Keith,

This looks interesting. Could we think of an example of something concrete ICANN would have to do if it made this commitment? Or something it would not be able to do? 



Cheers,


Chris


On 30 Jul 2015, at 18:16 , Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com> 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.

Regards,
Keith

On Jul 30, 2015, at 8:11 AM, Avri Doria <avri@acm.org> wrote:

Within its mission, ICANN will be committed to respect fundamental
 human rights in its operationsespecially with regard to the exercise
 of free expression or the free flow of information.
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