[council] Re: Question to GAC

Oct. 1, 2025

      Hi Bruna,

As I understand the question, we’re asking the GAC how they address the Human Rights issue so that we can understand their approach and potentially use it in own addressment of Human Rights at Council.  I think we’ll get a much more robust and thoughtful answer if we give the GAC some time to consider it and respond.  I’d rather have the complete answer from the GAC that we can get than one that is off the cuff at a meeting.

I don’t see any advantage of getting a public comment from the GAC on Human Rights. Council and ICANN as a whole (including the GAC) has determined this is an important issue and one we should address as we go forward.  I’d much rather have a full, robust answer from the GAC on a settled issue of importance than a shorter one that may not be complete.

That’s all. Thanks for listening to my thoughts.

Damon

J. Damon Ashcraft
, P.C.

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Subject: Re: [council] Re: Question to GAC

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Hello, all,

And thanks for the suggestion, Farzaneh! I would like to support the addition of this question to our list.
@Ashcraft, Damon<mailto:dashcraft@swlaw.com>, would you mind unpacking your point? Like, is your objection to the question solely based on it being a lengthy point or would you like to suggest an improvement to it ?

Because despite agreeing that the prompted answer can be a lengthy one, it is a general obligation/compromise taken on by most governments - apart from the autocratic/authoritarian regimes or countries soon to become one - to protect human rights, regardless of it being online or onsite. So maybe we can still ask the question and mention that we understand it's a short time for the dialogue, but we would still like to hear the GAC's commitments towards this point.

And although I'm sure Seb would be able to get an answer from them through his day to day dialogue, this would be a bit different than having the GAC making the commitment public. But these are just my thoughts.

best,
B

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Terri

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Subject: [council] Re: Question to GAC

Farzi,

There is a lot to this question and I doubt we would get a terribly comprehensive answer if we asked this during the public GAC/Council session.   I think we would likely get a more robust and helpful answer if Seb were to take this back to the GAC as our Council liaison and simply shared their response during one of our Council meetings.

Thanks,

Damon

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Hello Council

I am suggesting that during our GAC meeting we ask this question:
"As human rights are a foundational part of our work, no policy development process is complete without an assessment of its potential human rights implications. GAC colleagues, could you share how you are operationalizing this commitment in your work (communiqués and other aspects?) We’d be very interested to learn from your approach as we need to undertake the HRIA that will have to happen on every pdp moving forward"

Please let us know soon if you have any objections.

Farzaneh
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