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<b>BRIEF OVERVIEW: HUMAN RIGHTS #Internet Rights Principles
#Charter</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>What's on Today:</b> FOCUS Session on Internet Governance and Principles</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Remote Participation Link:</b> </span><a href="http://webcast.igf2013.or.id/">http://webcast.igf2013.or.id/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Comments on the Feedback from the IGC on 10 Principles – Charter</span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This is the updated
version which carries your reservations. I would like to invite you all to
comment on which ones you agree to , have reservations on or object to before I
send this to the IRP Teams in the IGF. Shaila raised some good points and you can
be rest assured that they are open to receiving feedback. I am attaching the current updated version on record of position of members on the Charter. Also feel free to highlight what you perceive to be "sticky" issues. Before the end of the IGF, I will forward this to Marianne Franklin. So make your voices heard either through attending the workshops in person or remotely or through making your submissions here.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For those like me who
did not attend the IRP session yesterday, the entire session was captured via
video, see: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KlYW1BNV38" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KlYW1BNV38</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Pranesh raised rights
and access for disabled persons and spoke in representation of a colleague that
is visually impaired. He mentioned that screen reader platforms such as JAWS is
only accessible through piracy and it raises some conflicts between
intellectual property rights and access issues. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Marianne Franklin
initiated similar discussions on proprietary software versus open source
software and challenges to access to education, knowledge.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Joy Liddicoat of APC
talked briefly about women and Internet Governance. She suggested that there
was very poor dialogue on women in the Internet. Joy also raised challenges of
surveillance in countries that have rule of law challenges.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Microsoft also spoke
about how as a corporate entity and their role in Human Rights advocacy. To see
Microsoft's position, see: <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/working-responsibly/principled-business-practices/human-rights/">https://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/working-responsibly/principled-business-practices/human-rights/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">UK Govt Rep spoke
about challenges from a government perspective due to lack of a clear framework
and challenges in international and national policy making.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">There were some
interesting interactions from the floor and how the conversation on the local
scene has been happening for three years in Argentina. Eduardo (Professor and
Human Rights Expert) wants the document to have something concrete and a final
document and suggests that the current charter be the final version. He raised
that the Charter should also be accessible in multiple languages.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Derick interacted from the floor to say that the Charter should continue to evolve.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">[Sala's Thoughts] Feel Free to Add more considerations</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1)What are some things
that can be done to address the moral and ethical conflict? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2)Should there be some
form of government subsidy that pays for the software to enable this to be used
by those that are physically challenged?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3)How do these rights
and principles trickle down into practical and tangible solutions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4)Is the poor dialogue
on Gender and the Internet something that the MAG should address by enabling
this discussions. There is a roundtable on Gender and Rights later this week.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">5)Are these factored
into ICT policies for national contexts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">6)Should funding be
given to research units in Universities in these jurisdictions that allow
students to build similar platforms? There are many ways to skin a cat. What
are some ways in which civil society, private sector and public sector can
cooperate to address these challenges in practical and tangible way? </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">There are many
examples of cross sectoral collaborative initiatives to design solutions to
encourage "access" and it will be great to share these examples.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">At the end of the IGF,
I would like to send our feedback to the IRP Team. For those who have commented
many thanks and for those who have yet to, please do.</span></p>
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