[governance] Fall ICANN meeting in Cairo - Rights discussion

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

this issue has been discussed for ages, is still being discussed and 
there are many people on either side. Both have loads of documents to 
back up their arguments. I'm not particularly interested in going back 
over this again. GAC has an opinion, gNSO has opinions on both sides, 
ALAC has opinions on both sides

The point of my email was that I thought that Robert's email 
misrepresented what was said by some of the people who were not in 
agreement with his position. I wanted to make it clear that they were 
not unconcerned about the issue, but rather thought it shoud be taken up 
at another forum. It's not nice to say that people aren't concerned 
about repression, torture and censorship when they never indicated any 
lack of concern about the issue.

Jacqueline

Milton L Mueller wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jacqueline A. Morris [mailto:jam at jacquelinemorris.com] 
>>
>> Hi all
>> This seems a little skewed.
>> From my reading of the recent discussion, it's not that those issues 
>> are not of CONCERN to ICANN staff and the ALAC and others, 
>> but rather it is not seen as part of ICANN's very narrow mission and
>>     
> focus.
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> Perhaps Jackie you should read the GAC Policy Advice on new gTLDs. 
> http://gac.icann.org/web/home/gTLD_principles.pdf 
> And you should read the GNSO report on new gTLDs. 
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/ 
>
> Both address freedom of expression issues. Both take the "wrong"
> position if you believe in freedom of expression. Anyway, no one who
> reads them can reasonably state that ICANN is confined to a "technical
> remit." 
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>> This is IMO far more an issue for the IGF than for ICANN's 
>> technical remit.
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> The idea that ICANN has only a technical coordinator's job is a myth
> that has been decisively refuted countless times. 
>   


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