[governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting

[Deirdre Williams]

I support the statement.
Deirdre Williams
Saint Lucia

2009/9/10 Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>:
> 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
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> 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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>>
>> --
>> Valeria Betancourt
>> Coordinadora / Coordinator
>> Programa de Políticas de TIC en América Latina / Latin American ICT Policy
>> Programme
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