Avri. I am wondering about the approach. Looking at processes before establishing the fundamentals (of what we are talking about) is one of the reasons that got us (CCWG Accountability) into this mess. I am currently in transit and too preoccopied to think about this deeply, bu will, after my return, next week. greetings, el On 2015-08-13 07:58 , Avri Doria wrote:
Hi,
I think you mention that the Ruggies principles are indeed generic. WS2 would be when we figured out how they applied to ICANN.
You also quote the most essential parts:
(a) A policy commitment to meet their responsibility to respect human rights; (b) A human rights due diligence process to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address their impacts on human rights; (c) Processes to enable the remediation of any adverse human rights impacts they cause or to which they contribute.
Nothing it these 3 should be terribly difficult to commit to. But in the WS1 we are only looking to half of the first commitment - 'to respect human rights' and in fact limiting it to our mission and operations. How we do that is the longer task.
While it is true that I initially recommended we commit to the Ruggie Principles in the Bylaws, I realized that this was too heavy a lift for ICANN at this point and am thus recommending we only take the first step - a commitment to respect Human Rights in maintaining the openness of the Internet, the commitment we have yet to make in replacing NTIA as oversight, and art of our accountability requirements fro NTIA.
Much of the discussion you have initiated talks about new commitments you indicate we might have to take on, and expansive requirement. I am only talking about meeting the current commitment that is ours by virtue of US Gov't oversight.
I would very much like for us to understand how Ruggie applies to the special condition of ICANN as a NGO that acts like a business, but that is the longer task, one I still think is inappropriate for WS1. I know you insist on taking us down this road, but I do believe you are confusing a very simple issue.
avri
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