[governance] IGF 2019 Civil society pre-event: planning and preparation

Tue Sep 24 13:55:32 EDT 2019

I think the UN High-Level Panel Report on Digital Cooperation should be on
the agenda. Not just feedback on the report, but anticipating CS engagement
going forward.
Following the  Christchurch call a Charter
<https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/numerique/charte-pour-internet-libre-ouvert-et-sur>
was launched.  I have also copied and posted what I think is an important
Declaration of  key governments.  Simply put, we need to discuss  how we
respond to internet governance legislation and regulatory  moves across the
world.

If all goes as planned,  I will be in Berlin

Best

N
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The following text is a joint statement affirmed by these countries:
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia,
Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, the Republic of
Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United
States.

Begin Text:

Joint Statement on Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace

Information technology is transforming modern life, driving innovation and
productivity, facilitating the sharing of ideas, of cultures, and promoting
free expression. Its benefits have brought the global community closer
together than ever before in history. Even as we recognize the myriad
benefits that cyberspace has brought to our citizens and strive to ensure
that humanity can continue to reap its benefits, a challenge to this vision
has emerged. State and non-state actors are using cyberspace increasingly
as a platform for irresponsible behavior from which to target critical
infrastructure and our citizens, undermine democracies and international
institutions and organizations, and undercut fair competition in our global
economy by stealing ideas when they cannot create them.

Over the past decade, the international community has made clear that the
international rules-based order should guide state behavior in cyberspace.
UN member states have increasingly coalesced around an evolving framework
of responsible state behavior in cyberspace (framework), which supports the
international rules-based order, affirms the applicability of international
law to state-on-state behavior, adherence to voluntary norms of responsible
state behavior in peacetime, and the development and implementation of
practical confidence building measures to help reduce the risk of conflict
stemming from cyber incidents. All members of the United Nations General
Assembly have repeatedly affirmed this framework, articulated in three
successive UN Groups of Governmental Experts reports in 2010, 2013, and
2015.

We underscore our commitment to uphold the international rules-based order
and encourage its adherence, implementation, and further development,
including at the ongoing UN negotiations of the Open Ended Working Group
and Group of Governmental Experts. We support targeted cybersecurity
capacity building to ensure that all responsible states can implement this
framework and better protect their networks from significant disruptive,
destructive, or otherwise destabilizing cyber activity. We reiterate that
human rights apply and must be respected and protected by states online, as
well as offline, including when addressing cybersecurity.

As responsible states that uphold the international rules-based order, we
recognize our role in safeguarding the benefits of a free, open, and secure
cyberspace for future generations. When necessary, we will work together on
a voluntary basis to hold states accountable when they act contrary to this
framework, including by taking measures that are transparent and consistent
with international law. There must be consequences for bad behavior in
cyberspace.

We call on all states to support the evolving framework and to join with us
to ensure greater accountability and stability in cyberspace.

End Text

For further information, please contact the Office of the Coordinator for
Cyber Issues at SCCI_Press at state.gov.

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 4:59 PM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Thanks for these inputs!
>
> So far I've got that people are interested in discussing the following
> topics: 1) cybercrime 2) ethics 3) sustainability.
>
> I suggest we together a small working group who has the capacity to steer
> the organisation of the session in an inclusive way. If you're interested
> in being part of that, if you could email Bruna and I we'll start a
> dedicated thread to support the organisation of the event. The smaller
> group will liaise with everyone once we have some initial ideas to propose
> on how to organise the event.
>
> Hope that's ok?
>
> Best
> Sheetal
>
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 16:22, "Michael J. Oghia" <
> governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruna, all:
>>
>> Thanks for looping me in. I've been hoping for some time that more people
>> throughout the IG community would see the value in discussing climate
>> change and sustainability as it relates to our work. Indeed, many different
>> groups and initiatives are working on it, albeit across sectors and
>> stakeholder groups.
>>
>> It's a massive problem – and it's not just data centers, it's literally
>> everything you can think of as it relates to technology. While Internet
>> governance tends (or at least tries) to limit itself to discussions about
>> processes or what's *on* the Internet, the fact is there are multiple
>> ways that the IG community could address sustainability more broadly (see
>> the EuroDIG 2017 session <https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/WS_11_2017> I
>> organised, for instance).
>>
>> At the same time, IRPC is really spearheading this at the moment. I think
>> it's more prudent to join with them in support to address how climate
>> change and sustainability are, at the very core, human rights issues, as
>> well as to limit redundancy. Instead of briefing everyone on the issue, for
>> example, I'd happily give a webinar to anyone interested about the
>> interconnections (but I've also written extensively about it).
>>
>> My suggestion is to support IRPC and leave the CS pre-event to strategy
>> or another topic that isn't covered at all by the IGF (the workshops have a
>> rather narrow focus this year, to put it diplomatic terms).
>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:02 PM Bruna Martins dos Santos <
>> bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Sheetal,
>>>
>>> Maybe its worth considering a discussion on climate change and Internet
>>> Governance to our day zero meeting. This is something thats been discussed
>>> at a different thread set at NCSG mailing list, but there seems to be some
>>> interest to facilitate a discussion on these lines at the igf and even
>>> require some policy outcome that would look to the matter.
>>>
>>> @Michael Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com> and @Nick Shorey Lists
>>> <lists at nickshorey.com> have been starting this conversation at the NSCG
>>> mailing list and I am cc'ing them here!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Bruna
>>>
>>> Le dim. 15 sept. 2019 à 06:38, Amali De Silva <
>>> governance at lists.riseup.net> a écrit :
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please include the teaching of ethics in a globally connected  society
>>>> … right thought for right action is never out of fashion , right
>>>> planning for best action is good risk management … right attitude and
>>>> compassion  for human care ….
>>>> Amali De SIlva-Mitchell
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On ‎Friday‎, ‎September‎ ‎13‎, ‎2019‎ ‎08‎:‎38‎:‎41‎ ‎AM‎ ‎PDT, Remmy
>>>> Nweke <governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Sheetal
>>>> This is great thought.
>>>> Although not sure of attending yet, I will like to be part of the
>>>> planning team.
>>>> Will like also to see issues on "Stereotyping of Cyber Crime and
>>>> Effects on Developing Economies and Role of Civil Society."
>>>> Regards
>>>> Remmy
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019, 12:57 AM Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting in touch here about planning one of the civil society
>>>> pre-events to the IGF session. It's called "Civil society coordination
>>>> meeting (Global Partners Digital)" in the schedule but it is *not *a
>>>> GPD event. I just applied for it, that's all. It's an event open to all
>>>> civil society, and I would suggest that members of IGC should be actively
>>>> involved in shaping its agenda.  It's been moved to from to 13.30 - 15.30
>>>> pm following a request from the IGF Secretariat.
>>>>
>>>> When a few of us met on the sidelines of RightsCon earlier this year we
>>>> suggested that the event could focus on sharing updates on key global
>>>> processes and perhaps planning for how to input into them e.g: the High
>>>> Level Panel, the UN First Committee processes on cyber and any others. And
>>>> we could also discuss any matters pertaining to the IGC.
>>>>
>>>> As such, I would be grateful if you could share your views on the
>>>> following
>>>>
>>>> - What topics and/or forums should we discuss at the civil society
>>>> pre-event?
>>>> - Would you like to discuss any topics related to IGC specifically?
>>>> - How should we discuss these topics (presentations, or just open
>>>> discussions) bearing in mind we have only 2 hours?
>>>> - What outcome would you like to see from the pre-event?
>>>> - Would you like to be involved in planning the event (this will
>>>> require a dedication of a few hours over the next two months, I can't say
>>>> how much)
>>>>
>>>> It would also be great if you could let me know if you're planning to
>>>> be there. I know this is dependent on funding for many of us but if you can
>>>> give an indication that would be great.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing from you!
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>> Sheetal
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
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>>>
>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>> @boomartins
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