[governance] IGC's NETMundial Submission

[Mawaki Chango]

 Thanks, folks.

Adam, I was under the impression that those principles were implied across
some of the more pointed formulation that Louis proposed, but that may be
too quick a reading of my part and I am happy to clearly name those
principles you mention.

So, following is the interim status of the IGC draft statement (while
including the friendly amendments so far, I have added para. 4 and
reshuffled the rest of the text so as to make it run a little smoother.)

STATEMENT


The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) wishes to thank the organizers of the
NETMundial meeting, for the invitation to contribute to its proceedings
through a written submission ahead of the meeting. At this point in time,
the IGC is hereby submitting the following statement of a few fundamental
principles to guide any Internet governance processes and decisions in the
future.



1- Internet governance institutions and processes should be open and
inclusive. They should be bottom-up and consensus-based in their approach
to policy development.  Internet governance institutions and processes
should be transparent, accountable, and enable the meaningful participation
of all stakeholders.



2- All Internet governance decision making processes must ensure the
inclusion of not just all stakeholders but also all regions of the world in
an equitable manner. As a result, a special effort must be engaged in order
to provide the Less Developed Countries with an equitable share of
resources to participate in activities related to worldwide internet
governance.



3- Any decision to evolve the internet governance institutional field and
mechanisms as well as any new structure evolving from the current
configuration of the implementation of the IANA functions and the role of
US Government and of the other incumbents in that regard, must reflect the
effective inclusion of all regions of the world with a view to ensuring a
truly global cultural diversity in approaches to technical and policy
problems.



4- The technical community working on core protocols and technical
standards of the Internet should seek a broad understanding of the societal
implications of their design decisions and carefully weigh in the
advantages of the technological capabilities they are enabling in light of
their potential of adverse effects on individual users' freedom and
liberties. This should be done with a view to minimizing outcomes that
continuously erode said freedom and liberties, leaving the Internet user
vulnerable to all sorts of abuse.



5 - Namely, whether it is by virtue of technical design or by policy
provisions, on-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they are
entitled to off-line.

6- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria
such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic
resources.

7- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral among
service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or
privileged position.

8- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit
all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic
development.

---- end of STATEMENT ------

 Thanks,

Mawaki





On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 4:43 AM, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:

> Thanks Mawaki,
>
> I'm kind of surprised there's nothing on transparency, accountability,
> inclusiveness and meaningful participation.
>
> Another friendly amendment:
>
> Internet governance institutions and processes should be open and
> inclusive, they should be bottom-up and consensus-based in their approach
> to policy development.  Internet governance institutions and processes
> should be transparent, accountable, and enable the meaningful participation
> of all stakeholders.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> On Mar 7, 2014, at 4:37 AM, Mawaki Chango wrote:
>
> > [Thought I should change the subject line]
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Here is the statement I am proposing on behalf of IGC, based on members'
> contributions so far. I have added a sixth principle (which could be #3
> --amplifying aspects of #2 -- or # 6 as per below). Please feel free to
> propose edits, not to change the substance unless it is your intent in
> which case we would appreciate some explaining, but to make the formulation
> as crispy as possible if you can.
> >
> > Let's do this by tomorrow Friday at 21:00 UTC/GMT the latest (in a
> little more than 24 hrs).
> >
> > IGC STATEMENT
> >
> > The Internet Governance Caucus wishes to thank the organizers of the
> NETMundial meeting, for the invitation to contribute to its proceedings
> through a written submission ahead of the meeting. At this point in time,
> the IGC is hereby submitting the following statement of a few fundamental
> principles to guide any Internet governance processes and decisions in the
> future.
> >
> > 1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do off-line.
> >
> > 2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to
> criteria such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or
> economic resources.
> >
> > 3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral
> among service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or
> privileged position.
> >
> > 4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must
> benefit all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer
> economic development.
> >
> > 5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less
> Developed Countries with an equitable share of resources to participate in
> activities related to worldwide internet governance.
> >
> > 6- All decision making processes must ensure the inclusion of not just
> all stakeholders but also all regions of the world in an equitable manner.
> Particularly, any decision to evolve the internet governance institutional
> field and mechanisms as well as any new structure evolving from the current
> configuration of the implementation of the IANA functions and the role of
> USG and the other incumbents in that regard, must reflect the inclusion of
> all regions of the world with a view to ensuring a truly global cultural
> diversity in approaches to technical and policy problems.
> >
> > ---- end of STATEMENT---
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Mawaki
> >
> >
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