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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-AT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>thanks, Sala, for the great first draft. Wolfgang Benedek and would like to submit a substantially revised version for the list’s consideration. In particular, we have added specific language quoting from the HRC Resolution on Internet rights, have expanded the section on legitimate exceptions to freedom of expression (namely the three-part-test) and have highlighted the importance of the Special Rapporteur’s 2011 report elaborating on the reach of these exceptions. Since they were substantial, we attach a .docx version with visible changes. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Matthias <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:14.55pt'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> <b> Statement on Azerbaijan - draft<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p style='line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>The <b>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus</b> wishes to express its grave concern over the reports</span><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn1' href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>[1]</span></span></span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> of violation of human rights of civil society in Azerbaijan.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>We note that the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg had in September 2011 (CommDH(2011)33) made a series of observations and recommendations</span><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn2' href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>[2]</span></span></span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> such as the need to strengthen and protect human rights in Azerbaijan. Notably he recommended decriminalizing defamation and allowing civil society to operate without restrictions. He further called upon Azerbaijan to end the arrests of journalists and those with differing political views. We reaffirm these recommendations.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Whilst Azerbaijan is a non-member state of the United Nations Human Rights Council, it was encouraging to note the commitment made by the Government of Azerbaijan at the 20th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva when it co-sponsored the Council’s first resolution on the </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>the Internet</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>, The Resolution affirms that “the </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, in particular freedom of expression, which is applicable regardless of frontiers and through any media of one’s choice, in accordance with articles 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>”.<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn3' href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>[3]</span></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Welcoming this commitment, we would like to urge the Government of Azerbaijan to encourage the creation of a safe and free environment for online and offline expression where diverse and conflicting views on issues can be held and expressed.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>As Azerbaijan acceded to the ICCPR on 13 August 1992, it is obliged to respect the rights enshrined in the Covenant and provide only for those limitations which are legitimate under it. Article 19 protects the rights of everyone to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice rights. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Restrictions may only be provided by law and must be necessary for respect of the rights or reputations of others or for the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals. This restriction is to be interpreted in light of the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, of 2011. Thus any limitation to the right to freedom of expression must<a name="_GoBack"></a> be provided by a law that is clear and accessible to everyone, it must aim to ensure one of the legitimate purpose set out in Article 19, and, importantly, must be necessary and the least restrictive means required to achieve the purported aim.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>We would also like to remind Azerbaijan that, in the words, of Special Rapporteur La Rue, “any legislation restricting the right to freedom of expression must be applied by a body which is independent of any political, commercial, or other unwarranted influences in a manner that is neither arbitrary nor discriminatory, and with adequate safeguards against abuse, including the possibility of challenge and remedy against its abusive application.”<a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn4' href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>[4]</span></span></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>We would finally like to call upon the Government of Azerbaijan to review its legislations, policies and practices to ensure that freedom of expression, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly is encouraged as these are fundamental elements of a stable and democratic society.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoFootnoteText style='text-align:justify'><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>[1]</span></span></span> <a href="http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-azerbaijan"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-azerbaijan</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoFootnoteText style='text-align:justify'><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span lang=EN-US>2</span></span><span lang=EN-US> </span><a href="https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1839497"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1839497</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoFootnoteText style='text-align:justify'><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span lang=EN-US>3</span></span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Human Rights Council, </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>the Internet</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>, adopted 5 July 2012, UN Doc. A/HRC/20/L.13 (preliminary), http://goo.gl/IxtmC.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoFootnoteText style='text-align:justify'><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span lang=EN-US>4</span></span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, UN Doc. A/HRC/17/27 of 16 May 2011, <a href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdf"><span style='color:#000066;text-decoration:none'>http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdf</span></a>, para. 24.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Von:</span></b><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> [<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org">mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Samstag, 07. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Juli 2012 20:26<br><b>An:</b> </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"><span lang=EN-US>governance@lists.igcaucus.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br><b>Cc:</b> </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:coordinators@igcaucus.org"><span lang=EN-US>coordinators@igcaucus.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br><b>Betreff:</b> [governance] Draft IGC Statement [Azerbaijan and Human Rights]</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Following AYEs from Sonigitu Ekpe, Louis Pouzin, Divina Meigs, Ronald Koven, Narine Kachatryan, Wolfgang Benedek, Wolfgang Kleinwachter, Christopher Wilkinson, Mathias Ketteman, Gorka Orueta, International lvssion, Jean-Louis Fullsack, Ginger Paque, Shaila Mistry, Izumi Aizu and no NAYs, I have composed a first Draft Statement which is on the IGC site.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The Draft Statement is available for your comments and edits via </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/?p=61" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/?p=61</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> This will mean that you can comment on each sentence and paragraph specifically and see others comments as well for ease of drafting. We will be using the Statement Workspace to gather feedback etc. Looking forward to your comments and input.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The Draft Statement reads as follows:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>The <b>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus</b> wishes to express its grave concern over the reports</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><a href="file:///C:\Users\Sala\Documents\IGC%20Statement%20on%20Human%20Rights%20and%20the%20Internet.docx#_ftn1"><span lang=EN-US>[1]</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> of violation of human rights of civil society in Azerbaijan.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>We note that the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg had in September 2011 (CommDH(2011)33) made a series of observations and recommendations</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><a href="file:///C:\Users\Sala\Documents\IGC%20Statement%20on%20Human%20Rights%20and%20the%20Internet.docx#_ftn2"><span lang=EN-US>[2]</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> such as the need to strengthen and protect Human Rights in Azerbaijan which included things like decriminalizing defamation, allowing civil society to operate without restrictions, the arrests of journalists and those with differing political perspectives. We affirm these recommendations.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Whilst Azerbaijan is a non member state of the United Nations Human Rights Council, it was encouraging to note the commitment made by the Government of Azerbaijan on the 29 June 2012 at the 20<sup>th</sup> Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva vide A/HRC/20/L.13</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><a href="file:///C:\Users\Sala\Documents\IGC%20Statement%20on%20Human%20Rights%20and%20the%20Internet.docx#_ftn3"><span lang=EN-US>[3]</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>where together with 71 countries it made a bold affirmation of commitment to the protection of freedoms of expression through any media of one’s choice.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>This is good progress however we would like to urge the Government of Azerbaijan to encourage the creation of a safe and free environment where diverse and conflicting views on issues can be raised where ideas are robustly teased out without resorting to violence and abuse.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>We are also concerned that there is a danger to hide behind the exceptions provided for in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and we would like to urge the Government of Azerbaijan to remember the spirit of the preamble within the ICCPR in which Article 19 is to be interpreted which includes peace and freedom.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>We would also like to call upon the Government of Azerbaijan to review its legislations, policies and practices to ensure that freedom of expression, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly is encouraged as these are fundamental elements of a stable and democratic society.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Ends</span></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span 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href="https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1839497">https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1839497</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.55pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><a href="file:///C:\Users\Sala\Documents\IGC%20Statement%20on%20Human%20Rights%20and%20the%20Internet.docx#_ftnref3">[3]</a> <a href="http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/G12/147/10/PDF/G1214710.pdf?OpenElement">http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/LTD/G12/147/10/PDF/G1214710.pdf?OpenElement</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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A/HRC/20/L.13 (preliminary), http://goo.gl/IxtmC.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='mso-element:footnote' id=ftn4><p class=MsoFootnoteText style='text-align:justify'><a style='mso-footnote-id:ftn4' href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span class=MsoFootnoteReference><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>[4]</span></span></span></a> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, UN Doc. A/HRC/17/27 of 16 May 2011, <a href="http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdf"><span style='color:#000066;text-decoration:none'>http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/17session/A.HRC.17.27_en.pdf</span></a>, para. 24.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>