comments etc welcome, preferably on the main CCWG list. Jordan -- Jordan Carter Chief Executive *InternetNZ* +64-495-2118 (office) | +64-21-442-649 (mob) Email: jordan(a)internetnz.net.nz Skype: jordancarter *A better world through a better Internet *

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Updated Executive Summary
by Grace Abuhamad Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

Dear all, Sharing on Mathieu¹s behalf the updated Executive Summary: Updates include: - WS1 definition included - language to clarify that powers are escalation path - Added mention of IFR challenge (Sabine's point) - removed () around Human rights WS2 issue. Best, Grace

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so what is the current outcome on human rights.
by Avri Doria Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

Dear esteemed chairs, Perhaps it was because I was following only the chat, but I cannot tell where the issue was left. I am sorry I could not stay on the call, but I had a classroom of students I was guiding through a multistakeholder practicum. i.e I was working, for pay even. Does the reference recommendation currently include a bylaw on Human Rights? If so, which one? I am trying to decide on whether I need to spend tonight finishing my minority report or not. Also Is the deadline for the minority reports that want to be include in the report still Friday at 1800 utc? Thanks avri --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Variety of formulation for Human Rights bylaw that were made.
by Avri Doria Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

Hi, I am sure I missed some, but the ones I found going through the email while doing some prep work earlier today. Please let me know of any formulation I missed. I know I missed Kavouss' phrasing. _Doria 1_ /Work to ensure that ICANN respects human right obligations within its mission, accounts for impact on human rights in policy creation, and adheres to the "Respect, Protect and Remedy" framework developed by the UN./ _Curry __1_ /Work to ensure that ICANN respects human rights within its mission and accounts for the impact on human rights in its policy creation, policy implementation, review and assessment./ _Doria 2_ /In order to enure that openness of the Internet within ICANN's mission may be maintained, human rights impact assessments will be done on ICANN policies [as appropriate]/ _Doria 3_ /ICANN will be committed to respect fundamental human rights in its operations/ _Drazek 1_ /Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will be committed to respect the fundamental human rights of the exercise of free expression and the free flow of information./ _Arasteh 1_ (I know there is one but i can't find the text.) _Shatan 1_ /Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will be committed to respect internationally recognized fundamental human rights/ _Drazek as amended by Lisse_ /Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will be committed to respect the fundamental human rights, inter alia, the exercise of free expression and the free flow of information./ _Lisse 1_ /Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will respect fundamental human rights, in particular the exercise of free expression, free flow of information and due process. / _Doria 4 (with offlist help)_ /Within its mission and in its operations, ICANN will be committed to respect the fundamental human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)./ --- --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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CCWG - Final clean of mission and core values from Becky
by Bernard Turcotte Aug. 1, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

Attached in Word and PDF. Contains HR wording agreed to today. May need some formatting. Cheers. B.

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are we covered on oversight on board decisions wrt IFR recommendations
by Robin Gross July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

It has been suggested that our proposal is missing an important element (see below): But what is missing from the CCWG draft (and specifically the community powers section) is the empowerment of the community to exercise oversight of ICANN board decisions with respect to recommendations resulting from an IFR, as identified below. From the transition proposal (pg 40), released by the ICG today [1]: 2. Community Empowerment Mechanisms. The empowerment of the multistakeholder community to have the following rights with respect to the ICANN Board, the exercise of which should be ensured by the related creation of a stakeholder community / member group: (a) The ability to appoint and remove members of the ICANN Board and to recall the entire ICANN Board; (b) The ability to exercise oversight with respect to key ICANN Board decisions (including with respect to the ICANN Board’s oversight of the IANA functions) by reviewing and approving (i) ICANN Board decisions with respect to recommendations resulting from an IFR or Special IFR and (ii) the ICANN budget; and (c) The ability to approve amendments to ICANN’s “fundamental bylaws,” as described below. [1] https://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/IANA-stewardship-transition-prop… Is this right? Is this covered in our report? I don't see it, but in the flurry of documents may not be looking at the right ones. Thanks, Robin

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CCWG - IRP Clean versions
by Bernard Turcotte July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Attached in word and PDF Cheers. B.

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