[bestbits] German IGF messages for the NETmundial conference

[Lorena Jaume-Palasi]

Apologies, I forgot to open a new thread.
Kind regards,
Lorena

2014-04-23 15:50 GMT+02:00 Lorena Jaume-Palasi <lorena at collaboratory.de>:

> Dear all,
> sorry for crospposting.
> FYI
>
> www.intgovforum.de/uploads/2/6/6/6/26664635/messages_from_the_german_igf.prep-meeting.pdf
>
> Recommendations of the German IGF-D for the NETMundial Meeting
>
> The following messages and recommendations resulted from the briefing and
> discussion of the proposal of the German government delegation for the
> NETmundial conference held at the German IGF preparatory meeting:
>
> PP1 Acknowledging the reinforcement of the multistakeholder model as a
> manifestation of democracy and the governance principle on internet issues;
>
> PP2 Noting the importance of addressing technical aspects since
> infrastructure has a crucial role to enable and warrant human rights online;
>
> PP3 Endorsing the emphasis of the German government delegation on privacy
> issues as one of the human rights being at stake in the current digital
> landscape;
>
> PP4 Recalling that mass surveillance was one of the motives leading to the
> NETmundial conference,
>
> PP5 Remarking that the mass surveillance issues revealed by the leaks of
> Edward Snowden are not regulated by data protection principles but by
> regulation on national security,
>
>  The participants of the German IGF pre-event on NETmundial
>
> (1)   call upon all conference participants and decision makers:
>
> -        To define and precise the roles and responsibilities of all
> stakeholders in accordance with democratic rules;
>
> -        To include mechanisms to foster the participation of civil
> society and youth by including them in the early stages of dialogue and
> enhancing transparency and information access at a regional, national and
> international level;
>
> -        To provide for checks and balances mechanisms in the envisioned
> roadmap;
>
> -        To provide for alternative and additional implementation
> mechanisms to national enforcement and interpretation;
>
> (2)   Request the explicit inclusion of principles to counter mass
> surveillance,
>
> (3)   Affirm the importance of setting a balance between the rights of
> privacy and freedom of expression,
>
> (4) Call for programs to strengthening citizens capability in digital media
> literacy and interpretation of today's policies
>
> (5)   Request the explicit inclusion of the principle of net neutrality,
>
> (6)   Recommend the continuance of the work started at NETmundial in the
> IGF fora.
>
>
>
>
> www.intgovforum.de/uploads/2/6/6/6/26664635/messages_from_the_german_igf.prep-meeting.pdf
>
> Kind regards,
> Lorena Jaume-Palasí
> Member of the organizing German IGF Team
>
>


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