[governance] "Mapping Internet Governance" workshop (was Re: Proposed...)

[Norbert Bollow]

Roland Perry <roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In message <20110408085431.DAE0E15C0F9 at quill.bollow.ch>, at 10:54:31 on 
> Fri, 8 Apr 2011, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> writes
> >  This workshop will explore where and how Internet Governance decisions
> >  are currently taken. What are the relevant fora and decision-making
> >  bodies? In what topic areas do they make decisions and with what
> >  kinds of impacts?
> 
> [..] What will be the cause of some debate, I think, is deciding
> what issues are in fact "Internet Governance". [..]
> 
> Would you, for example, include the Council of Europe on account of the 
> Budapest Convention which has impacts upon network operators to be 
> slightly more "law enforcement friendly" than otherwise?

This should be decided in view of the stated objective to empower
individuals and stakeholder organizations to make sure that their
viewpoints and concerns are appropriately taken into consideration.

If it makes sense for stakeholders who particularly care about
making sure that the "law enforcement friendliness" of network
oprators is in some ways "not too great" or "not too small", to
monitor what CoE is doing and if necessary seek to influence it,
then yes. Otherwise no.

Given that EDRi, the European Digital Rights organization that
cares deeply about these kinds of issues from a human rights
perspective, has taken the trouble of becoming a formal Observer at
CoE and sending someone to participate at meetings (at least this
was the case a few years ago, I'm not sure about the current status)
I would expect the result to be that the CoE should definitely be 
included on the map.

Greetings,
Norbert
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