[governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting

[Rui Correia]

Dear All [and a hearty *abraço* to those of did the thankless slog]

I support and endorse the statement.

Regards,

Rui

2009/9/10 Lisa Horner <lisa at global-partners.co.uk>

>  Hi all
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> We’re now past the deadline for comments, so I’ve pasted a final version
> below for the consensus call.  Please could you send a message to the list
> to say if you support the statement or not.  I’ll now hand over to Ginger
> and Ian to finalise and coordinate it getting read out at the IGF planning
> meeting.  I’ll also get in touch with the DCs.
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> Shaila – this version includes your edits, apart from in the final para as
> I think Parminder’s comments made sense.  Hope that’s acceptable to you.
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> Thanks everyone for your inputs.  I think it’s a strong statement now.
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> All the best,
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> Lisa
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> FINAL STATEMENT (V6) – for consensus call
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> The Caucus [and undersigned DCs] repeat their request that the programme
> for IGF-4 in Egypt gives greater priority to human rights.  The WSIS
> Declaration and Tunis Agenda strongly reaffirmed the centrality of human
> rights in the information society. Despite this, human rights and associated
> principles have received too little attention at the IGF so
> far. This is problematic because :
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> *    Fundamental human rights such as the rights to freedom of expression,
> privacy, civic participation, education and development are strongly
> threatened by the actions and restrictive policies of a growing number of
> actors vis a vis the internet, including state and private actors at both
> national as well as global levels.
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> *    The internet presents new opportunities for upholding and advancing
> human rights, for example through enhancing access to knowledge and common
> resources. It is vital that we build on and enhance these opportunities.
> Ignoring these avenues to uphold human rights implies a serious opportunity
> cost for the well being of peoples, globally.
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> *    International human rights, as contained in the Universal Declaration
> of Human Rights and confirmed by the core human rights treaties and other
> universal human rights instruments, are legally binding.  The growing role
> of information and communication technologies has not changed the legal
> obligation of states that have ratified these instruments to respect,
> protect and implement the human rights of their citizens.
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> *    The human rights framework is an internationally agreed set of
> standards that has practical as well as ethical value.  It balances
> different rights against each other to preserve individual and public
> interest.  In addition to its legally binding implications, human rights are
> therefore a useful tool for addressing internet governance issues, such as
> how to deal with security concerns on the internet in compliance with the
> rights to freedom of expression and privacy.  Besides stating the
> obligations of states and governments, the human rights framework also
> allows us to derive the rights and responsibilities of other stakeholders.
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> The Internet Governance Caucus [and undersigned DCs] call for the human
> rights dimension of all internet governance issues to be included in the
> planning and implementation of all future IGF sessions, so that human rights
> are given the attention they deserve as cross-cutting issues.  This should
> include explicit consideration of how global, regional and national policies
> affect human rights, and the development of positive policy principles to
> build an open and accessible internet for all.  The Caucus [and undersigned
> DCs] would like to offer assistance to the organisers of the main plenary
> sessions to do this, and would like to support all stakeholders through
> providing access to relevant guidelines and experts. We see this upcoming
> IGF in Egypt and future IGFs as renewed opportunity to make Rights and
> Principles a core theme.
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