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<font face="Arial">Thanks Lisa and all. The Remote Participation is
very important. We all need to be aware of what is going on. Ginger
(still in Venezuela)<br>
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Lisa Horner wrote:
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Thanks to
all. So great to know we had remote participation, and sorry we didn't
have a system to take questions from you. We'll keep you in the loop
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2">All the best,</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:irp-bounces@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org">irp-bounces@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org</a> on behalf of Emily
Laidlaw<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sun 15/11/2009 09:08<br>
<b>To:</b> Ginger Paque<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>; IRP<br>
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<p><font size="2">Great chairing Lisa. Very interesting discussion.<br>
<br>
I look forward to hearing about this afternoon's internal IRP
discussion.<br>
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All the best from London,<br>
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Emily<br>
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On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Ginger Paque <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com"><gpaque@gmail.com></a>
wrote:<br>
> Captioning is available at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=ITU">http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=ITU</a>,<br>
> and you can join the chat.<br>
><br>
> Shaila, we are on Skype...<br>
> Best, Ginger<br>
><br>
> shaila mistry wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Lisa<br>
> I am listening to you as you speak in the workshop ! this is
awesome! You<br>
> sound great . There is no video!<br>
> shaila<br>
> california<br>
><br>
> Life is too short ....challenge the rules<br>
><br>
> Forgive quickly ... love truly ...and tenderly<br>
><br>
> Laugh constantly.....and never stop dreaming!<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: Lisa Horner <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lisa@global-partners.co.uk"><lisa@global-partners.co.uk></a><br>
> To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>
> Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 6:46:51 AM<br>
> Subject: [governance] IGF Workshop: Human rights and principles:
Practical<br>
> Steps. TOMORROW<br>
><br>
> Dear all<br>
><br>
> I just wanted to draw your attention to our workshop tomorrow
(Sunday) at<br>
> 9.30 am. All are welcome, in person and remotely via channel 6
here:<br>
> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.un.org/webcast/igf/">http://www.un.org/webcast/igf/</a><br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Lisa<br>
><br>
><br>
> Human Rights and Principles in Internet Governance: Practical Steps<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Workshop 314<br>
><br>
> 2009 Internet Governance Forum, Sharm El Sheikh<br>
><br>
> Sunday 15th November, 09.30, Room 5.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The ongoing evolution of the internet and associated networked<br>
> communications has profound implications for human rights. New<br>
> opportunities for fully realising our fundamental rights and
freedoms have<br>
> been unleashed by the development of new communication tools,
platforms and<br>
> practices. However, new challenges have also arisen, for example
with the<br>
> emergence of new forms of surveillance and censorship. There is
an urgent<br>
> need to develop strategies for protecting human rights in the
internet age,<br>
> whilst at the same time ensuring that internet governance fosters
the<br>
> continued development of an internet that supports their further
realisation<br>
> and expansion.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> This workshop will examine practical strategies for incorporating
human<br>
> rights standards into internet governance processes and policies.<br>
> Discussants will share their experiences of working on a wide
range of<br>
> initiatives that are helping to protect and expand human rights
online,<br>
> drawing out lessons learnt and emerging best practice. The focus
will be on<br>
> challenges and opportunities for multi-stakeholder cooperation to
create<br>
> enabling environments and tools for the protection and promotion
of human<br>
> rights in the internet age.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> All stakeholders are invited to contribute to what promises to be
an<br>
> engaging and lively discussion. The workshop has been organised
by Lisa<br>
> Horner, Head of Research and Policy at Global Partners and
Associates in the<br>
> UK. For more information, please email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lisa@global-partners.co.uk">lisa@global-partners.co.uk</a>.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Initiatives that will be explored during the workshop include:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The Global Network Initiative (GNI)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Discussants:<br>
><br>
> Rebecca MacKinnon, Global Voices/University of Hong Kong<br>
><br>
> Ebele Okobi-Harris, Yahoo! inc.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Launched in 2008, the GNI is a multi-stakeholder project that
provides<br>
> guidance to the ICT industry and its stakeholders on how to
protect and<br>
> advance freedom of expression and privacy. The Initiative seeks
to promote<br>
> the rule of law and the adoption of laws, policies and practices
that<br>
> protect and respect freedom of expression and privacy through
collaboration<br>
> among companies, NGOs, investors and academics. The Initiative has<br>
> developed shared standards and guidelines which provide a systemic
approach<br>
> for companies facing government requests to protect the rights to
freedom of<br>
> expression and privacy of their users while respecting legitimate
government<br>
> authority. Over time, the aim is for the Principles and
Implementation<br>
> Guidelines to take root as a global standard for the ICT sector
and to be<br>
> adopted by companies worldwide, employed by diverse stakeholders
for<br>
> advancing human rights, and recognized by governments and
international<br>
> bodies.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Participating companies commit to a number of measures upon
joining the<br>
> Initiative, including conducting human rights assessments and
establishing<br>
> internal teams to lead on implementing the Principles. Civil
society<br>
> organisations, investors and academic participants also make a
number of<br>
> commitments, including the provision of expert advice and
collaborative<br>
> problem solving, and engagement with governments to promote the
rule of law<br>
> and policies that respect human rights. Ebele Okobi-Harris and
Rebecca<br>
> Mackinnon will discuss the development and implementation of the
initiative,<br>
> focusing on the experiences and lessons learnt by members from
different<br>
> stakeholder groups.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Human Rights Guidelines for Internet Service Providers<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Discussants:<br>
><br>
> Michael Truppe, Council of Europe Expert<br>
><br>
> Malcolm Hutty, EuroISPA/London Internet Exchange<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> In October 2008 the Council of Europe launched Human Rights
Guidelines for<br>
> Internet Service Providers, providing ISPs with practical advice
on steps<br>
> that they should take to uphold and advance human rights. The
guidelines<br>
> were developed in cooperation with the European Association of
Internet<br>
> Service Providers (EuroISPA). Michael Truppe and Malcolm Hutty
will draw<br>
> out lessons learnt from the process of drafting the guidelines,
and will<br>
> discuss challenges and opportunities for their application and<br>
> implementation.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Kenya ICT Network<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Discussant: Alice Munyua, KICTANet<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) was created in October
2004 by a<br>
> group of organisations from the private and civil society
sectors. The aim<br>
> of the network was to foster collaboration between stakeholders
with<br>
> different expertise and view points around the commonly shared
concern of<br>
> the need for an ICT policy in Kenya. The network created an
enabling<br>
> environment for dialogue on ICT policy issues, and succeeded in
accelerating<br>
> the ICT policy and regulatory process. The outcome was the
inclusive and<br>
> participatory drafting of Kenya's ICT Policy, and its adoption in
March<br>
> 2006. Alice Munyua will discuss the challenges and opportunities
that<br>
> Kictanet faced, drawing out examples of best practice for
collaborative<br>
> policy initiatives elsewhere.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Code of Good Practice on information, participation and
transparency in<br>
> Internet Governance<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Discussant: Michael Remmert, Council of Europe<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The Council of Europe, UNECE and APC have drafted "A Code of Good
Practice<br>
> on information, participation and transparency in Internet
Governance". The<br>
> draft is based on the WSIS principles and on existing arrangements
in<br>
> Internet Governance institutions and uses the Aarhus Convention as
a<br>
> benchmark where appropriate. It is the result of consultations
with internet<br>
> governance stakeholders during the IGF process since 2006 and of a<br>
> comparative assessment of existing information and participation<br>
> arrangements in a number of internet governance institutions
Michael<br>
> Remmert, Head of the Council of Europe's Project "Good Governance
in the<br>
> Information Society", will discuss the background to the
initiative and<br>
> plans for its implementation. He will also consider the role that
he<br>
> envisages it playing in helping to foster internet governance that
embodies<br>
> and supports human rights.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Discussant: Katitza Rodriguez, EPIC<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> In 2008, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD)<br>
> formalised the participation of civil society in the work of their
Committee<br>
> for Information Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) through
the Civil<br>
> Society Information Society Advisory Council (CSISAC). The main
purpose of<br>
> the CSISAC is to contribute constructively to the policy work of
the<br>
> OECD-ICCP and to promote the exchange of information between the
OECD civil<br>
> society participants. Katitza Rodriguez, from the Electronic
Privacy<br>
> Information Center (EPIC), is the CSISAC Liaison at the OECD ICCP<br>
> Committee. She will discuss the background to CSISAC, examining
whether any<br>
> lessons can be learnt from the process so far that could help to
enhance<br>
> multi-stakeholder cooperation in other international fora.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Charter of Human Rights and Principles on the Internet<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Discussant: Natasha Primo, APC<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> In 2001-2002, members and partner organisations of the Association
for<br>
> Progressive Communications (APC) developed the APC Internet Rights
Charter<br>
> at "internet rights" workshops held in Europe, Asia, Latin America
and<br>
> Africa in 2001-2002. The charter underwent revision in 2006, and
is<br>
> currently being redrafted collaboratively in cooperation with the
Dynamic<br>
> Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles as the Charter of
Human Rights<br>
> and Principles on the Internet. The aim of the charter is to
interpret what<br>
> the standards of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights mean in
the<br>
> context of the internet, and to develop principles to foster the
development<br>
> of an internet that can support human rights. Natasha Primo from
APC will<br>
> discuss how the charter has been used as a tool for civil society
advocacy,<br>
> and will examine the impact that it has had in practical terms.
She will<br>
> also consider prospects for using the new revised charter as a
platform for<br>
> multi-stakeholder cooperation on human rights issues.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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