[governance] RE: Human rights and new gTLDs

Vittorio Bertola vb at bertola.eu
Wed Sep 26 06:58:18 EDT 2007


Robert Guerra ha scritto:
> Vittorio:
> 
> Milton mentioned a few messages ago a key fact - that we already have
> a universal declaration of human rights. There is no need to reinvent
> the wheel . Let's apply principles contained in it, not try to draft
> something new that might weaken rights  - something a great # of
> govts would surely love to do.

I think we are in agreement, as I replied to you yesterday:

> I think that, more than at a monolithic Bill of Rights, we should be
> aiming at a practical "Internet rights framework" developed at the
> IGF, as the result of the coordinated work of all the coalitions.
> There already are too many high level documents, and not enough
> practical respect for human rights, or clarity about "down to earth"
> principles that any blogger and any webmaster can apply. The BoR
> coalition should thus discuss the conceptual and formal framework to
> get to several declarations of rights, all deriving from the
> fundamental statements of human rights, and all coming to a level
> which is clear, applicable and enforceable.

Regards,
-- 
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