<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Hi everyone.... Diplo and the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) are discussing IG issues in the build-up to the Geneva Internet Conference (GIC). Whether or not you are planning to follow the conference itself, the discussions offer non-political and constructive exchange of ideas on important topics. Your input is needed and appreciated:<br></font></span><div>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Control
over the Internet root zone has been one of the most controversial
issues in the IG debate. As the core of the domain name system
(Internet address book), it ensures the functional integrity of the
Internet. We would like to share with you a policy brief by Dr Jovan
Kurbalija „<a href="http://giplatform.org/sites/default/files/DiploFoundation%20Policy%20Brief%20No%204%20WEB.pdf">There
is a practical solution for the inviolability of the Internet root
zone</a>“ which proposes possible solutions:</font></span></p>
<ul><li>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>The
Internet root zone should be inviolable at any time, wherever it may
be located.</font></span></p>
</li><li>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>No
state should have the jurisdiction to prescribe, adjudicate, or
enforce policy over the Internet root zone.</font></span></p>
</li><li>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>The
Internet root zone may only be modified through existing procedures
or new ones that might be introduced in September 2015.</font></span></p>
</li><li>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>The
inviolability of the Internet root zone should be based on customary
law that recognises the consistent practice of no unilateral
interference by the US authorities in the content of the Internet
root zone.</font></span></p>
</li></ul>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>Please
consult <a href="http://giplatform.org/sites/default/files/DiploFoundation%20Policy%20Brief%20No%204%20WEB.pdf">the
document</a> for further legal justification and more background. </font><font>The
policy brief sets the stage for the </font><font><a href="http://giplatform.org/gic"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Geneva
Internet Conference</u></font></a>
organised within the <a href="http://giplatform.org/"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Geneva
Internet Platform</u></font></a>.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>For
your calendar and further discussion on this topic: </font></span>
</p>
<ul><li>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>28
October (</font><font><i>Bern
and online</i></font><font>)
– <a href="http://giplatform.org/events/webinar-evidence-and-measurement-ig-what-sort-data-and-numbers-are-we-talking-about">Measurement
and data in IG. What kind of numbers are we talking about?</a> </font></span>
</p>
</li><li>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font>6
November (</font><font><i>Geneva</i></font><font>)
– <a href="http://giplatform.org/events/jurisdiction-internet-era">Jurisdiction
in the Internet era</a></font></span></p>
</li><li>
<p style="margin-top:0.19in;margin-bottom:0.19in;line-height:100%">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><i>Online</i></font><font>
discussions leading to the Geneva Internet Conference on <a href="http://giplatform.org/forum/how-overcome-ig-policy-silos-global-and-national-levels">How
to overcome IG policy silos on national and global levels?</a> and
<a href="http://giplatform.org/forum/whom-do-i-contact">Whom do I
call if I want to raise my IG concern?</a> </font></span>
</p>
</li></ul>
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