[Chapter-delegates] The Internet and Human Rights

[Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch]

Markus,

thanks a lot for this valuable information and noteworthy insights - all
especially so in the eve of the Internet Governance Forum sessions in
Nairobi.

I am glad that you mention alignment and not strict adherence. Some of us
are concerned that specific forms of political agendas, including the
irrefutable nobility of human rights, may cause trouble to the Internet if
people, organizations, or governments try to implement them without duly
considering the technology implications (including scalability, or damage
to it.)

Therefore I especially salute the Swedish initative to sttudy the matter
carefully instead of "jumping" the gun and going straight to a declaration
of some sort that cannot actually be implemented.

In this same note, let me remind all, and particularly those ttending the
IGF in Nairobi, of the session of the Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet
Values, which has been made possible only by the tireless and well done
efforts of Sivasubramanian Muthusamy. In this grouping we aim to establish
a grouping within the IGF symptoms (;-)) to take care of the relationship
between the various "rights" agendas and the preservation and evolution of
the Internet's design principles that keep it open. I hope all possible
can participate.

Yours,

Alejandro PIsanty

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Desde: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org [chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] en nombre de Markus Kummer [kummer at isoc.org]
Enviado el: domingo, 25 de septiembre de 2011 05:07
Hasta: ISOC Chapter Delegates
Asunto: [Chapter-delegates] The Internet and Human Rights

Dear Chapter Delegates and Members,

In planning our future activities we thought it would be timely to put a greater emphasis on Human Rights, in particular on freedom of expression and opinion, the free flow of information, access to information and knowledge and the right to association.  These rights, as enshrined recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are very much in line with ISOC’s principles.

Human Rights and the Internet have come to the fore in recent years. Increased attempts by Governments (in all parts of the world) to control their citizen's access and use of the global network, and this often in disregard of basic principles of human rights and/or due process, make it more urgent to address these issues. The paper on DNS filtering takes them up from a technical angle and we intend to pursue this also from a public policy perspective. We think that ISIC, thanks to its technical expertise, can add value to this debate.

The Public Policy team is following the 18th Human Rights Council (HRC), currently held at the United Nations in Geneva (12-30 September 2011). Of particular interest is a proposal by the Swedish Government to set up a multi-stakeholder Expert Panel on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Expression on the Internet. The proposal is expected to be endorsed next week by the Human Rights Council and the panel will meet to discuss this theme at the 19th Session of the HRC in March 2012. We have met the Swedish delegation and expressed ISOC’s interest to be part of this panel.

We are planning to issue a press release next week welcoming the creation of this expert panel. As we develop further ISOC's engagement and policy positions on human rights, we welcome your comments and perspectives in this area.

Best regards,
Markus

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