[governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting

[Marilia Maciel]

I support the statement.

Marilia

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Katitza Rodriguez <
katitza at datos-personales.org> wrote:

> I endorse the statement
>
>
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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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