[governance] Re: Draft IGC statement on Wikileaks

[Drake William]

Hi Katitza,

On Dec 12, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote:

> I am not familiar with United Nations structure but I was thinking within the Human Rights Council, to upheld International Human Rights Law on Freedom of Expression. Wikileaks is a Freedom of expression issue.  But again: I am not familiar of how those Council's work. It would be good to know more about it.

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/membership.htm

Which of those governments could we expect to adopt international rights-based principles protecting the nationally illegal disclosure of what they deem to be classified national security information?  It's doubtful there'd be one, much less a majority, in this or any other international body.

Best,

Bill





> 
> 
> On 12/12/10 9:10 AM, Drake William wrote:
>> Hi Lee,
>> 
>> On Dec 12, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Lee W McKnight wrote:
>> 
>>> I also appreciate many IGC members and member organizations wish to comment on the WikiLeaks case for their own reasons, but personally would be - depressed - if IGC couldn't manage to comment at all, itself.
>> If so, then it would be helpful if you could specify the linkages to global Internet governance.  Simply asserting that Wikileaks shows we need a global framework of principles will not by itself be terribly compelling to nonbelievers.  What kinds of principles would address which aspects of the whole phenomenon?  Where would they be established, who would adopt them, how would implementation and compliance be handled, etc…?
>> 
>> I've added other comments on the site; didn't know digress.it, handy tool, thanks Jeremy.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
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