Thanks Jen. I look forward to the discussion on this Charter in relation to informing the Council members as to:

(1) PDP WG Option to hire an outside expert firm to conduct a formal Human Rights Impact Assessment. (I agree with Farzi that this was a much simpler question in relation to the Latin Diacritics PDP. I understand from our December meeting the NCSG position that the very goal of this DNS Abuse EPDP poses a threat to Article 19 free speech rights.)

(2) Farzi's explanation of the elements contained in the charge to the Working Group to answer Question 3 in the Human Rights paragraph, i.e. whether the proposed action is "legitimate" which she detailed as follows:

"if the law and policies 1) were enacted through consent and participation 2) don't go against fundamental rights themselves - 3) there is fairness in enforcement."

As you know, we did not reach consensus in the drafting team as to the meaning of "legitimate" with respect to Question (3).

I also note (as raised in our small team work) that the Board adopted the Accountability Workstream 2 Final Report setting out the ICANN Human Rights - Framework of Interpretation (HR-FOI within ICANN. This is mentioned and linked here for information since all Councilors may not be aware of this governing document:

https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ccwg-acct-ws2-annex-3-hr-foi-final-recs-27mar18-en.pdf

Thank you,

Anne

Anne Aikman-Scalese

GNSO Councilor

NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026

anneicanngnso@gmail.com

On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM jen--- via council <council@icann.org> wrote:

Dear All,

Please note that the Charter linked to the Motion is now in final form. Many thanks to the Charter drafting small team for their work and constructive efforts to get us here.
Key changes from the previous version include:

Charter: https://gnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/policy/2025/draft/charter-dns-abuse-mitigation-pdp1-23dec25-en.pdf
A rewording of q5 to focus on remedies and avoid duplication of language
A swap in some of the text in the description of Members and Participants criteria for logic flow

The friendly amendment to the Motion includes the updated link to this Charter in clause 6, and additional word (“Alternates”) to resolved clause 2 which will now read:

2. The GNSO Council requests that the GNSO Secretariat publish the Call for Volunteers for Members, Participants, Alternates, Observers, and relevant liaisons per the membership structure within the PDP WG charter.

Best,
Jen

From: jen@dot.asia <jen@dot.asia>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 7:35 PM
To: 'council@icann.org' <council@icann.org>
Subject: Motion – DNS Abuse PDP1 Charter

Dear All,

Please find attached the Motion for the DNS Abuse PDP1 Charter.

Please note that the Charter Drafting small team is currently resolving editorial comments on the charter, and the current linked charter represents the clean version received by the 23:59 UTC deadline today. When this gets resolved, this will be updated in the link in the motion as well.

Wishing all a restful holiday season.

Best,
Jen
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