[Chapter-delegates] China's remarks to the UN Human Rights Council panel on freedom of expression and the Internet

Fri Mar 2 04:34:40 PST 2012

Nicolas,
In Venezuela there is more than strong objections, the government,
through a fully controlled congress (the one we had until 2010), passes
a law  restricting many contents in the Internet, none of them related
to Property Rights or so, but to Political or economical issues, we were
among the NGO's that raised the hand to object most of the law proposal,
among the points that were eliminated from the proposal was a central
point of access, controlled by the government. 

Regards

Ricardo Holmquist   

-----Mensaje original-----
De: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
[mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] En nombre de Nicolas
Antoniello
Enviado el: Jueves, 01 de Marzo de 2012 10:07 p.m.
Para: Carlos Martinez
CC: Chapter Delegates
Asunto: Re: [Chapter-delegates] China's remarks to the UN Human Rights
Council panel on freedom of expression and the Internet

It's a kind of tricky speech Isn't, it??
Cuba and Venezuela??... Weird !!

I keep thinking we should double efforts on making consensus and synergy
between our governments to have them vote with knowledge and cleverness.
We should develop some document which serves as a template to explain
once again why the model of openness and no-intervention woks well in
Internet... So as to present it to those who will make the decision.

Nicolas

On 01/03/2012, at 22:32, Carlos Martinez
<carlosmarcelomartinez at gmail.com> wrote:

> The usual suspects most of them. I expected more from, Namibia though.
>
> Carlos
>
> Sent from a mobile device
>
> On Mar 1, 2012, at 9:28 PM, "Oscar A. Robles-Garay" <orobles at nic.mx>
wrote:
>
>> At least, now we know there is an official list of countries with
strong objections (=fear) to Free speech on the Internet:
>>
>> Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Cuba, DPRK,
Ethiopia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua,
Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe and
China.
>>
>>
>> Oscar
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org 
>> [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Markus Kummer
>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:50 PM
>> To: president at isoc-kh.org
>> Cc: 'Chapter Delegates'
>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] China's remarks to the UN Human 
>> Rights Council panel on freedom of expression and the Internet
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> For ease of reference, here is an (unofficial) verbatim transcript of
the Chinese statement. Interesting reading!
>>
>> Best regards
>> - Markus
>>
>>
>> I am honored to deliver a joint statement on behalf of the following
countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Cuba,
DPRK, Ethiopia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia,
Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri
Lanka, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Yemen,
Zimbabwe and China.
>>
>> The Internet has become an indispensible tool of our daily lives and 
>> plays an important role in human development. The right to freedom of

>> expression is one of the fundamental human rights and should be 
>> respected and protected. Free expression of opinion, receipt and 
>> dissemination of useful information through different media, 
>> including the Internet, can further the promotion of mutual 
>> understanding and common development of the peoples. However, freedom

>> of expression is not absolute and should be exercised in strict 
>> accordance with the international law, especially with respect to 
>> art. 19, 20 of ICCPR and article 4 of ICESR. Neither should it be 
>> used as a pretext for activities in violation or even destruction of 
>> human rights and elements of freedom, the absence and abuse of 
>> freedom of expression on the Internet in particular, can encroach on 
>> the rights and dignity of other individuals and social stability and 
>> security and even national security. The Internet is often use
 d
>  t
>> o propagate terrorism, extremism and racism, xenophobia even ideas of

>> toppling legitimate authorities. Moreover, the Internet is used by 
>> some groups to distort fact, exaggerate situation and provoke 
>> violence in an attempt to acetate tension it appears and gain 
>> political benefits and is also used by criminals for outlawed 
>> activities and have access to facilities. The Internet has also been 
>> used to disseminate pornographic and violent information that 
>> corrupts people's mind, affront their cultural values and induce them

>> to be involved in criminal activities, in this regards, children are 
>> most vulnerable and frequently become active victims. The digital 
>> divide has prevented people from developing countries from access to 
>> information through the Internet. We affirm the importance of using 
>> the Internet in compliance with Intellectual Property rights 
>> protection. At the same time, we believe any technical impediment to 
>> restrict access to the Internet in the name of intellectual p
 r
> o
>> perty rights should not be used. We call on the international
community, to cooperate to promote access to the Internet and new
technology in the developing countries.
>>
>> Mr Moderator, all stakeholder of the Internet should make concerted
efforts to prevent and combat the abuse of Freedom of Expression on the
Internet. Internet users of all countries should respect the right and
dignity of others; contribute to maintaining social stability and
safeguarding national security. The Internet industry should act to
foster a crime free, reliable and secure cyberspace, Governments should
strengthen legislation in efforts of Internet regulation and law
enforcement activities, with the aim of combatting criminal activities.
All countries should start as soon as possible to discussion on
effective ways to promote international cooperation on Internet
regulation for building safety and confidence on the Internet. Thank
you, Mr. Moderator.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2012, at 7:35 PM, President ISOC-KH wrote:
>>
>>> A video from the UN Human Rights Council, dealing with the freedom
of expression on the Internet, provides important material for the ISOC
leadership preparing the Geneva meetings.
>>>
>>> I share the opinion of Klaus in his recent mail: "Some consider it
essential to have ISOC represented on the opening panel. You might want
to answer to this."
>>>
>>> A concept paper for this UN meeting had signaled the scope of the
Panel, saying at the outset:
>>>
>>> = = =
>>> "Panel discussion on the right to freedom of expression on the 
>>> Internet
>>>
>>> In its decision 18/27, adopted in September 2011, the Human Rights
Council decided "to convene, within existing resources, at its
nineteenth session, a panel discussion on the promotion and protection
of freedom of expression on the Internet, with a particular focus on the
ways and means to improve its protection in accordance with
international human rights law."
>>> = = =
>>>
>>> The following is the video provided - not only focused on the
"promotion and protection of freedom of expression on the Internet":
>>>
>>> http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2012/02/china-panel-on-right-
>>> to-freedom-of-expression-19th-session-human-rights-council.html
>>>
>>> And this statement was made also on behalf of Algeria, Bangladesh,
Belarus, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Cuba, DPRK, Ethiopia, Iran, Laos,
Malaysia, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine,
Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Turkmenistan,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
>>>
>>> This interesting list contains also Cambodia. When the discussion
about the opening panel at the ISOC conference started, I had asked for
help from the organizers to explain the list of panelists here - with
China present but not ISOC leadership. - To ask this question did of
course not imply to disagree with the participation of a high level
Chinese speaker. I have not received a response to my question so far
(and also not to several others), but the statements at the Human Rights
Council - including in the name of Cambodia - motivate me to repeat my
question.
>>>
>>>
>>> Norbert
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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