<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14pt"><b>My Statement at the Public Forum</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:14pt">I believe that realizing human rights is the essential first step to building just societies. When people are empowered to pursue their own destinies and have a voice in shaping solutions to problems they experience, they are better equipped to overcome poverty, live with dignity and transform the lives of others.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">“Millions of people are suffering enormously at the hands of states, while governments are shamelessly painting the protection of human rights as a threat to security, law and order or national ‘values.'"</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">There is an insidious and creeping trend undermining human rights which has come from governments deliberately attacking, under funding or neglecting institutions that have been set up to help protect our rights.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">“Not only are our rights under threat, so are the laws and the system that protect them. More than 70 years of hard work and human progress lies at risk,”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The United Nations’ human rights bodies, the International Criminal Court, and regional mechanisms such as the Council of Europe and the Inter American Human Rights system, are being undermined by governments attempting to evade oversight of their domestic records.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">As I speak Amnesty international has stated in their 2015 – 2016 report that<b> </b> governments are broken international law in their national contexts: more than 98 states tortured or otherwise ill-treated people and 30 or more illegally forced people to do things against their will where they would be in danger. In at least 18 countries, war crimes or other violations of the “laws of war” were committed by governments or armed groups.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Amnesty International has warn of a worrying trend among governments increasingly targeting and attacking activists, lawyers and others who work to defend human rights and we are not excluded from this</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">“Instead of recognizing the crucial role these people play in society, many governments have deliberately set out to strangle criticism in their country. They broken their own laws in their crackdowns against citizens,”</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b>My question now is:</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Is there any charter of human right and principles for the internet? If yes to what extent has it influence human right policies on the internet. and if no is there any plans from ICANN to lead the process of bringing to the attention of the international bodies responsible for human right issues in relation to the internet from our part of the world?<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:small"><b>WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)</b><br></div><div style="font-size:small">ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation<br>OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member<br></div><span style="font-size:small">E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist<br></span></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>National Information Technology Agency (NITA) <br></div><div>Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI)</div><div>Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana</div><div>Tel; +233 20 812881</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:wisdom_dk@hotmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom_dk@hotmail.com</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.donkor@data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="mailto:wisdom.dk@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">wisdom.dk@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>Skype: wisdom_dk</div><div>facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk<br></div><div>Website: <a href="http://www.nita.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.nita.gov.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.data.gov.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.data.gov.gh</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.isoc.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.isoc.gh</a> / <a href="http://www.itag.org.gh/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.itag.org.gh</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Dear All, </p>
<p dir="ltr">I do not condone sexual harrassment nor bullying, intimidation of any sort. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The matter disclosed on a public mailing list for something that has been logged with Ombudsman or relevant authorities is not for public consumption particularly if determination has yet to be reached. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Any organisation operating within the 21st century should have a decent sexual harassment policy and if it does'nt then develop one. </p>
<p dir="ltr">For those who wanted justice, public ridicule without proper due process is equally reprehensible as alleged sexual harrassment. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The fact that the matter has been logged with appropriate authorities who should also afford the accused party the right to be heard. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Personally, I do not see the link to internet governance as this is a matter for relevant authorities. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Sala</p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 18 Mar 2016 6:50 pm, "Padmini" <<a href="mailto:pdmnbaruah@gmail.com" target="_blank">pdmnbaruah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Dear all<div><br></div><div>PFA my public statement in this respect. It is a repeated plea to the Board of ICANN as well as the Community to clarify the timeline as to the development of the sexual harassment policy in this regard, as well as to reaffirm a commitment towards the development of strong, continued gender sensitisation.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Padmini Baruah<div>V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)</div><div>NLSIU, Bangalore</div><div>Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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