[governance] Statement by IGC supporting rights and principles

Meryem Marzouki marzouki at ras.eu.org
Tue Sep 8 05:49:38 EDT 2009


Le 8 sept. 09 à 11:38, William Drake a écrit :

> Hi Meryem,
>
> On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>
>> Such a short statement, which purpose is to put the HR issue on  
>> the table at IGF -- and nothing more -- should remain general enough.
>> If there is real and shared insistance that the sentence be  
>> watered down, then we could says "... threatened by SOME current  
>> IG processes and practice". Although this seems obvious..
>> Finally, a statement should be read in its globality. The final  
>> paragraph mentions "global, regional and national policiies",  
>> showing that the statement makes a difference between these  
>> policies at different levels.
>
> My suggestion pertained to the examples Ginger gave, which were of  
> national level government censorship.  If you'd like to suggest  
> more encompassing yet differentiated language and try to get  
> consensus on it feel free, but as McTim notes, "are threatened by  
> current internet governance processes and practice" seems too  
> sweepingly totalizing.

If it seems totalizing, then let's make sure there is no  
misunderstanding, and have the statement simply says "... threatened  
by SOME OF THE current IG processes and practice". Is that agreeable  
to you and Mc Tim?

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