[governance] IGF workshops

Lisa Horner lisa at global-partners.co.uk
Wed Apr 30 08:03:46 EDT 2008


Hi

 

Just to clarify, the Internet Bill of Rights (IBR) Dynamic Coalition's proposal is focused specifically on exploring how 'existing' rights are relevant to the work of each of the dynamic coalitions and whether we can build some kind of commitment or agreement amongst the coalitions to 'mainstream' rights within their work.  We didn't have much time to write and share the proposal within the IBR group, so apologies for not sharing it with interested parties on this list earlier.

 

The plan is for the workshop to be an outcome or culmination of conversations between the IBR group and other dynamic coalitions between now and December.  If members of other dynamic coalitions are on this list, it would be great to hear your thoughts about our proposals.

 

This workshop would complement the IG Civil Society workshop on a rights approach/agenda to IG.  As I understand it, the 'Rights agenda' workshop plans to map out rights issues as they relate to the internet, taking a fairly broad approach.  The  'Dynamic Coalition' workshop is focused specifically on the work of the coalitions and practical measures that could be taken to help them to protect and advance human rights.

 

I'd also like to express my support for all of the other workshops being proposed by this group.

 

Best wishes,

 

Lisa

 

From: Michael Gurstein [mailto:gurstein at gmail.com] 
Sent: 30 April 2008 06:36
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'Max Senges'
Subject: RE: [governance] IGF workshops

 

	Max,

	 

	Maybe I'm missing it, but in what you've pointed to I don't see where the issues which we have been discussing here around the rubric "Right to the Internet" are included.

	 

	MG

	 

	 -----Original Message-----
	From: Max Senges [mailto:maxsenges at gmail.com] 
	Sent: April 29, 2008 10:34 AM
	To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Jeanette Hofmann
	Cc: Parminder
	Subject: Re: [governance] IGF workshops
	
	  

	I also support all 4 proposals.
	
	Regarding the Rights Agenda workshop, I'd like to share that the IBR DC is preparing an additional workshop proposal which deals with the practicalities of including Rights in Internet Governance. (http://www.socialtext.net/internet-bill-of-rights/index.cgi?mainstreaming_human_rights_in_the_work_of_the_dynamic_coalitions)
	
	IMHO the proposed workshop on the Agenda is meant to bring all the folks interested in Rights together, map the field (synergies and hot topics)  and start working on a shared agenda.
	
	Max

	On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:

	A yes to all 4 workshop proposals from me as well.
	I hope though that the one on rights will be revised after the submission.
	jeanette
	
	shaila mistry wrote:

	"Yes" to all four workshops
	Shaila Rao Mistry
	
	*/Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>/* wrote:
	
	
	   Hi all
	
	   Please find enclosed the full text of four workshop proposals, that IGC
	   proposes to sponsor at the IGF, Hyderabad.
	
	   1. The Transboundary Internet: Jurisdiction, Control and Sovereignty
	
	   2. The Future of ICANN: After the JPA, What?
	
	   3. A Rights Agenda for Internet Governance
	
	   4. The role and mandate of the IGF
	
	
	   These are being put for a 48 hour consensus process. If a consensus or a
	   rough consensus is made out, these proposals will be submitted to
	   the IGF
	   secretariat on the 30th, around 5 PM GMT.
	
	   Please indicate a clear 'yes' or 'no' for forwarding these proposals, as
	   they stand...
	
	   While additional comments justifying a yes or no vote may be made, they
	   should follow a clear unqualified 'yes' or 'no'.
	
	   In fact such additional comments are welcome especially in case of a
	   'no'
	   vote, because it helps calling a possible rough consensus, taking into
	   consideration the nature and the extent of dissent.
	
	   Thanks
	
	   Parminder
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	   From: "Bret Fausett" <bfausett at internet.law.pro>
	   To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
	   Subject: [governance] Workshop Proposal: Transboundary Internet
	   Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:57:53 +0530
	
	   All, below is a draft workshop proposal that Meryem Marzouki, William    Drake, Ian Peter, Parminder Singh and I have been working on. We plan    to submit it by the deadline, but would like your input and    suggestions, on all aspects.
	         -- Bret
	   - - - - - D R A F T - - - - -
	   1.      Name of proposed workshop
	   The Transboundary Internet: Jurisdiction, Control and Sovereignty
	   2.      Provide a concise description of the proposed workshop theme    including its importance and relevance to the IGF.
	   The Internet crosses the boundaries of all nations and raises some    unique transboundary jurisdictional problems. The recent case of a    British citizen living in Spain, with Internet servers in the Bahamas,    selling holidays to Cuba, and having his domain name impounded by a    registrar located in the USA because it appeared to break the US    embargo against Cuba is one recent case in point. Another landmark    case was the French-US Yahoo! case in 1999 dealing with sale of nazi    memorabilia, but but apart from these high profile content cases there    are many examples in other areas such as privacy, consumer issues,    cybercrime, and intellectual property.
	   This workshop will discuss the many implications of competing national    jurisdictions being projected into a globalized space where multiple    normative sources apply, such as political, legal, technical,    contractual, and behavioral regulations. Through practical case    studies, this workshop will look at the implications of various    approaches to resolving these issues and the implications for Internet    governance, international law, national sovereignty, democracy, and    human rights and fundamental freedoms.
	   The workshop also explores the implications for Internet governance    where no structures are in place to deal with emerging issues, and how    default unilateral action in the absence of structural alternatives    can lead to de facto Internet governance.
	   3.      Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are    planning to invite. Describe the main actors in the field and whether    you have approached them about their willingness to participate in    proposed workshop.
	   NB. Workshop duration is 90mn, which means that we should have no more    than 6-7 panelists plus chair. This is a tentative list of speakers.
	   *       Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General, The
	   Council of    Europe
	   *       Manon Ress /James Love, Knowledge Ecology
	   International/CPTech, USA
	   *       Meryem Marzouki, President, European Digital Rights, Europe
	   *       Bret A. Fausett, Internet law Attorney, Cathcart, Collins &    Kneafsey, LLP USA
	   *       Ian Peter, Internet Analyst, Ian Peter and Associates,
	   Australia
	   *       William Drake, Graduate Institute of International and
	   Development    Studies, Switzerland
	   Yet to be approached: other identified experts with various    perspectives on specific case studies.
	   Themes to be discussed by speakers:
	   *       Liability and the principle of the country of origin
	   (off-line and    on-line content): Convention on Transfrontier television, Rome II,    Convention on TV without Frontiers,
	   *       Consumer protection, contracts, etc.: Hague Convention,
	   E-commerce    directive
	   *       Cybercrime: The CoE Convention, its protocols and
	   implementation    activities
	   *       Technical and contractual means: ISP charters and hotlines,
	   blocking    (cf. Pakistan case)
	   *       Harmonization of national laws through intergovernmental
	   agreements
	   4.      Provide the name of the organizer(s) of the workshop and their    affiliation to various stakeholder groups. Describe how you will take    steps to adhere to the multi-stakeholder principle, geographical    diversity and gender balance.
	   -       The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (Civil society)
	   -       The Council of Europe - TBC (Intergovernmental organization)
	   -       European Digital Rights (Civil society)
	   -       Knowledge Ecology International (KEI/CPTech) - TBC (Civil
	   society)
	   -       Ian Peter and Associates - TBC (Private sector)
	   Yet to be approached: Some governments (e.g. France, USA,    Netherlands, ...); other intergovernmental organizations (e.g. OSCE,    OCDE,...), other private sector constituencies (e.g. ISP associations,    newspaper associations, registrars, search engine/social networking    companies, ...); other civil society constituencies.
	   5.      Does the proposed workshop provide different perspectives on
	   the    issues under discussion?
	   Yes. Expertise is being sought from various areas to provide a    comprehensive coverage of issues and perspectives involved (to be    updated later).
	   6.      Please explain how the workshop will address issues relating
	   to    Internet governance and describe how the workshop conforms with the    Tunis Agenda in terms of substance and the mandate of the IGF.
	   The first and foremost need for global Internet governance    arrangements comes from the global, cross-boundaries nature of the    Internet. Issues with global Internet governance are not only related    to critical Internet resources management, but also to the circulation    of content and data and to the protection of the general    communications infrastructure. Jurisdictions, control and sovereignty    issues are thus at the heart of global Internet governance    discussions. Given the difficulty to harmonize national legislations,    and given the issue of the competence of jurisdictions, alternative    methods to State regulations are more and more considered, promoted    and implemented. It is the very aim of this workshop to explore and    discuss these alternatives.
	   TA: Para 72(b)(c)(g)(i)(k)
	   7.      List similar events you and/or any other IGF workshops you
	   have    organized in the past.
	   The Civil,Society Internet Governance Caucus and other sponsors have    organized workshops at previous IGF meetings (to be updated later)
	   8.      Were you part of organizing a workshop last year? Which one?
	   Did    you submit a workshop report?
	   Yes (to be updated with list of previous workshops)
	   9.      Under which of the five IGF themes does the proposal fall
	   under ?
	   *       Managing the Internet (Using the Internet)
	   *       Arrangements for Internet governance
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	   From: "Milton L Mueller" <mueller at syr.edu>
	   To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
	   Subject: [governance] Internationalization Workshop
	   Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:42:02 +0530
	
	
	   Here is the proposal as it now stands. Note that after two requests we
	   are still waiting for volunteers/interested parties from this list.
	   1. Name of proposed workshop    The Future of ICANN: After the JPA, What?
	       2. Provide a concise description of the proposed workshop theme
	   including its importance and relevance to the IGF.
	   ICANN, which coordinates and sets policy for the global domain name
	   system (DNS) and IP addressing, is linked to the US Government
	   through a
	   Joint Project Agreement (JPA) that expires in September 2009. The JPA
	   and its renewal process provides what, during WSIS, became known as
	   "political oversight" over ICANN. The US government says that it is
	   committed to "completing the transition" to private sector coordination
	   of the Domain Name System, which implies an expiration of the JPA.
	   During the recent mid-term review, ICANN made it clear that it also
	   strongly supports an end to the JPA. ICANN's call was supported by some
	   stakeholders, but others expressed concerns about ensuring its
	   accountability without some kind of governmental oversight.
	   This panel is designed to provide a careful and balanced exploration of
	   whether ICANN is ready to be free of US government oversight, and if so
	   what kind of external oversight - if any - should replace it. Panelists
	   will be encouraged to provide specific models for ICANN's status and
	   various oversight models and offer practical suggestions on how to make
	   changes in the current situation. Advocates of retaining the status quo
	   will also be represented.        3. Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are
	   planning
	   to invite. Describe the main actors in the field and whether you have
	   you approached them about their willingness to participate in proposed
	   workshop.        ICANN: Peter Dengate Thrush
	   IGP: Milton Mueller
	   Dr. Vladimir V. Sokolov, Moscow State University, Deputy Director,
	   International Institute for
	   Government of Canada
	   Michael Palage, Attorney and former ICANN Board member
	   Nashwa Abdel Baki, Egyptian Universities Network (EUN)
	   <civil society representative selected by IGC>
	   Internet Society - either Stefano Trumpy or Lynn St. Amour
	   Milton Mueller
	   Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
	   XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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	   Internet Governance Project:
	   http://internetgovernance.org
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	   From: "karen banks" <karenb at gn.apc.org>
	   To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
	   Subject: [governance] IGC workshop: A rights agenda for Internet
	   Governance
	   Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:41:15 +0530
	
	   Dear all
	
	   A working group comprised of the following folk have worked hard to
	   draft a proposal on:
	
	   A rights agenda for internet goernance
	
	   The working group included : Michael Gurstein,  Parminder Jeet
	   Singh,  Lisa Horner, Konstantinos Komaitis, Vittorio Bertola, Robin
	   Gross, Robert Guerra, rafik dammak, linda misek-falkoff and myself.
	   I believe posts were also shared from time to time with the bill or
	   rights coalition. (colleagues - please clarify any omissions i may
	   have made in that list..)
	
	   It was a very interesting drafting process, and we fully realise
	   that this is a complex and challenging topic to bring to the IGF
	   Table - but we are convinced that it is not only relevant to the IGF
	   Mandate, but central to the mandate and the long term impact of the
	   IGF process.
	
	   Please review the attached draft - we look forward to your comments
	   in relation to
	
	   - the substantive sections (q2 and q6)
	   - ideas for panellists and main actors in the field (q3)
	   - ideas for 2 or 3 additional co-sponsors (q4)
	   - your thoughts on which theme(s) the proposal best fits with - i
	   would say it's an 'missing' crosscut ;)
	
	   we'll take a round of comments til end monday (april 28th) and take
	   it from there..
	
	   thanks everyone
	
	   karen (for michael, parminder and the working group)
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
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	   From: "Jeremy Malcolm" <Jeremy at Malcolm.id.au>
	   To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
	   Subject: [governance] Workshop proposal: The Role and Mandate of the IGF
	   Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:48:37 +0530
	
	   A small working group comprising Lee McKnight, Karen Banks, Baudouin    Schombe and myself was recently convened by Parminder to work on a    proposal for a workshop for Hyderabad on "The Role and Mandate of the    IGF".
	   Whilst not everyone in the working group has had the time to consider    this text (which myself, Baudouin and Parminder contributed to), it is    presented now due to pressure of time, since the approval of the    caucus is required before 30 April.
	   Please send comments on the draft proposal to the list as soon as    possible.  Thank you!
	   --- begins ---
	   Title of the Workshop: 'The role and mandate of the IGF'
	   Civil Society Internet Caucus held a workshop on the same theme, 'The    role and mandate of the IGF', at IGF, Rio. A report of this first    workshop is found athttp://intgovforum.org/Rio_event_report.php?
	   mem=30. It was driven by an identification of a need for regular self-
	   appraisal of the IGF vis-à-vis its mandated role. Such a 'periodic    review' is also required by the Tunis Agenda (paragraph 73 b).    Consequently, the caucus proposes to hold a workshop with the same    title during IGF, Hyderabad.
	   The role and mandate of the Internet Governance Forum were set out in    general terms at the World Summit on the Information Society,    particularly in paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda.  However since the    conclusion of the World Summit, various interpretations of this    general statement of the IGF's role and mandate have been put forward    and continue to be debated amongst its stakeholders.  Some believe    that there are elements of the IGF's mandate that have been overlooked    or minimised in its operation to date.  Others maintain, to the    contrary, that the IGF must contain the overreaching ambitions of    those who would transform it from a non-binding forum for discussion    into something more.
	   Since IGF, Hyderabad, represents the midpoint in the initial 5 year    term of the IGF after which the whole IGF process is sought to be    reviewed. It will be pertinent at this midpoint to
	   (1)        review how the IGF has fared till now vis-à-vis its TA    mandate, and whether any structure and/or substance corrections are    needed for the remaining part of its initial 5 year mandate
	   (2)        what are the emerging views on post-2010 arrangements for    the IGF, if one is at all needed.
	   There has been unmistakable improvements in the IGF format and    substance since its first meeting whether it has been to include    topics earlier considered too controversial (CIRs for Rio) or more    focused discussions on specific issues (as per tentative program for    Hyderabad). The directions of these changes vis-à-vis fulfillment of    the mandate of the IGF may also be an important issue of discussion.    Since paragraph 73 also speaks about a 'decentralized structure' it    will also be worth exploring how can the IGF be decentralized beyond    the present structure of a single annual event, perhaps by exploring    IGF like structures at the regional and national levels (which will    inter aliafulfill part of the requirements of paragraph 80) and    working group working on important issues contributing to the    proceedings of the annual event.
	   --    Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
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