[governance] Rights issues in Azerbaijan / What will CS @ Baku do?

Wed May 2 10:50:28 EDT 2012

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>wrote:

>  Given past experiences, my recommendation would be that -  as a minimum
> workshop proposals that touch on Free expression and/or rights issues need
> to not only be supported - but also carefully monitored to make sure there
> isn't undue interference from the Azeri hosts and/or UN
>

Another way to do it is to get them involved in a Panel and create a "safe
place" for dialogue on "abuse of the exceptions" in Article 19 of the
ICCPR. If we through advocacy not by alienating them engage them in
dialogue on what the mature response is, we could win both sides. The key
is outreach and strategic advocacy. We must lead and guide them to
understand why it is important.

At the same time, we need to be very clear and express our position on the
matter in some form. If even after this level of engagement, we are still
ignored then we can recoup and strategize on how we wish to address it. Any
approach should have a long term strategy because other countries can also
learn.

Kind Regards,

>
>
> regards
>
>  Robert
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>   On 2012-05-02, at 10:24 AM, Katitza Rodriguez wrote:
>
>  Hola Robert,
>
> comments below:
>
> On 5/2/12 9:15 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
> On 2012-05-02, at 3:13 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
>
>
>  In message<
> 855077AC3D7A7147A7570370CA01ECD214F43D at SUEX10-mbx-10.ad.syr.edu>, at
> 22:03:02 on Tue, 1 May 2012, Milton L Mueller<mueller at syr.edu>  writes
>
>   Do you at least agree it wasn't a "workshop"? I know it sounds pedantic,
>
>  [Milton L Mueller] It was a reception with food. And your point is...?
>
> A workshop is part of the official programme, and both interruptions and
> poorly briefed organisers would be more serious.
>
> The incident in Sharm was not the only one where the IGF secretariat has
> stepped in and stopped a critical conversation related to rights.
>
>
> Last year's workshop session in Nairobi on - The Internet in the
> Post-Revolution Phase — Challenges of Political Engagement and the Safety
> of Citizens" was cancelled for reasons unknown at the very last minute.
> However, the people stayed in the room and a very lively and engaging
> conversation took place. In fact, the session - according to Keith Drazek
> from Verisign proved to be one of the successes of the whole event.
>
>
> IGF Nairobi - Success of the Multi-stakeholder Model
>
>
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/igf_nairobi_success_of_the_multi_stakeholder_model/
>
>
> The Secretariat tried to remove the video archive of the session from the
> official record. But luckily, it was saved - let's see for how long.
>
>
> I did not hear about this. I'm astonished. Do you know if they are editing
> the reports to at their own whim? Is there more cases like this documented?
>
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