<div>Dear Robert and All,</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Reports of human rights violations should always be taken seriously and as civil society it is our duty to raise and highlight strategies for advocacy and what shape this should take whether it should include things like:-</div>
<div> </div>
<ul>
<li>Issuing a Statement;</li>
<li>Getting our MAG representatives to raise this; </li></ul>
<div>However it would be prudent whilst we are strategizing to assess the situation and summarize it into a 2 pages and create a fact sheet to enable us to strategize. This can include things like "context", "rule of law index", whether they are parties to either the ICCPR or ICESCR and other Human Rights instruments.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I also like what you are raising Robert in terms of maintaining a "stand". Are there civil society organisations in Azerbaijan that we can draw from to know what's happening on the ground other than what we can pick up from the Internet?</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Robert Guerra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org" target="_blank">rguerra@privaterra.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
<div style="WORD-WRAP:break-word">
<div>Dear colleagues,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>With all the focus on IGF MAG renewal and remote participation, let's not forget that the Governance Caucus should not lose track of the violations of human rights that are being reported in Azerbaijan.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>We need to make sure the UN and Azeri hosts make commitments that allow for respect & protection of Freedom of expression and association not only for participants of the IGF but also those in the country. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>As i've mentioned to many of you privately, we face a Tunis 2005 type scenario - that being, dealing with a well known and documented repressor of online activists and human rights. We can not be complicit in their repression nor be used as pawns in their PR campaign as to how great the country is.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>To not challenge the country to do better - before, during and after the IGF in Nov - is to not be faithful to the hard fought inclusion of Human Rights in the IGF 2005 summit documents.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Look forward to everyone's comments.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>regards</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Robert</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM:none;TEXT-INDENT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:separate;FONT:medium Helvetica;WHITE-SPACE:normal;LETTER-SPACING:normal;WORD-SPACING:0px"><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM:none;TEXT-INDENT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:separate;FONT:medium Helvetica;WHITE-SPACE:normal;LETTER-SPACING:normal;WORD-SPACING:0px">
<div style="WORD-WRAP:break-word"><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM:none;TEXT-INDENT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:separate;FONT:medium Helvetica;WHITE-SPACE:normal;LETTER-SPACING:normal;WORD-SPACING:0px">
<div style="WORD-WRAP:break-word"><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM:none;TEXT-INDENT:0px;BORDER-COLLAPSE:separate;FONT:medium Helvetica;WHITE-SPACE:normal;LETTER-SPACING:normal;WORD-SPACING:0px">
<div style="WORD-WRAP:break-word">--<br>R. Guerra</div>
<div style="WORD-WRAP:break-word">Phone/Cell: <a href="tel:%2B1%20202-905-2081" target="_blank" value="+12029052081">+1 202-905-2081</a></div>
<div style="WORD-WRAP:break-word">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/netfreedom" target="_blank">twitter.com/netfreedom</a> <br>Email: <a href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org" target="_blank">rguerra@privaterra.org</a></div>
</span></div></span></div></span></span></div><br></div><br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>
To be removed from the list, visit:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br><br>For all other list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t" target="_blank">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
<div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Tweeter: @SalanietaT</div>
<div>Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</div>
<div>Cell: +679 998 2851</div>
<div> </div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:16px"><br></span></font></div><br>