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

[Katy P]

While a panel can be a safe place, what happens when we all leave and the
government knows they a particular individual attended such a panel?

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> 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:
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>> On 2012-05-02, at 3:13 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
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>>
>>  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
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>>   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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