[governance] CS Speakers for Baku

Katy P katycarvt at gmail.com
Thu Oct 11 08:42:49 EDT 2012 

What? When did this happen?
On Oct 11, 2012 8:24 AM, "William Drake" <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:

> In light of the host country's jaw dropping decision to publicly
> disseminate all participants' passport numbers, I hope whoever we have
> speaking in the opening an closing will emphasize the centrality of
> personal privacy protection in Internet governance.
>
> Best
>
> Bill
>
> On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Nnenna wrote:
>
> +1 On each of the points below.  I am currently in the Côte d'Ivoire
> Internet Governance Forum and my drafting capacity is limited.  However, I
> would like to see a line that extends "Multistakeholderism" down to active
> national participation of all stakeholders. AFAIK, in as much as in some
> countries, the government is weighing in, in ways that may appear
> overbearing, in others, the decision-makers are actually note interested or
> think it is an NGO thing.
>
> Can we have a "Development Agenda" paragraph? I am also thinking that
> "Participation" may also need to be a paragraph of its own
>
> Best
>
> Nnenna
>
>
>
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> *From:* Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> *To:* 'Ginger Paque' <ginger at paque.net>; "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <
> governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:07 PM
> *Subject:* RE: [governance] CS Speakers for Baku
>
>
>  *From:* gpaque at gmail.com [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Ginger
> Paque
>
>  I think that both points are important... I would say 'in addition to'
> not 'rather than'. Whom we choose sends a signal as sometimes as
> significant as their words, and we tend to know their general positions as
> well as speaking abilities when we nominate them.
>
> Ginger and colleagues:
> Yes, of course it is "in addition to" not "rather than" - but has there
> been any substantive discussion yet? Frankly I think what they say is more
> important than who we choose, but agree that in some cases "the medium is
> the message."  At any rate we are long on "who" and rather short on "what"
> at the moment, so…
>
> let me throw out three short statements on issues that I passionately
> believe should be addressed. In doing so, I will make an attempt to address
> them in a way that takes into account the differences among us and hope
> others do so in the same spirit. Other candidate topics would include IPR,
> development…I defer to others there.
>
> Human rights
> CS believes that the absence of gatekeepers and the open, global
> communication enabled by the Internet realizes the promise of Article 19 of
> the UN UDHR. To erect (national) legal barriers to the free flow of
> information is a bad idea and contrary to the individual human right to
> freedom of expression. We therefore oppose efforts to create "national
> Internets," or to block and filter internet access in ways that deny
> individuals access to applications, content and services of their choice.
> All attempts to deem certain forms of communication and information illegal
> and remove them must follow established, transparent processes of law and
> should not involve prior restraint.
>
> Security and Securitization
> CS opposes efforts to militarize the Internet, or any actions that would
> foster a destructive and wasteful cyber arms race among governments and/or
> private actors. We consider the surreptitious use of exploits and malware
> for surveillance or attacks to be criminal regardless of whether they are
> deployed by governments, private corporations or organized criminals. We
> are skeptical of efforts to subordinate the design and use of information
> and communication technology to "national security" agendas. We believe
> that Internet security will be achieved primarily at the operational level
> and that national security and military agendas often work against rather
> than for users' security needs.
>
> Multistakeholderism
> Global governance institutions should not be restricted to states, so CS
> welcomes the additional participation in global policy making that
> multi-stakeholder processes provide. But CS cautions that multi-stakeholder
> participation is not an end in itself.  Opening up global governance
> institutions to additional voices from civil society and business does not
> by itself ensure that individual rights are adequately protected or that
> the best substantive policies are developed and enforced. In the informal
> spaces created by MS institutions, it is possible that powerful
> governmental and corporate actors can make deals contrary to the interests
> of Internet users. MS processes must incorporate and institutionalize
> concepts of due process, separation of powers and user's inalienable civil
> and political rights.
>
> Milton L. Mueller
> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> Internet Governance Project
> http://blog.internetgovernance.org
>
>
>
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