Hello Everybody, let me give also some input from my side, as consultant of the No Hate Speech Movement of the Council of Europe. We have a quite good summary of all the issues around human rights and Internet, in particular linked to hate speech. We run besides the campaign conferences, workshops and this guide is also for different exercises around this topic. We can offer you inputs and knowledge based on the expertise and experience of our campaign run since 2012. An other good network of experts is around the Internet Rights and Principles Coalition where I am also member of the board, see our Charter also below. The Coalition gained also official observer status at the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on Media Information and Society (CDMSI). NHSM Council of Europe - No Hate Speech Movement http://www.nohatespeechmovement.org Bookmarks p. 144-145 see attached, full edition link below http://nohate.ext.coe.int/Campaign-Tools-and-Materials/Bookmarks http://nohate.ext.coe.int/content/download/38987/300906/file/Bookmarks_EN_online.pdf Human rights and the Internet The Internet is mostly “owned” and controlled by private companies. This makes the protection of human rights more complicated, because human rights are really ‘rules for governments’, not private companies. If a shopping mall or private nightclub wants to forbid people from wearing jeans, protesting, or distributing information about another company, all of which are forms of ‘expression’, you cannot plead freedom of expression and take them to the European Court of Human Rights! In the same way, private companies can mostly set the rules that people must abide by when using parts of the Internet owned by them. If people do not like the rules, they can complain, but the ultimate sanction is simply not to use the service. However, this does not mean that those parts of the world which are owned by private companies, including the Internet, are not regulated by human rights laws! Human rights impose (at least) two different types of obligation on governments: 1. They set limits on what governments are actively allowed to do, for example, they are not allowed to ban all political dissent, engage in torture, or deprive someone of their liberty without proper reason. 2. They oblige governments to take positive action to ensure that rights are properly protected. This may mean passing laws which prohibit discrimination, making sure that violent acts are prosecuted (and punished), or ensuring that victims receive proper protection. ... IRPC Internet Rights and Principles Coalition - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/ the charter of human rights and principles for the internet http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IRPC_Booklet-English_4thedition.pdf What do we mean by Human Rights & Principles? Human rights are international human rights as defined by international law. We have translated these directly to the internet with provisions such as freedom from blocking and filtering. These can be identified by the use of language such as “everyone has a right to...” and “everyone has a freedom to...”. By “Principles” we are talking about those internet policy principles or implementation principles that describe features of the system which are required to support human rights, these can be identified by the use of language such as “shall” and “must”. ... Happy to give more insight or connection if needed, just drop me a line. thanks,your vik On 01/10/2015, Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. > > -- Re: Human Rights@ICANN 54 Inbox Stephanie Perrin<[log in to unmask]> 1 October 2015 at 17:32 To: [log in to unmask] Gac public safety committee, on Monday at 330 to 430 I believe Stephanie On 2015-10-01 9:44, Marilia Maciel wrote: Dear NCSGers, Here is a compilation of ICANN sessions that are either about human rights or that relate to Human Rights discussions. May be of interest to this group. Please, take a look and see if you would have any additions/deletions to make: http://bit.ly/1LSIbvQ Best wishes, Marília -- Marília Maciel Pesquisadora Gestora - Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law School http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts DiploFoundation associate - www.diplomacy.edu PoliTICs Magazine Advisory Committee - http://www.politics.org.br/ Subscribe "Digital Rights: Latin America & the Caribbean" - http://www.digitalrightslac.net/en -- SZABADOS Viktor [log in to unmask] +41 79 734 47 83