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ICANN site selection
by Jamie Baxter Aug. 6, 2015

Aug. 6, 2015

As a "new gTLD applicant" who has participated in most ICANN meetings for the past 6 years, it remains a concern of ours that ICANN maintains a path of selecting meeting locations in countries with less than reputable human rights records, which includes their records on gay rights. We believe it is important to begin a discussion on this issue as the topic of human rights is elevated within the corporate and social responsibility at ICANN. Since ICANN is an organization built on openness, under a multi-stakeholder model that thrives on public participation, now is the relevant time for ICANN to begin thinking about how its site selection for meetings impacts freedom of speech & association, public safety and public perception of the organization's commitment to the human rights issue. By not reviewing site selection related issues, the larger discussion on human rights would certainly be perceived as lip service to many, especially from the gay community. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has also recognized this concern and recently implemented mandates that would prevent future host cities from winning bids if their human rights records and policies (including gay rights) were sub-par. The gay community has welcomed this pro-active approach by the IOC following the Sochi Olympics to guarantee their future participation and safety, and this is a standard that we believe an international organization like ICANN could take lesson from. We welcome comment from the group on how to add this point to the ongoing work on corporate and social responsibility at ICANN. 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 <http://www.dotgay.com/> A Certified LGBT Business Enterprise (LGBTBE) Please join us on Facebook at www.facebook.dotgay.com <http://www.facebook.dotgay.com/> and follow us at www.twitter.com/dotgay

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Overview of CCWP ICANN CSR & Human Rights activities and outcomes ICANN53 BA
by Niels ten Oever July 5, 2015

July 5, 2015

Dear all, I hope this email finds you well. This e-mail goes out to the Cross Community Working Party on ICANNs Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights (CCWP HR) email list and everyone who participated in the CCWP HR sessions. If you have not done so already, you're very much invited to sign up for the email list here: https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-humanrights During ICANN53 the CCWP HR held two official sessions of which the transcripts can be found attached. Please also find a summary of the public session (produced by Marilia Maciel) attached. The working session of the CCWP HR resulted in clear steps forward to be realized before ICANN54 in Dublin (October 18). The concrete tasks are outlines below, including the people who volunteered to help achieving them, more volunteers are always more than welcome to step forward either on list or reply off-list to me or other volunteers. 1. ICANN and HR Volunteers: APC, Rafik Dammak, Dave Cake, Marilia Maciel - Chart - correlating rights with policies & operations (WHOIS, EWG, gTLDs) As was mentioned during the public session it would be very helpful to have a short and concise overview which would illustrate how ICANNs policies and operations touch upon human rights. This chart should link concrete policies and operations and their impact on right. This does not need to be a detailed analysis, but more of an overview. - Analyze possibilities of Policy Development Process (PDP) rights assessment and see if there are relevant upcoming issue reports for which we could do this (if so setup a draft) In the current PDP it is already possible to request a rights assessment as a part of the issue report. This however has not been used up to now. This activity will see whether there are relevant upcoming issue reports and research the opportunities for the production of a rights assessment. 2. Legal: Council of Europe, Article19, Joy Liddicoat - Mapping of relevant CSR policies / standards (and see how they could be reshaped for ICANN) There are a variety of global standards for CSR reporting. By mapping the relevant standards and analyzing how they could be implemented by ICANN. And example might be Cisco's CSR report http://www.cisco.com/assets/csr/pdf/CSR_Report_2014.pdf#page=10, which seems to have followed the IHRB recommendations pretty closely http://www.ihrb.org/pdf/eu-sector-guidance/EC-Guides/ICT/EC-Guide_ICT.pdf - Mapping of examples/standards for human rights impact assessments To be able to analyze the impacts of ICANNs policies and operations on human rights it is crucial to have a method to do this analysis. Under this work several methods and standards for human rights imact assessments will be compared to see which would be most fitting for the ICANN environment. 3. Operational Volunteers: Rafik Dammak & Niels ten Oever - Organize 3 conference calls (1 debrief call) before ICANN54 - Organize prep call with GAC WG co-chairs and/or WG - Set meetings with all constituencies for ICANN Dublin and conf calls - Organize meetings in Dublin - Organize joint meeting with GAC WG and CCWP HR During ICANN53 the CCWP HR was also invited to present and discuss its work with: - GAC Working Group on Human Rights and International Law The GAC WG welcomed the work done by the CCWP HR and repeated it's intention for close collaboration. The GAC WG is discussion its own terms of reference. Transcript will be made available here: https://buenosaires53.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-human-rights-law - Commercial Stakeholder Group The CSG showed interest in the work of the CCWP. We requested best practices from businesses where it come to CSR. Concrete questions that were asked were related to the format of the CCWP and on which specific rights it would focus. - Intellectual Property Constituency The IPC showed interest in the work of the CCWP and underlined the importance of the rights of authors. There were some specific questions about the Article19 report. Subsequently we've also been invited for a conference call with the Internet Service Provider and Connectivity Providers Constituency which will take place in the beginning of August. This should give you an overview of the progress made during ICANN53. I'm looking forward to work with you on the agreed steps forward. Please let me know if you have any comments, suggestions 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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