[governance] Statement by IGC supporting rights and principles

[Meryem Marzouki]

Fouad,

a couple of anwers below. Meryem

Le 3 sept. 09 à 14:07, Fouad Bajwa a écrit :

> There are two things I thought I'd share.......
>
> First can we explicitly mention the particular article/clause number
> from the WSIS Principles and the Tunis Agenda so that when the
> statement is read, it is recorded accurately during the preparatory.

You may have noticed that it's not a quote of WSIS Decl. or TA,  
rather a general reminder. As a matter of fact, the word "centrality"  
is not explicitly used in these texts, but rather in the CS Decl. The  
goal is not here to argue with clauses or articles. The discussion at  
next preparatory meeting is not expected to turn into a legal battle  
over these texts that anyone car refer to - at least I hope so.
If really felt needed, one may refer to the first part of the Decl  
("our common vision of the information society"), especially para.  
1-5 of the Decl. Similar references can be found in the Tunis  
Commitment, and in the TA (e.g. paras 42, 44, 46, etc.).
Again, I strongly advise not to enter into this.

> Secondly, can we have a backup document on Internet Rights, not
> particularly the APC one but a very independent one specifically from
> IGC that can be sent with this statement to the IGF Secrertariate.

As for now, the international bill of rights (UDHR + the two  
international covenants on civil and political rights and on economic  
social and cultural rights) or even the sole UDHR are enough. There  
are no such "Internet rights", but human rights as they apply on the  
internet. Charters such as the APC one tries to define such  
application. And the whole point of this IGC statement and of the  
existence of many coalitions, like the IRP one, is to try to discuss  
and commonly agree on how HR translates in the ifnromation society.  
It's easy to understand that if such a "very independent" document  
exists, then the whole discussion and the statement wouldn't be  
necessary. Thus the request is, as for now, to officially put the  
issue on the IGF table.

Best,
Meryem ____________________________________________________________
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