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

Tue Sep 24 15:27:53 EDT 2019

Dear all,
This charter
<https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/files/files/directions_services/numerique/Charte-pour-un-internet-libre-et-sur.pdf>
is important for all but we can put also the african declaration (FR
<http://africaninternetrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/African-Declaration-French-FINAL.pdf>,
EN
<http://africaninternetrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/African-Declaration-English-FINAL.pdf>)
on the table.
Thank you.

Le mar. 24 sept. 2019 à 18:56, Nnenna Nwakanma <governance at lists.riseup.net>
a écrit :

> 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
> ------ Forwarded Message --------
>
> 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
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sheetal Kumar*
>>>>> Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
>>>>> Second Home, 68-80 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
>>>> @boomartins
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>>
>> *Sheetal Kumar*
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