[governance] Statement by IGC supporting rights and principles

[McTim]

Hi Ginger,

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Ginger Paque<gpaque at gmail.com> wrote:
> McTim, could you explain why you say:

sure
<snip>
>
> DRAFT STATEMENT - RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES
>
> The Caucus [and undersigned DCs] repeat their request that the programme for
> IGF-4 in Egypt gives the required attention to human rights.  The WSIS
> Declaration and Tunis Agenda reaffirmed the centrality of human rights in
> the information society, but human rights and associated principles have
> received very little attention at the IGF so far.  This is problematic as:
> •       Fundamental human right such as the rights to freedom of expression,
> privacy and education are threatened by current internet governance
> processes and practice.

It's overly broad.  It paints ALL IG processes as threatening, when in
fact, most of them are absolutely not.

It's a bit strident as well, politically not wise, these governments
are going to dismiss this out of hand.   If we are concerned about
censorship and filtering, then we should state that specifically.

AFAIAC, this para needs to go, or be rewritten.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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