[governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting

[Graciela Selaimen]

Hello,

I endorse the statement.


regards,
Graciela Selaimen

Dave Kissoondoyal escreveu:
>
> I endorse this statement and thank all for your tremendous efforts in 
> drafting it.
>
> Dave Kissoondoyal
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Ginger Paque [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com]
>     *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:13 PM
>     *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; Lisa Horner
>     *Subject:* Re: [governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC
>     supporting
>
>     I support the statement and thank everyone involved in writing it
>     and opining.
>
>     Please, we need as many people as possible to respond with their
>     agreement or disagreement on the proposal. I know it was a short
>     discussion, but we had good input, and Lisa did a great job, given
>     the time constraints.
>
>     We need to know if we have consensus on this as an IGC statement.
>
>     Best, Ginger
>
>     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
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     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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