AW: [governance] 8.9 earthquake in Japan

Fri Mar 11 08:56:07 EST 2011

My best wishes go to all Japanese people, in particular to the people at Sendai and the Westcoast. I am sitting now in the 35th floor of a hotel in Honolulu where the first wave will arrive around 3.00 a.m. local time. The communication system here works okay, people are informed and are moved to the 5th floor of their buildings or higher. Beaches and streets are cleaned. Heliocopters ans ships are prepared for rescue measures. Want to go tomorrow to San Francisco for the ICANN meeting. No clue whether the airport will work.

Best wishes

wolfgang

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Von: governance-request at lists.cpsr.org im Auftrag von Rajendra Poudel
Gesendet: Fr 11.03.2011 13:30
An: governance at lists.cpsr.org; shaila mistry
Cc: Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
Betreff: Re: [governance] 8.9 earthquake in Japan

Dear all, 

Right now I am here in Tokyo. At 2.46 I was in one NewITventure Data center and monitoring IPTV system. I was alone in side the data center and running from there is almost impossible. Because the rack of the server were moving in such way that I do not know how to run. After 5 minutes situation came to normal. I check all the connection but working well. Thanks good and thanks to the infrastructure providers.  Still we are feeling small hits (up to 4.0). Internet, gas, electricity, water and telephone is normal in most part of Japan. But it is sad that Japan's eastern coast was badly damaged. We are prying for the people their families living there. 

with best regards
Rajendra

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 4:45 PM, shaila mistry <shailam at yahoo.com> wrote:

	 Hi 
	By now some of you must have heard of the 8.9 earth quake in Japan. Do we have any of our members out there ?
	Our prayers to them and their families!!
	shaila

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	From: "Benedek, Wolfgang (wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at)" <wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at>
	To: Brett Solomon <brett at accessnow.org>; "Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" <Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
	Sent: Thu, March 10, 2011 11:13:02 PM
	Subject: Re: [IRP] Ten punchy principles

	Congratulation, looks very well done.
	 Will be back after more careful analysis with more in depth comments.

	Wolfgang Benedek

	Von: Brett Solomon <brett at accessnow.org>
	Datum: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:49:58 +0100
	An: "Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" <Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
	Betreff: [IRP] Ten punchy principles

	Dear IRP,

	Following on from Lisa's earlier email, I'm pleased to send out the draft ten Punchy Principles for the Internet that have been worked on by a small working group of people from the IRP. The working group was originally formulated at the 2010 Vilnius IGF and includes Lisa Horner and Dixie Hawtin (Global Partners, UK), Brett Solomon and Jochai Ben-Avie (Access, Australia/USA), Henrik Almström (APC, Sweden/South Africa), Karmen Turk (Lawyer, Estonia), Shaila Mistry (Jayco MMI Consulting, USA) and Carlos Affonso de Souza (FGV, Brazil). 

	The aim is for a version of these principles to be launched together with the online consultation platform for the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet. They therefore accord with the current version of the Charter. Their purpose is two-fold. Firstly, to help mobilize, shape and inform the community debate on the Charter (Carlos has made it clear how their 10 Brazilian principles <http://www.cgi.br/english/regulations/resolution2009-003.htm> proved very valuable for the Brazilian Civil Framework for the Internet). Secondly, many people have said that they need a punchier advocacy tool which can be used, in conjunction with the longer Charter, as a framework for policy assessment and campaigning. Note: they are NOT designed to be used as a legal document.

	Clearly people will have very different views on these (as we have found in the smaller group) but I think they are a good starting point for a discussion. We have done some consultation in our own (Access) community on this draft, and there was some very good feedback which we are happy to share.

	As I understand it, the draft punchy principles are now open for discussion here, so that Lisa and the crew can take the final draft forward and put them on the site along with the Charter. Draft principles below.

	Brett

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	DRAFT PRINCIPLES 

	Universality 

	All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights, which must respected,protected and fulfilled in the online environment

	Accessibility

	Everyone has an equal right to access and use a secure and open Internet.

	Neutrality 

	Everyone must have uniform access to the Internet's content, free from prioritization, discrimination, censorship, filtering or traffic control. 

	Rights

	The Internet is a space for the promotion, protection and fulfillment of human rights. Everyone has the duty to respect the rights of all others in the online environment.

	Expression

	Everyone has the right to hold and express opinions, and to seek, receive, and impart information on the Internet without arbitrary interference or surveillance.Everyone has the right to communicate anonymously online. 

	Life, liberty and security

	The rights to life, liberty, and security must be respected, protected and fulfilled online. These rights must not be infringed upon, or used to infringe other rights, in the online environment. 

	Privacy 

	Everyone has the right to privacy online free from surveillance, including the right to control how their personal data is collected, used, disclosed, retained and disposed.

	Diversity

	Cultural and linguistic diversity on the Internet must be promoted, and technical and policy innovation should be encouraged to facilitate diversity of expression.

	Standards and regulation

	The Internet's architecture shall be based on open standards that facilitate interoperability and inclusion of all for all.

	Governance 

	Rights must form the legal and normative foundations upon which the Internet operates and is governed. This shall happen in a transparent and multilateral manner, based on principles of openness, inclusive participation and accountability as prescribed by law.

	-- 
	Brett Solomon
	Access
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