[bestbits] IG on the 24th HRC session

[parminder]

On Friday 20 September 2013 09:38 PM, William Drake wrote:
> And wow, what a group it is!


Similar sentiment may be expressed when the US issues statements about 
open, transparent and multistakeholder Internet governance, when it 
conducts much of its real Internet governance in non-transparent, 
non-inclusive manner - be it internally in the US, in terms of 
Washington- Silicon valley relationships, or even internationally, in 
TPP or ACTA kind of agreements. Why do those hypocritical statements by 
the US get so enthusiastically lapped up by much of civil society.... 
Sure, criticise the line up of countries issuing this, otherwise 
excellent, statement, but please do make the same distinction when, as 
they say, the shoe is on the other foot....

parminder
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> On Sep 20, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Valeria Betancourt <valeriab at apc.org 
> <mailto:valeriab at apc.org>> wrote:
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>> If I am not wrong, it is the first time this issue is raised at the 
>> HRC by a group of countries.
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>> Valeria
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>> On 20/09/2013, at 10:39, Valeria Betancourt wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Sharing this information with you all.
>>>
>>> Pakistan, speaking on behalf of Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Uganda, 
>>> Ecuador, Russia, Indonesia, Bolivia, Iran, and China, highlighted at 
>>> HRC24 the need to protect the right to privacy as an essential 
>>> element of free expression, citing the International Covenant on 
>>> Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and La Rue’s report. The 
>>> statement explicitly criticized the role of major international 
>>> internet and telecommunication technology companies in violating 
>>> privacy. It also explicitly made the links between the allegations 
>>> of mass state surveillance and the need for reforming global 
>>> internet governance. To quote the statement directly:
>>>
>>> "The existing mechanisms like the Internet Governance Forum 
>>> established under paragraph 72 of the World Summit on Information 
>>> Society- Tunis Agenda have not been able to deliver the desired 
>>> results. A strategic rethinking of the global internet governance 
>>> mechanism is inevitable. Further development of an international 
>>> mechanism in the context of ‘Enhanced cooperation’ within the WSIS 
>>> Tunis Agenda can be a concrete way forward. However we will need to 
>>> be sincere in our efforts to ensure a transparent, free, fair and 
>>> respectful international intergovernmental mechanism of internet 
>>> governance and one that also ensures the right to privacy."
>>>
>>> The full intervention by Pakistan is available at 
>>> http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/HRC24_Pakistan_20130919.pdf
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Valeria
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