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Hi William,<br>
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We already have international instruments that protects freedom of
expression. It sets precedents of what it can be disclosed. Why we
need new rules? Can you explain me? <br>
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As Frank La Rue said: "<span data-jsid="text">"If there is a
responsibility by leaking information it is of, exclusively of the
person that made the leak, and not of the media that publish it."
Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression <a
href="http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s3089025.htm"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.abc.net.au/worl</span><wbr><span
class="word_break"></span><span>dtoday/content/2010/s30890</span><wbr><span
class="word_break"></span>25.htm</a></span>"<br>
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<span data-jsid="text">Amnesty International: "On the leaking of
national defence information: While employees of a government have
the right to freedom of expression, they also have duties as an
employee, so a government has more scope to impose restrictions on
<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span
class="text_exposed_show">its employees than it would have for
private individuals who receive or republish information.
However, Amnesty International would be concerned if a
government were to seek to punish a person who, for reasons of
conscience, released in a responsible manner information that
they reasonably believed to be evidence of human rights
violations that the government was attempting to keep secret in
order to prevent the public learning the truth about the
violations." <a
href="http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/wikileaks-and-freedom-expression-2010-12-09"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.amnesty.org/en/</span><wbr><span
class="word_break"></span><span>news-and-updates/wikileaks</span><wbr><span
class="word_break"></span><span>-and-freedom-expression-20</span><wbr><span
class="word_break"></span>10-12-09</a></span></span><br>
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Katitza<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hi Katitza,
On Dec 12, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I am not familiar with United Nations structure but I was thinking within the Human Rights Council, to upheld International Human Rights Law on Freedom of Expression. Wikileaks is a Freedom of expression issue. But again: I am not familiar of how those Council's work. It would be good to know more about it.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/membership.htm">http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/membership.htm</a>
Which of those governments could we expect to adopt international rights-based principles protecting the nationally illegal disclosure of what they deem to be classified national security information? It's doubtful there'd be one, much less a majority, in this or any other international body.
Best,
Bill
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On 12/12/10 9:10 AM, Drake William wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi Lee,
On Dec 12, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Lee W McKnight wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I also appreciate many IGC members and member organizations wish to comment on the WikiLeaks case for their own reasons, but personally would be - depressed - if IGC couldn't manage to comment at all, itself.
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<pre wrap="">If so, then it would be helpful if you could specify the linkages to global Internet governance. Simply asserting that Wikileaks shows we need a global framework of principles will not by itself be terribly compelling to nonbelievers. What kinds of principles would address which aspects of the whole phenomenon? Where would they be established, who would adopt them, how would implementation and compliance be handled, etc…?
I've added other comments on the site; didn't know digress.it, handy tool, thanks Jeremy.
Cheers,
Bill
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