[governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting rights and principles

Sat Sep 12 07:02:25 EDT 2009

Dear all,

you have done a great work,

I am supporting this statement,add my name.

In Peace, 

GATETE Jean-Yves

--- En date de : Ven 11.9.09, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com> a écrit :

De: Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com>
Objet: [governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC supporting rights and principles
À: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Date: Vendredi 11 Septembre 2009, 4h49

 _filtered #yiv2071102232 {
font-family:Calibri;}
 _filtered #yiv2071102232 {
font-family:Consolas;}
 _filtered #yiv2071102232 {
font-family:Bookman Old Style;}
 _filtered #yiv2071102232 {margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
#yiv2071102232 P.MsoNormal {
MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", "serif";COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:12pt;}
#yiv2071102232 LI.MsoNormal {
MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", "serif";COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:12pt;}
#yiv2071102232 DIV.MsoNormal {
MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", "serif";COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:12pt;}
#yiv2071102232 A:link {
COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;}
#yiv2071102232 SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;}
#yiv2071102232 A:visited {
COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;}
#yiv2071102232 SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;}
#yiv2071102232 P {
FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", "serif";MARGIN-BOTTOM:5.95pt;COLOR:black;MARGIN-LEFT:0cm;FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN-RIGHT:0cm;}
#yiv2071102232 PRE {
MARGIN:0cm 0cm 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Courier New";COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:10pt;}
#yiv2071102232 SPAN.HTMLPreformattedChar {
FONT-FAMILY:Consolas;COLOR:black;}
#yiv2071102232 SPAN.yshortcuts {
}
#yiv2071102232 SPAN.EmailStyle22 {
FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri", "sans-serif";COLOR:windowtext;}
#yiv2071102232 .MsoChpDefault {
FONT-SIZE:10pt;}
#yiv2071102232 DIV.Section1 {
}

Important issue. Good work. I'm proud to add my 
name to the list of supporters.

Thomas Lowenhaupt

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: 
    Lisa Horner 
    To: governance at lists.cpsr.org 
    Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:18 
    PM
    Subject: [governance] Call for 
    consensus - Statement by IGC supporting rights and principles

    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. 

    ____________________________________________________________
You 
    received this message as a subscriber on the 
    list:
     governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed 
    from the list, send any message to:

    governance-unsubscribe at lists.cpsr.org

For all list information and 
    functions, see:

    http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

  ____________________________________________________________
You 
  received this message as a subscriber on the list:

  governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed from the list, send any message 
  to:

  governance-unsubscribe at lists.cpsr.org

For all list information and 
  functions, see:

  http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

-----La pièce jointe associée suit-----

____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed from the list, send any message to:
     governance-unsubscribe at lists.cpsr.org

For all list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.igcaucus.org/pipermail/governance/attachments/20090912/12deafe2/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed from the list, send any message to:
     governance-unsubscribe at lists.cpsr.org

For all list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance