[governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting

[Hempal Shrestha]

Please count me among the members, who would like to support this statement.
Best Regards,

Hempal Shrestha
Kathmandu, Nepal

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Stefano Trumpy
<stefano.trumpy at iit.cnr.it>wrote:

>  I endorse signing the statement also and am very glad that this caucus is
> taking this issue up with the IGF. Many thanks to the drafters and editors
> of the statement too.
>
>
> I suport this statemant.
> Stefano Trumpy
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Robin
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>
>
> On Sep 10, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Willie Currie wrote:
>
>
> I support the statement. Many thanks to the drafters.
>
> Willie
>
> 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
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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 :
>
> * 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.
>
>
> * 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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