[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
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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
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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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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!
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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
Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor
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