As someone who has personal experience of having lived in a racist dictatorship (with a level of surveillance that was staggering, fortunately only for 2 years until we became independent) I have very strong feelings about human rights and the unique position ICANN is in in this context. But I would be willing to look at this in WS2. el On 2015-07-30 09:16, Drazek, Keith wrote:
Hi Avri,
In order to tie your suggestion directly to the language in Secretary Strickling's April 2014 written congressional testimony (included in a prior email) and to reduce concerns about scope creep, would language along these lines be acceptable to you?
"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."
Speaking personally, I could probably support this formulation. To be clear, I have not discussed this with the RySG, but it's consistent with the requirements outlined by NTIA so I think it's certainly worth considering.
I'm not advocating including this in the Bylaws, but I'm not objecting to it either. However, if we don't reach consensus for adding to the Bylaws, I definitely think this is worth further consideration in WS2 and would support an explicit reference using this or similar language and timetable for doing so.
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