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Dear all,
Rafik and I have requested two meetings for ICANN53 in Buenos Aires:
one general session to raise awareness around this issue and present
our work, and one working session.
We have been a bit late in submitting session descriptions, so it
would be greatly appreciated if you could comment on these
descriptions as soon as possible.
Session 1 - ICANN's Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect
Human Rights
There is a growing recognition among some members
of the ICANN community that
some of ICANN’s policies and other actions have implications for human
rights,
including freedom of expression and the right to privacy. ICANN's
articles of incorporation state that ICANN will operate in
conformity with international law, which includes human rights law.
This session will focus on how ICANN's policies and procedures can be
better harmonized with internationally recognized human rights and
corporate social responsibility standards.
This session will present the work done in the framework of the cross
community working party on ICANN's Corporate and Social Responsibility
to Respect Human Rights and builds on the sessions held in London, Los
Angeles, and Singapore as well as the previous reports that were produced on
this topic.
Session 2 - Working session of Cross Community Working Party on ICANN's
Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
This cross community working party (CCWP) seeks to map and understand
the issues and potential solutions related to corporate and social
responsibilities of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN).
This is related, but not limited to policies,
procedures and operations, with a
particular focus on ICANN's
responsibility to respect human rights.
The goal of this session will be to facilitate dialogue between members of the
community that have an interest in this topic. We will discuss in
depth the research that has been done, the future work
of the CCWP, as well as the new charter and report.
Thanks in advance,
Niels
--
Niels ten Oever
Head of Digital
Article 19
www.article19.org<
http://www.article19.org>
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