[governance] Fwd: [igf_members] Proposal: Human Rights Roundtable

[Benedek, Wolfgang (wolfgang.benedek@uni-graz.at)]

accordingly +1 from me,

regards

Wolfgang Benedek







Am 18.10.12 03:20 schrieb "Izumi AIZU" unter <iza at anr.org>:

>Dear list,
>
>APC has proposed this and I think IGC should support this.
>
>Comments welcome.
>
>izumi
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From:  <alice at apc.org>
>Date: 2012/10/12
>Subject: [igf_members] Proposal: Human Rights Roundtable
>To: igf_members at intgovforum.org
>
>
>Dear Colleaques,
>
>We wish to submit this proposal for a Human Rights round Table.
>
>Apologies for submitting it a bit late, but hope you will consider it.
>
>Best regards
>Alice
>
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>
>HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE
>IGF 2012
>
>Background
>
>During the IGF MAG meeting held in May 2012 in Geneva, several ways to
>develop the cross-cutting issues (human rights and development) were
>proposed. Particularly,  the group in charge of structuring the Taking
>Stock and the Way Forward session suggested that the second part of the
>session includes feedback from the cross-cutting
>
>themes which could be developed through round tables. It was supported by
>other MAG members (see transcripts MAG meeting 17 May)[1].
>
>Additionally, it is important to mention as a background element, that
>approximately 40 workshop proposals for the 2012 Internet Governance Forum
>make specific reference to human rights related issues, including privacy,
>freedom of expression, data rights, cyber security, and internet
>intermediary liability.
>
>Consumer rights are a growing area of interest, including the need for
>transparency, regulatory oversight, and mechanisms for addressing consumer
>complaints.  Data ownership and privacy are major issues in this area.
>
>Human rights in relation to security is a major theme for the IGF,
>including cybercrime, and the tension between privacy and security. There
>are several proposed workshops on the protection of children and youth, as
>well as practical workshops on surveillance and data protection.
>
>Developing best practices and legal frameworks is discussed in many of the
>workshop proposals, particularly in light of increasing restrictions on
>freedom of expression, and new liabilities for internet intermediaries.
>
>Multi-stakeholderism is a cross-cutting theme in the workshop proposals,
>particularly with respect to determining best practices and frameworks.
>
>Based on it, Kenya, in partnership with APC, Finland and Sweden, would
>like to propose the organisation of a human rights round table which look
>at how HR issues related to the internet were addressed in the various
>main sessions and workshops.
>
>
>Objective
>
>The objective of the human rights round table is to gather comprehensive
>feedback from the various main sessions and workshops in relation to which
>human rights issues were addressed by the various stakeholders and to use
>those inputs to feed the Taking Stock and the Way Forward session.  It
>will help us to increase knowledge and understanding of the human rights
>and the internet specific concerns and challenges the various stakeholders
>have as well as their proposals to address them in the framework of the
>internet governance debate.  It will also help to increase understanding
>of the linkages between the HR issues addressed in the various main
>sessions and the main IGF theme.
>
>Themes in analysis will include privacy, censorship, intermediary
>liability, cybercrime, among others.
>
>Format
>
>The round table will be held in a multi-stakeholder environment in which
>speakers/participants who took part of the various main sessions and
>workshops bring their perspectives in a concrete manner to feed the TSWF
>session and propose ways to advance the HR discussion within the IGF.
>


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