[governance] Montreux

McTim dogwallah at gmail.com
Mon Feb 28 22:55:30 EST 2011


On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Back in sane Johannesburg :)
>
> In response to Adam, I also liked Brazil's proposal to begin to discuss
> public policy principles of IG and progressively over time, capturing
> where there is agreement, and differences on these principles .  This
> can be captured in the IGF's outcome 'documents'.
>
> The Brazilian's are drawing on their national experience of thrashing
> out key principles among all stakeholders. It has worked really well for
> them, and I do think the IGF should try something similar.

yes, but while it is much lauded, we still see some ugliness:

http://observingbrazil.com/2011/02/21/the-right-to-information-in-brazil-censorship-fines-for-sharing-wi-fi/


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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