<div dir="ltr">hi jeffrey - here you go <a href="http://www.socialtext.net/internet-bill-of-rights/index.cgi?rights_as_core_theme_of_the_igf">http://www.socialtext.net/internet-bill-of-rights/index.cgi?rights_as_core_theme_of_the_igf</a> - max<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Jeffrey A. Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com">jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ginger and all,<br>
<br>
I cannot at this time endorse as the links I have been able to<br>
find do not provide for the actual document to review. Also<br>
many of our members have expressed the same, yet have<br>
great interest. Can someone point me to the actual "Bill of<br>
Rights" version with all amendments please?<br>
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Ginger Paque wrote:<br>
<br>
> Yes!<br>
><br>
> -----Mensaje original-----<br>
> De: William Drake [mailto:<a href="mailto:william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch">william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch</a>]<br>
> Enviado el: Martes, 12 de Agosto de 2008 04:53 a.m.<br>
> Para: Governance; Singh, Parminder<br>
> Asunto: Re: [governance] Letter to the MAG on visiblity of 'rights<br>
><br>
> Yes<br>
><br>
> Bill<br>
><br>
> On 8/12/08 9:34 AM, "Adam Peake" <<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Yes.<br>
> ><br>
> > It's an important letter.<br>
> ><br>
> > Please endorse.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks,<br>
> ><br>
> > Adam<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >> Hi All<br>
> >><br>
> >> A little while ago, on this list, we discussed<br>
> >> about writing to the MAG expressing our concern<br>
> >> on dilution of Œrights¹ issues¹ in the IGF<br>
> >> agenda and program, and there was general<br>
> >> support that such a letter should be sent. The<br>
> >> Dynamic Coalition on Internet Bill of Rights has<br>
> >> prepared such a letter that they plan to send to<br>
> >> the MAG on the 15th August, so that its content<br>
> >> can be included in the official consultation<br>
> >> document for September MAG consultation..<br>
> >><br>
> >> I put this letter for IGC¹s consideration and possible endorsement.<br>
> >><br>
> >> The letter can be seen at<br>
> >><br>
> <<a href="http://www.socialtext.net/internet-bill-of-rights/index.cgi?rights_as_core_" target="_blank">http://www.socialtext.net/internet-bill-of-rights/index.cgi?rights_as_core_</a><br>
> t<br>
> >><br>
> heme_of_the_igf><a href="http://www.socialtext.net/internet-bill-of-rights/index.cgi" target="_blank">http://www.socialtext.net/internet-bill-of-rights/index.cgi</a>?<br>
> r<br>
> >> ights_as_core_theme_of_the_igf<br>
> >> , and the final text is also given below this<br>
> >> email<br>
> >><br>
> >> Two things are important to note in this respect.<br>
> >><br>
> >> (1) The letter is primarily been prepared, and<br>
> >> is Œowned¹, by the dynamic coalition, and at<br>
> >> this stage, with only three days to go for the<br>
> >> submission deadline of the 15th, we can only<br>
> >> accept to endorse it or not endorse it in the<br>
> >> shape that it is. It will not be possible to<br>
> >> take in suggestions for any changes to the text<br>
> >> as a condition for endorsement.<br>
> >><br>
> >> (2) The fact that we are endorsing a letter<br>
> >> prepared by the dynamic coalition, and that this<br>
> >> is not directly an IGC letter, also means that<br>
> >> in endorsing we need not be agreeing with each<br>
> >> and every word of it. The option, as I said, is<br>
> >> to broadly endorse such a letter or not to do<br>
> >> so.<br>
> >><br>
> >> I am putting this up for rough consensus. Please<br>
> >> only indicate whether you do accept IGC<br>
> >> endorsing the letter or not. A direct Œyes¹ or<br>
> >> Œno¹ reply is required. While substantiating<br>
> >> arguments may be stated, conditional acceptance<br>
> >> will not be registered.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Reponses to this may be sent within the next 48<br>
> >> hours. At close of 48 hours from now the<br>
> >> co-coordinators will judge whether a rough<br>
> >> consensus on endorsing the letter is obtained or<br>
> >> not, and take action accordingly.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Thanks<br>
> >><br>
> >> Parminder<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Rights as core theme of the IGF<br>
> >><br>
> >> Dear IGF Secretariat and Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group,<br>
> >><br>
> >> The Dynamic Coalition on the Internet Bill of<br>
> >> Rights respectfully requests that the issue of<br>
> >> rights and the internet is made a core agenda<br>
> >> topic for the IGF. The Dynamic Coalition notes<br>
> >> that, through the "openness" theme, rights have<br>
> >> been a central topic in the previous IGFs, and<br>
> >> is concerned that this topic appears to have<br>
> >> been pushed down the draft agenda for this<br>
> >> year's IGF in Hyderabad.<br>
> >> We are greatly concerned by the significant<br>
> >> reduction of emphasis on "openness" and<br>
> >> "diversity" in the current agenda for Hyderabad.<br>
> >> In particular, "openness and privacy" are only<br>
> >> mentioned as a half of a sub-item of the general<br>
> >> "Promoting Cyber-security and Trust" main theme.<br>
> >> Rather than promoting positive discussion about<br>
> >> how to expand the opportunities that the<br>
> >> internet offers for realizing our fundamental<br>
> >> rights and freedoms as enshrined in<br>
> >> international law, the title of the main<br>
> >> security theme plays on negativity and fear of<br>
> >> the internet. We are concerned that the sessions<br>
> >> will focus on security measures, without<br>
> >> adequate discussion of how to ensure that these<br>
> >> do not erode the capacity of the internet to<br>
> >> support and advance human rights, for example to<br>
> >> expression, culture, privacy and development.<br>
> >> Given that, in addition to the IBR Dynamic<br>
> >> Coalition, several other coalitions and IGF<br>
> >> participants are also concerned with the limited<br>
> >> consideration of rights on the program, we<br>
> >> respectfully ask the Secretariat and<br>
> >> Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group to reconsider<br>
> >> the draft agenda and to add "Rights and the<br>
> >> Internet" as a core theme for Hyderabad, and to<br>
> >> work towards incorporating ŒRights and the<br>
> >> Internet¹ into the IGF Cairo agenda as an<br>
> >> overarching theme.<br>
> >> We recognize that development of the draft<br>
> >> agenda is well underway, but feel that it would<br>
> >> still be possible to adapt the agenda without<br>
> >> undue impact on the ongoing workshop merger<br>
> >> process, by reorienting the sub-theme main<br>
> >> session "Fostering Security, Privacy and<br>
> >> Openness" to focus on rights. The issue of<br>
> >> security would be better addressed in the<br>
> >> partnering sub-theme session, coupled with the<br>
> >> issue of cybercrime. The main plenary session<br>
> >> could then bring these two strands together.<br>
> >> Another possibility to give rights a more<br>
> >> prominent stance would be to change the title of<br>
> >> the main theme, "Promoting Cyber-security and<br>
> >> Trust" to, "Balancing Security and Trust with<br>
> >> Openness and Freedoms (or Rights)".<br>
> >> As we wrote in the Dynamic Coalition report<br>
> >> submitted to the Secretariat on 30th June, the<br>
> >> coalition would like to offer its support in<br>
> >> helping to shape such a session in partnership<br>
> >> with the workshop organisers who have opted to<br>
> >> merge with it. We also stand ready to engage in<br>
> >> a dialogue with the Secretariat and Advisory<br>
> >> Group in order to ensure that rights receive<br>
> >> adequate attention at the IGF.<br>
> >> We thank you for your consideration and await your response.<br>
> >> Kind regards,<br>
> >> The Internet Bill of Rights Coalition<br>
> >><br>
> >> About the Internet Bill of Rights Coalition<br>
> >><br>
> >> The Internet Bill of Rights Dynamic Coalition is<br>
> >> acting as an umbrella coalition for all<br>
> >> individuals and groups who are concerned with<br>
> >> rights issues and internet governance. The<br>
> >> internet has unleashed a raft of opportunities<br>
> >> to protect and expand our human rights as<br>
> >> protected by international law, and offers<br>
> >> significant new possibilities for development<br>
> >> and empowerment. However, the internet also<br>
> >> presents us with serious challenges, including<br>
> >> how to balance the social goods that stem from<br>
> >> the openness of the internet with the need for<br>
> >> security, and how to ensure that the benefits<br>
> >> that the internet brings are shared by all. The<br>
> >> Dynamic Coalition on the Internet Bill of Rights<br>
> >> is working to address these issues, with a view<br>
> >> to ensuring that human rights are integral to<br>
> >> internet governance processes and decisions.<br>
> >> Our membership is diverse in terms of<br>
> >> stakeholders, geography and view points. For<br>
> >> example, some people in the coalition are<br>
> >> concerned with ensuring that our rights our<br>
> >> protected when we use the internet, some are<br>
> >> working to ensure that rights underpin the norms<br>
> >> that guide internet governance, and others are<br>
> >> seeking to establish rights to the internet so<br>
> >> that all have access to the benefits and<br>
> >> opportunities it supports. Yet all of our<br>
> >> members are keen to see a greater focus on<br>
> >> rights in the main agenda of the IGF so that<br>
> >> these important issues can be given the<br>
> >> attention that they deserve.<br>
> >> The topic of the "Internet Bill of Rights", as a<br>
> >> specific IGF main agenda item and long-term<br>
> >> goal, has already received a significant degree<br>
> >> of wide spread interest and support. This has<br>
> >> included an appeal by illustrious people at the<br>
> >> second WSIS in Tunis, massive participation in<br>
> >> the Coalition's workshops in Athens and Rio, a<br>
> >> dedicated international conference in Rome with<br>
> >> attendees from over 70 countries, and an<br>
> >> official declaration by the governments of Italy<br>
> >> and Brazil. We also note that organizations such<br>
> >> as the Council of Europe and the Association for<br>
> >> Progressive Communications have made similar<br>
> >> requests for a stronger focus on rights at the<br>
> >> IGF.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
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