+1 Right on, Grace!  I have friends in Zambia who would agree with you! 
 
 
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From: Grace Githaiga <[log in to unmask]>
To: Patrick Lenihan <[log in to unmask]>; [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sun, Oct 4, 2015 2:05 am
Subject: RE: ICANN and Human Rights & the World Bank and Human Rights

+1 Ed

Infact,  the definition of hate speech is fluid and where I come from, what you may consider hatespeech might be ordinary speech for my community. This is an issue that ICANN should avoid.


Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 07:33:28 -0400
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Subject: Re: ICANN and Human Rights & the World Bank and Human Rights
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+1 Ed....I have problems with regulating Any Speech!  Let the People decide what is Good and what is Bad.
 
 
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From: Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, Oct 2, 2015 8:05 pm
Subject: Re: ICANN and Human Rights & the World Bank and Human Rights

Hi Viktor,

Great to see you here!

The traditional position of the NCSG is
that ICANN should not get involved in content. That is a position I am a strong
supporter of, be it content we all agree is wonderful and delight in viewing or
content some would label hate speech. Are you suggesting that ICANN should get
involved in regulating hate speech? That is a concept I find troubling on a
number of grounds and is certainly something I would contend is beyond the
corporations scope and mission.

Best,

Ed Morris

Sent from my
iPhone

> On Oct 2, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Viktor Szabados <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> 
> Dear Niels,
> 
> No Hate is an example in this regards. I
sometimes have problems to
> understand your very theoretical approach. I like
more practical
> things, we are different.
> 
> Colleagues of Article 19 are
also in our IRPC coalition and for them
> it does not refer to a night club or
anything else. But maybe I have
> different point of view.
> 
>
thanks,your
> vik
> 
>> On 02/10/2015, Niels ten Oever
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Dear Viktor,
>> 
>> I am not really convinced bu the
argument that the Internet has (or
>> should have) the same status as a night
club. If any part of the
>> Internet would simply drop packets because of the
wrong header, we
>> would simply route around it.
>> 
>> Am also not sure if
this is a sufficient mapping of human rights
>> online, it seems that most
things are described in relation to hate
>> speech, whereas the is more to say,
non-discrimination then what is
>> described here, no? Take for instance
algorithmic decision making.
>> 
>> Also missed a discussion on Intermediary
Liability in the document,
>> does is align with the Manila Principles?
>>

>> Best,
>> 
>> Niels
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/02/2015 10:43
AM, Viktor Szabados wrote:
>>> 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
>> 
>> - --
>> Niels
ten Oever
>> Head of Digital
>> 
>> Article 19
>> www.article19.org
>> 
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> 
> -- 
> SZABADOS Viktor
>
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