[governance] draft text on political oversight

[Jeanette Hofmann]

I have submitted the text on behalf of the Heinrich-Böll Foundation. So, 
don't get too upset with me:-)

I have added a few remarks in reaction to comments from the IG caucus 
meeting and in reaction to Theresa Swineheart and Paul Twomey, who 
violently disagreed with our statement. They think point 4 of the 
statement plays into the hands of China.

Here is what I read:


Political Oversight

62b: We recognize that the time has come for a change in the political 
oversight of the logical Internet infrastructure. We do not recommend 
the creation of a new oversight organization for domain names and IP 
addresses. However, we do recommend the following changes with regard to 
ICANN be implemented in a reasonable time frame:

1. The US Government recommits to handing over its pre-eminent role of 
stewardship in relation to ICANN and enters into an adequate 
host-country agreement for ICANN.

2. ICANN must ensure full and equal multi-stakeholder participation on 
its Board and throughout its organizational structure by the community 
of Internet users, civil society, the technical community, private 
sector and governments.

3. ICANN must ensure that it establishes clear, transparent rules and 
procedures commensurate with international norms and principles for fair 
administrative decision-making to provide for predictable policy outcomes.

4. ICANN must establish a process for extraordinary appeal of its 
decisions in the form of an independent multi-stakeholder review 
commission, established on a case-by-case basis. Just to be clear, we 
are not calling for an oversight structure, and we don't see an 
independent review process as a path towards that direction.

5. Once all the conditions listed above are met, the US Government 
transfers the IANA function to ICANN.
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Its a start, nothing carved in stone...
jeanette

Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
> Hi, Avri and I have drafted some language on political oversight. Text 
> should be read this afternoon. We have to submit it by 2pm. Please have 
> a look and let us know if we can read it on behalf of the IG caucus or 
> if we have to invent another stakeholder group.
> jeanette
> 
> 
> Political Oversight
> 
> 62b: We recognize that the time has come for a change in the political 
> oversight of the logical Internet infrastructure. We do not recommend 
> the creation of a new oversight organization for domain names and IP 
> addresses. However, we do recommend the following changes with regard to 
> ICANN:
> 
> 1. The US Government recommits to handing over its pre-eminent role of 
> stewardship in relation to ICANN and enters into an adequate 
> host-country agreement for ICANN.
> 
> 2. ICANN must ensure full and equal multi-stakeholder participation on 
> its Board and throughout its organizational structure by the community 
> of Internet users, private sector and governments.
> 
> 3. ICANN must ensure that it establishes clear, transparent rules and 
> procedures commensurate with international norms and principles for fair 
> administrative decision-making to provide for predictable policy outcomes.
> 
> 4. ICANN must establish a review process for its decisions in the form 
> of an independent multi-stakeholder review commission, established on a 
> case-by-case basis.
> 
> 5. Once all the conditions listed above are met, the US Government 
> transfers the IANA function to ICANN.
> 
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