As we struggle to determine where and how human rights fit into what 
ICANN is and what it does, it might be useful to read the recent report 
to the UN General Assembly by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme 
poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, submitted in accordance with 
Human Rights Council resolution 26/.

It is short, 23 pages long, and has been used by others to describe the 
World Bank, in negative terms, as a "Human-Rights Free Zone". I would 
hate to see that label applied to ICANN.

http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/70/274

Sam L.

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