[governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting

[shaila mistry]

Thanks Lisa for once again working on the draft and incorporating my edits. We now have a stronger statement .
Parminder , thank you for your observations, I see your point.
Yes I support this document 
regards 
Shaila

 
 Lisa Horner wrote: 
 > 
>Hi
>all
> 
>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.
> 
>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.
> 
>Thanks
>everyone for your inputs.  I think it’s a
>strong statement now.
> 
>All
>the best,
>Lisa
> 
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> 
>FINAL STATEMENT (V6) – for consensus call
> 
>>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 :
>
>>*    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.
>
>>*    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.
>
>>*    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.
>
>>*    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.  
>
>>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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