[governance] Human Rights and IGF

[Vittorio Bertola]

Meryem Marzouki ha scritto:
> To come back to the proposal of having human rights as a cross- cutting 
> theme for IGF2, I fully support this, specially since it was  already 
> proposed before IGF1, not only as a discussion theme, but  also as a 
> structure (http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/ 
> hris-igfagenda310306-en.html). But is IGF anything else than an  annual 
> conference... ?

Actually, I think that it would be very important to focus the IGF also 
on high level discussions about values and human rights - that's where 
dialogue between such diverse stakeholders might be more valuable even 
if there is no binding agreement or enforcement, as first of all what is 
lacking is a common cultural agreement on what are the values that have 
to lead the development of the Internet.

Personally, I hoped to reach this objective by launching the "Internet 
Bill of Rights" campaign - I know that many people are skeptical about 
the idea of new statements of rights, but I think that, while the form 
of the outcome and the process can be discussed, there is a real need to 
discuss not just specific issues, but values and principles.
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vb.                   Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu   <--------
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