[governance] [Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Letter to Kofi Annan:signatures de soutien/sign on:]

[William Drake]

Hi Michael,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org
> [mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org]On Behalf Of Gurstein, Michael

> Bill,
>
> Without disagreeing with the merits of the current discussion I'm
> curious how you see human rights as "a key concern for Internet
> governance"... Not disputing just curious as to the logic here...

Well, bearing in mind that the world (or at least the world at wsis, et al)
has finally moved on from the old conflation of the IG term with just
naming and numbering to a broader view that entails all shared rules
systems or regimes affecting the net and its use, intenrational regimes
pertaining to freedom of speech or its restriction (including ITU
instruments), privacy, etc applicable to the net context are examples of
IG, good or bad.  And there are of course HR aspects to naming and
numbering as well, e.g. WHOIS and privacy.  Moreover, one could go further
and look at not only these issue-specific agreements with clear civil
liberties aspects, but also other regimes that may impact the full range
of internationally agreed HR enshrined in the UN Charter, UDHR, CCPR,
CESCR, and many other multilateral instruments.

BTW, these sorts of linkages (more with respect to the global info society
than IG specifically) are assessed in Rikke Jørgensen's forthcoming edited
book that will be out next year in my MIT Press series; the Introduction
by her and myself is on the web site, if you're interested,
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10872.

Best,

Bill

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