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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>English version of Marco Civil (attached).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks to Carolina Rossini who worked on the translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Vlada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Secretariat [mailto:secretariat@netmundial.br] <br><b>Sent:</b> 06 May 2014 23:34<br><b>To:</b> vladar@diplomacy.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [NETmundial] Copy of Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><br><span lang=EN-US>Dear participants of NETmundial,</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>As mentioned during our meeting in Sao Paulo, we are providing you a copy of the Brazilian recently approved Bill of Internet Rights (Marco Civil da Internet), with a free translation of the original text into English. </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>This is the final result of the reaction from Brazilian society to a growing trend within the National Parliament: the adoption of criminal laws for coping with illicit activities on the Internet. Marco Civil was drafted on-line and off-line after two years (2009-2011) of open, plural, and democratic public consultations in full conformity with the multistakeholder model to serve as a chart of rights and duties of Internet users and all other stakeholders involved. From 2011 to 2014, the document was fiercely discussed within the National Parliament. In 2014, the two houses of the Parliament formally approved the Bill, which was sanctioned by President Dilma Rousseff at the opening ceremony of NETmundial. </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>Marco Civil reiterates the principles comprised in the Decalogue; it states fundamental rights and duties of all of the stakeholders (including by stating normative horizons to be pursued by the Brazilian government); it operationalizes the net neutrality principle and rules related to third party liability, as well as to the protection of privacy and personal data and communications, including formal and institutional limitations to access to data and metadata by public and private actors. </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>Also, Internet governance in Brazil counts on a full-fledged multistakeholder model institutionalized around a Steering Committee (CGI.br) comprised of representatives from the government, the private sector, civil society, and from the academic and technical communities. </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US> For almost two decades, CGI.br has served the Brazilian society as the focal point for the development of technical and policy orientations related to the use and the development of the Internet in the country. One of its most cherished accomplishments so far is the “Decalogue”, a list of ten fundamental principles for Internet governance that has been carefully crafted after two years of intense work and was consensually approved by all the Committee Members (CGI.br/RES/2009/003/P). </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>The Decalogue is rooted in the protection and promotion of freedom of expression, privacy, and other human rights as the foundation for a just and democratic society. Accordingly, it declares that universal access to the Internet should be promoted as the linchpin of human development and social equality. It also declares that Internet governance should be democratic and collaborative, with the participation of all sectors of society and should be oriented for the promotion of diversity and innovation, as well as for the maintenance of the openness, the interoperable character, and the security and stability of the network, which led to an express provision recognizing the non liability of intermediaries for the actions of end users. One of the central tenets of the Decalogue is net neutrality, which becomes formally recognized as a fundamental pillar of the Internet. All of those principles form the benchmark for any legal or regulatory framework to be enacted in Brazil. </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>According to Marco Civil's text, CGI.br must be heard before the government makes any regulation or takes any decision on net neutrality. Therefore, not only Anatel, the country's telecommunications agency, will be heard, but also CGI.br. </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>In sum, Marco Civil embodies the ethos of Internet governance in Brazil and highlights the importance of the Decalogue and the multi-stakeholder approach entailed by the work of CGI.br. </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><br><br></span><span lang=EN-US>Deputy Alessandro Molon, who was Marco Civil’s rapporteur, will be happy to answer questions that you may have about the law. Hartmut Glaser, from Steering Committee (CGI.br), will also gladly answer questions about the committee. Please e-mail us at </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><a href="mailto:molon@molon.com.br"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>molon@molon.com.br</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US> and/or </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><a href="mailto:glaser@cgi.br"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt'>glaser@cgi.br</span></a></span><br><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>NETmundial<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Executive Secretariat<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>