February 2015 - cc-humanrights

Following up the ICANNs Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights meeting at ICANN52
by Niels ten Oever Feb. 23, 2015

Feb. 23, 2015

Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you very much for attending the session on ICANNs Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights at ICANN52 in Singapore. Please find underneath the summary of session, as prepared by Marilia Maciel. For your convenience I also attached the report produced by Article19. We're looking forward to continue the conversation with you on this topic at the e-mail list. We subscribed the people that indicated so, you can subscribe yourself here: https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-humanrights If by any chance we subscribed and you did not want this, you can unsubscribe using the same link. We're looking forward to continue the discussion on the list. Best, Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9 Human Rights in ICANN: continuing the conversation ICANN’s corporate responsibility to respect human rights Summary of the main points raised during the session held at ICANN 52 Wed, February 11th 1. There is a need for ICANN to respect human rights in its policies and procedures. It was recalled that Article 4 of ICANN’s Articles of Incorporation state that ICANN shall operate for the benefit of the Internet community as a whole, carrying out its activities in conformity with relevant principles of international law and local law. These include legal instruments on human rights. 2. Internationally recognized standards for corporate responsibility, such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, also apply to ICANN. This point is further explored in a paper presented as a background material to this session available at: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Continuing+the+conv… 3. Actors operating in ICANN have different responsibilities with regards to human rights. States in the GAC are bound by treaties and international obligations to protect human rights, while ICANN as an organization needs to respect human rights in its policies and procedures. 4. The mandate of ICANN is very specific and the discussion on human rights needs to observe the limits of ICANN’s remit. The impact of ICANN’s policies on first generation human rights, such as the right to privacy and right to freedom of expression is particularly important and needs to be assessed. 5. ICANN contracted parties have identified difficulties operate with different national laws. There is need for guidance to reconcile the need to respect local laws and their obligation to contractual compliance with ICANN. The obligations faced by Registrars regarding the collection of information and the need to harmonize it with data privacy standards was mentioned as an example. 6. There is need to discuss mechanisms to make sure that policies are developed in a manner that is consistent with human rights obligations. 7. A shared concern with this topic can be identified in ICANN communities. Support to start a cross-community effort was expressed during the session in the form of a working party or of a working group. Some possible goals of this cross-community discussion could be: To continue the process of raising awareness about the interplay between ICANN’s policies and human rights; To map and collect information on the concrete cases identified by the community in which further guidance on how to harmonize policies and procedures with human rights would be necessary; To develop guidelines for the procedures that in place or that should be created in the policy development process to ensure the respect for human rights; To propose mechanisms that could help to identify potential human rights implications during the process of policy development. 8. Regarding the next steps, some action items have been suggested: To create a cross-community working group or a cross-community working party, after assessing which of these structures would be the best option; To further the contact with SO and AC chairs in order to jointly assess the way forward and the best way to foster cross-community engagement; Terms of reference for this cross-community work will be developed; Discussion about this topic should continue in ICANN 53 in Buenos Aires. 9. For further information: The audio recording of this session is available at: http://audio.icann.org/meetings/singapore2015/human-rights-11feb15-en.mp3 The transcripts of the session are available at: http://singapore52.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-human-rights/transcript-human-… Mailing list: cc-humanrights(a)icann.org Article 19. ICANN’s corporate responsibility to protect Human Rights. February, 2015. https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Continuing+the+conv…

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Policy brief: ICANN’s Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
by Niels ten Oever Feb. 11, 2015

Feb. 11, 2015

Dear all, Today Article19 released the Policy Brief ICANN’s Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights. You can find it here: http://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/37845/en/icann%E2%80%99s-co… The paper contains an analysis and recommendations on what ICANN should do to comply with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the human rights due diligence process. To do this ICANN should: 1. weigh the human rights impact of its policies and procedures; 2. develop strategies to ensure that staff and other stakeholders understand this impact; 3. develop and articulate a human rights policy, and make sure employees and other stakeholders know, understand and implement it; 4. develop metrics to monitor ICANN’s human rights performance. I hope this will form a good input for the discussion on ICANN and Human Rights coming Wednesday in Singapore. Perhaps you would want to share the paper as well as the flyer for the session in your networks and on relevant (ICANN) lists. I am attaching all docs here for your convenience. Please let me know if you have any comments or questions. Best, Niels -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9

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Re: [cc-humanrights] cc-humanrights Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5
by Jamie Baxter Feb. 2, 2015

Feb. 2, 2015

I am curious to know if there will be remote participation for the discussion. I know of a few individuals who will not be able to attend the Singapore meetings, but who would be interested in joining the discussion. Cheers Jamie Jamie Baxter VP of Marketing dotgay LLC 307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1807 New York, NY 10001 212-235-5154 jamie(a)dotgay.com www.dotgay.com Please join us on Facebook at www.facebook.dotgay.com and follow us at www.twitter.com/dotgay -----Original Message----- From: cc-humanrights-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:cc-humanrights-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of cc-humanrights-request(a)icann.org Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 8:58 AM To: cc-humanrights(a)icann.org Subject: cc-humanrights Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5 Send cc-humanrights mailing list submissions to cc-humanrights(a)icann.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-humanrights or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to cc-humanrights-request(a)icann.org You can reach the person managing the list at cc-humanrights-owner(a)icann.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of cc-humanrights digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 30Jan (Niels ten Oever) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 20:46:16 +0900 From: Niels ten Oever <niels(a)article19.org> To: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com>, HIBBARD Lee <Lee.HIBBARD(a)coe.int> Cc: Human Rights <cc-humanrights(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [cc-humanrights] ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 30Jan Message-ID: <ox3lebehqu3xdolsuqke6qy0.1422791080326(a)email.android.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Rafik, I would definitely say so. The broader the support we can garner the better, I would say. Best, Niels Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >cc-humanrights mailing list >cc-humanrights(a)icann.org >https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-humanrights

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Final version of the flyer
by Niels ten Oever Feb. 2, 2015

Feb. 2, 2015

Dear all, Please find attached the final version of the flyer for ICANN & Human Rights meeting at ICANN52. Best, Niels -- Niels ten Oever Head of Digital Article 19 www.article19.org PGP fingerprint 8D9F C567 BEE4 A431 56C4 678B 08B5 A0F2 636D 68E9

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Re: [cc-humanrights] ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 30Jan
by Niels ten Oever Feb. 1, 2015

Feb. 1, 2015

Hi Rafik, I would definitely say so. The broader the support we can garner the better, I would say. Best, Niels Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >cc-humanrights mailing list >cc-humanrights(a)icann.org >https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-humanrights

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ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 30 Jan
by HIBBARD Lee Feb. 1, 2015

Feb. 1, 2015

We have just concluded our conference call which I would summarise as follows: Call participants: Wolfgang, Niels, Marilia, Rafik, Bill, Camino, Lee - Checking the possibility of changing the time of the meeting to later during the day of 11 Feb (thanks Rafik) - Outreach to SOs and ACs to meet and discuss with them in bilateral format (together with Niels, Marilia, Lee and Rafik) + to participate in the meeting proper - Encourage GAC reps, inc Spain, to participate in the meeting proper (thanks Camino) - Finalised the draft agenda/flyer, inc with revised title (thanks Niels) - Finalising the background paper on corporate responsibility of ICANN to respect human rights (thanks Monika and Niels) - FAQ to be completed (thanks Stefania, Susan and other contributors) - TBD by email/mailing list whether to hold a final conf call next Wednesday 4 Feb Great work and thanks to all. Safe travel to Singapore. Lee From: cc-humanrights-bounces(a)icann.org [mailto:cc-humanrights-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of HIBBARD Lee Sent: jeudi 22 janvier 2015 15:12 To: 'Human Rights' Subject: [cc-humanrights] ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 22 Jan Hello everyone, Thanks to Stefania, Niels, Marilia and Rafik for being on today’s conf call which can be summarised as follows: - 29 Jan deadline for preparing near-final drafts of the FAQ (Stefania) and the paper on corporate social responsibility of ICANN with respect to human rights (Niels, Monika) – written comments should be sent to them asap (preferably before Sunday), - From 29 Jan onwards, contacts made with ACs and SOs (Rafik) – their general buy-in and participation in the meeting are central to a balanced discussion in Singapore, - Draft agenda items include: Welcoming words (Fadi? Marilia and Rafik to follow-up) + intro/framing/explaining why we are here (Marilia, Rafik) + Corporate responsibility of ICANN to respect human rights? (Monika) + Open discussion on moving the process forward (moderator TBD); wrap-closing remarks + moderators(s) TBD [Niels and Lee?] - Flyer/agenda for meeting (Stefania, Niels), - Next conf call scheduled for Fri 30 Jan 13:00 CET, including discussion on outreach and ensuring balanced participation in the meeting Regards Lee From: cc-humanrights-bounces(a)icann.org<mailto:cc-humanrights-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:cc-humanrights-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of HIBBARD Lee Sent: mercredi 21 janvier 2015 09:53 To: 'Human Rights' Subject: [cc-humanrights] ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 16 Jan Hello everyone, Thanks to Marilia, Niels, Stefania and Rafik for joining yesterday’s conf call which is summarised as follows: - The ICANN and Human Rights meeting at ICANN53 in Singapore will take place in room “Sofia” on Wed 11 Feb, from 10:30-12:00, - ICANN and Human Rights follow-up paper, done by Niels and Monika, being reworked, UDRP removed and focus in Ruggie principles. Emphasis on policies and their implementation was stressed, - Contact all SOs and ACs to: (i) share papers, (ii) arrange bilaterals before the meeting, and (iii) invite them to the meeting…and to send this info to the mailing list (thanks Rafik), - Next conf call on 22 Jan (see below) – to discuss draft version of the paper and agenda of meeting inc moderation etc. Regards Lee From: cc-humanrights-bounces(a)icann.org<mailto:cc-humanrights-bounces@icann.org> [mailto:cc-humanrights-bounces@icann.org] On Behalf Of HIBBARD Lee Sent: mardi 20 janvier 2015 08:43 To: 'Human Rights' Cc: 'Nicolas.Rollier(a)bakom.admin.ch' Subject: Re: [cc-humanrights] ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 16 Jan Hello everyone, Please find attached the conf call dial-in details for those participating in calls today and this Thursday as mentioned below. Many thanks to Nicolas from the Swiss Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) for arranging the calls. Speak soon. Lee From: HIBBARD Lee Sent: vendredi 16 janvier 2015 18:20 To: Human Rights Cc: Nicolas.Rollier(a)bakom.admin.ch<mailto:Nicolas.Rollier@bakom.admin.ch> Subject: ICANN and Human Rights conf call summary - 16 Jan Thanks to Marilia, Stephanie, Niels, Susan, and Stefania for joining me on today’s conf call. I would summarise the discussion as follows: - Conf call on 20 Jan 13:00-14:00 CET to discuss scope and other elements for a draft charter of a cross-community working group (Marilia, Stephanie, Lee, Avri?, Stefania? agreed to participate on call). - Conf call on 22 Jan 13:00-14:00 CET to discuss progress in preparing/finalising: (i) the FAQ (Joy), (ii) summary of the CoE paper (Marilia, Stephanie, Susan), (ii) applied scenarios paper (Niels, Monika). - Securing the date, time and place of the meeting room, during ICANN52, on the drafting of a charter for a CCWG (Rafik, Niels). - Apprising colleagues from ALAC, GNSO, ccNSO, GAC, SSAC, NCSG about progress on ICANN and human rights, and secure their availability for a conf call during the week of 2 Feb to discuss their views on this and public interest, accountability issues etc (All). For reference I attach the working docs so far produced by colleagues. I would also invite Nicolas Rollier to organise conf calls for the first two bullets above (many thanks Nicolas). Regards and thanks to all. Speak soon. Lee

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