[governance] Wording to prevent a deadlock (re: Jeanette)

[Katitza Rodriguez]

Hi

I am heading to the airport but plan to send my thoughts on No 3 as  
soon as I get internet again. We need to put concrete examples

Briefly, we should talk on number 3 in concrete policy cases:

a. Internet Intermediaries: Freedom of Expression, Due Process of Law,  
Privacy, (and much more). ie For instance those issues related to  
copyright and defamation.  Hadopi Law. Three Strikes.
b. ICT and Green Growth: Huge movements to promote ICT and Green  
Growth to reduce carbon emissions (good for Civil Society)..No  
discussion on the privacy implication of those technologies. There  
should be also ICT4D implication here.
c. Cloud Computing: Open Standards, Interoperability, Huge Privacy  
issues, Freedom of expression, Due Process of Law, concentration of  
power, ICT4D,
d. Internet and The News: Publishers, Search Engines, Advertising,  
Online News needs to have public funding?

I think any of those topics has huge implications for us! We should  
put clearly examples to explain number 3.

FYI, I agree with 1, 2. However, I prefer a different wording for  
number 3.

All the best,

P.D hope I am able to arrive to the airport. Lot of snow here in DC.


On Feb 7, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Lisa Horner wrote:

> Firstly, I vote yes to all three.
>
> Secondly, just a a quick intervention on #3...
>
> There are 2 points of contention as I see it on our #3 proposal  
> regarding "rights".
>
> 1) Whether we should not talk about human rights at all because it's  
> not strategic and will get vetoed...finding other, more widely  
> acceptable avenues and language to talk about essentially the same  
> issues.
>
> Whilst I am in two minds about this, at the end of the day I think  
> as civil society organisations/individuals, we shouldn't shy away  
> from pushing for what we believe in.
>
> 2) The lack of clarity in the term "Internet rights and principles".
>
> I fully agree that it's a phrase that lacks clarity and leaves us  
> open to the risk of being dismissed as a session on these grounds as  
> it was before.  The reason the dynamic coalition has this name was  
> partly due to the merging of the "bill of rights" and "framework of  
> principles" coalitions in 2008, and partly due to a lack of clear  
> thinking at the time about what the coalition should be called.
>
> Could we agree to talk about "human rights and policy principles  
> that are needed to imlpement them"? Noone can dismiss "human rights"  
> as a vague framework that lacks meaning - it's one of the "thickest"  
> global governance frameworks that exists, is embedded in  
> international law etc.
>
> I think we did a fairly good job of defining what we were talking  
> about for our intervention at the september open consultations.   
> Would that make a better statement to "recycle" than the one  
> proposed?  I've pasted it below for info.
>
> All the best,
> Lisa
>
>
> FINAL STATEMENT (V6) - for consensus call (September 2009)
>
>
> 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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