[governance] Re: IGC Feedback on Internet Principles and Dynamic Coalition [ Call for Comments]

Tue Oct 22 17:26:16 EDT 2013

*BRIEF OVERVIEW:       HUMAN RIGHTS #Internet Rights Principles #Charter*

*What's on Today:* FOCUS Session on Internet Governance and Principles

*Time:* 9:30-11:00 Main Hall, Nusa Dua Hall 5

*Remote Participation Link:* http://webcast.igf2013.or.id/

*Comments on the Feedback from the IGC on 10 Principles – Charter*

This is the updated version which carries your reservations. I would like
to invite you all to comment on which ones you agree to , have reservations
on or object to before I send this to the IRP Teams in the IGF. Shaila
raised some good points and you can be rest assured that they are open to
receiving feedback.  I am attaching the current updated version on record
of position of members on the Charter. Also feel free to highlight what you
perceive to be "sticky" issues. Before the end of the IGF, I will forward
this to Marianne Franklin. So make your voices heard either through
attending the workshops in person or remotely or through making your
submissions here.

Note: IRP Coalition Meeting starts on Thursday Morning

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*Internet Rights and Principles Online *

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For those like me who did not attend the IRP session yesterday, the entire
session was captured via video, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KlYW1BNV38

Pranesh raised rights and access for disabled persons and spoke in
representation of a colleague that is visually impaired. He mentioned that
screen reader platforms such as JAWS is only accessible through piracy and
it raises some conflicts between intellectual property rights and access
issues.

Marianne Franklin initiated similar discussions on proprietary software
versus open source software and challenges to access to education,
knowledge.

Joy Liddicoat of APC talked briefly about women and Internet Governance.
She suggested that there was very poor dialogue on women in the Internet.
Joy also raised challenges of surveillance in countries that have rule of
law challenges.

Microsoft also spoke about how as a corporate entity and their role in
Human Rights advocacy. To see Microsoft's position, see:
https://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/working-responsibly/principled-business-practices/human-rights/

UK Govt Rep spoke about challenges from a government perspective due to
lack of a clear framework and challenges in international and national
policy making.

There were some interesting interactions from the floor and how the
conversation on the local scene has been happening for three years in
Argentina. Eduardo (Professor and Human Rights Expert) wants the document
to have something concrete and a final document and suggests that the
current charter be the final version. He raised that the Charter should
also be accessible in multiple languages.

Derick interacted from the floor to say that the Charter should continue to
evolve.

*[Sala's Thoughts] Feel Free to Add more considerations*

1)What are some things that can be done to address the moral and ethical
conflict?

2)Should there be some form of government subsidy that pays for the
software to enable this to be used by those that are physically challenged?

3)How do these rights and principles trickle down into practical and
tangible solutions.

4)Is the poor dialogue on Gender and the Internet something that the MAG
should address by enabling this discussions. There is a roundtable on
Gender and Rights later this week.

5)Are these factored into ICT policies for national contexts.

6)Should funding be given to research units in Universities in these
jurisdictions that allow students to build similar platforms? There are
many ways to skin a cat. What are some ways in which civil society, private
sector and public sector can cooperate to address these challenges in
practical and tangible way?

There are many examples of cross sectoral collaborative initiatives to
design solutions to encourage "access" and it will be great to share these
examples.

At the end of the IGF, I would like to send our feedback to the IRP Team.
For those who have commented many thanks and for those who have yet to,
please do.
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