[governance] RE: the rights workshop

Fri Jun 27 04:32:46 EDT 2008

 In fact, the preceding topic and the second topic do not have the same
range:
-first topic concern of first order on the relevance of IGF with short,
average and long run;
-second topic has like problematic to explore opportunities offered by
Internet and its advantages .
What we want exactly?

Baudouin

2008/6/27 Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>:

>  This is regarding the workshop proposed by the IGC on 'A Rights Agenda
> for Internet Governance'. The IGC working group on this workshop has an
> f-t-f meeting at Seoul last week, and also intensive online interactions
> with some other rights groups that are co-sponsoring this workshop. (I will
> refer to this group as Bill of Rights or BoR group subsequently.) Karen who
> heads the IGC WG is unable to devote time this week, and it is for that
> reason I am reporting on the WG's work. She will be back to lead the group
> next week.
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> The WG is of the view that the IGC workshop takes from the overall theme of
> IGF, Hyderabad, 'Internet for All', and do a workshop focused on
> interrogating the 'access' issue from a rights perspective, and name the
> workshop as 'Internet for All – Exploring A Rights-based Approach'. Unlike
> the earlier proposal we will not be examining issues regarding other rights
> like FoE, privacy etc in this workshop… the BoR group has another workshop
> which is about mainstreaming the rights agenda in IGF/ DCs, and the full
> gamut of rights will be examined etc in this workshop. Some of us from the
> IGC are working with the BoR group on this. I would also like to see IGC as
> a group supports that workshop. More on that workshop can be expected soon
> from Lisa…..
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> The IGC workshop proposal, with the new proposed name 'Internet for All –
> Exploring a Rights-based Approach' will have to be re-written to suit this
> new approach. This will be done over the weekend. We need to submit the
> revised proposal by the 30ththis. However if more time is needed for
> discussion within IGC on this issue we may try to seek an extra week.
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> Meanwhile inputs and comments are welcome.
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> Parminder
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> *From:* Parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 27, 2008 11:09 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org
> *Subject:* [governance] IGF agenda - rights and openness issues
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> Hi All
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> Two issues regarding IGF agenda.
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> One, we had planned a letter to the IGF secretariat/ MAG expressing concern
> that rights and openness issues were disappearing from IGF's agenda, inter
> alia pointing to the fact that these terms do not appear in the main agenda
> list which is (to quote the latest draft of the program doc at
> http://www.intgovforum.org/hyderabad_prog/ProgrammePaper.05.06.2008.pdf )
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>  Reaching"The MAG proposed the following agenda:    Managing Promoting
> Cyber-Security and Trust the Next Billion   Emerging Taking Stock and the
> Way Forward Critical Internet Resources  Issues"
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> We also wish to specifically propose that the main workshop now titled "Fostering
> security, privacy and openness" be just 'fostering privacy and openness"
> especially since there is already another planned main workshop titled "Are
> we losing the battle against cyber-crime" which is expected to cover all the
> security issue quite well.
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> Adam had developed this proposal and to quote him last email on the subject
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> "For the first, I suggest we write to the secretariat saying something
> along the lines of...  we are concerned that the theme "openness"
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> is in danger of being lost in the session currently titled "Promoting
> Cyber-Security and Trust". Based the February consultation, summary
> document, and synthesis paper for the May meeting we expected a stronger
> emphasis on rights would be maintained in this session. We suggest the
> second part of the session, currently "Fostering security, privacy and
> openness" focus more on "fostering privacy and openness" than on security,
> which will be the prime subject of the first part of the session.  Of course
> security will be an important element of the second workshop, just as
> concerns for privacy, openness and preservation of fundamental rights will
> be an important element of the first workshop.  What we are suggesting is a
> balance between these issues across the two workshops, and therefore into
> the debate the follows in the afternoon."
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> There has been no opposition to this proposal and I take it that we agree
> to write a letter on these lines to the Secretariat/ MAG. Can someone please
> volunteer to draft the letter and share with us?
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> I continue to be bothered that we are not able to agree to write to also
> write that 'ensuring/ achieving universal access' be the main theme one
> instead of 'reaching the next billion' even after all the discussion which
> happened on this topic on this list. But for the present this subject is
> being separated from that discussed above.
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> I will take up the second of the two issues I planned to discus in the
> following email.
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> Parminder
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