Dear IRT Members,

Thank you all for the thoughtful and engaging discussion during our recent session. Your contributions reflect a shared commitment to supporting the effectiveness and integrity of the urgent request process, and we greatly appreciate the time and insight each of you brought to the conversation.

A few important reminders for this group:

First, the task assigned to this IRT is to discuss and define a timeline—and only a timeline—for responding to urgent disclosure requests, in response to specific concerns raised by the ICANN Board. The policy recommendation does not direct ICANN Org to act as a central body for reviewing incoming requests prior to registrar delivery, nor to maintain separate contact lists of authenticated law enforcement authorities.

As a reminder, the IRT is not a forum to reopen or re-litigate the underlying policy recommendations. If there are concerns about the scope or framing of this task, there are formal and appropriate pathways to escalate those concerns outside of this group.

While we wholeheartedly understand and acknowledge the concern that it's challenging to define a response timeline without addressing how requests are submitted or authenticated, these aspects remain outside the current scope of this IRT. The mandate under which this team was reconvened is solely to determine an appropriate response timeline for authenticated urgent requests, based on the existing policy framework.

In light of the issues raised, we’ve compiled several targeted questions for the group to consider. Please be prepared to respond to and discuss these questions during our next session at ICANN 83 on Tuesday 10 June, at 15:30 – 17:00 CEST. I’ve included the agenda for the session below and plan to focus our discussion solely on the timeline and questions circulated for the group.

Thank you once again for your engagement and collaboration. We look forward to continuing the discussion in our upcoming meeting.

Agenda for Registration Data Urgent Requests IRT Meeting #3 (Tuesday, 10 June 15:30 -17:00 CEST)

  1. Role of IRT
  2. Background of Urgent Requests IRT Scope
  3. What We Heard During IRT Meeting #2
  4. High-level Areas of Alignment and Divergence 
  5. Questions for IRT Consideration/Discussion
  6. AOB

 

Kind regards,

 

Isabelle Colas-Adeshina

Sr. Manager, Policy Research & Stakeholder Programs

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Los Angeles, CA

 www.icann.org

Mobile: +1 310 266 7469