<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><span id="ydp4e6c89e5docs-internal-guid-a4ca9d5c-7fff-88d7-6d8c-cf8428aa727a"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear IRPC community,</span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We hope this email finds you well. Below we present recent IRPC updates and opportunities. </span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IRPC Steering Committee convened after the summer holidays, and discussed the IRPC Charter Amendment process (more to follow soon!) and the activities at the IGF 2022. </span></div><br><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IRPC at IGF 2022:</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 2: </span>13.50 - <span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DC Main Session</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 3 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">11.15 - [DC] </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-irpc-access-participation-as-enablers-of-digital-human-rights" class="">Access & participation as enablers of digital human right</a>s</span></p><div><br></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">17.30 - [TH #96] </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2022-town-hall-96-safeguarding-human-rights-with-a-free-and-open-internet" class="">Safeguarding human rights with a free and open internet</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Come say hi to IRPC at the</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> IGF Village booth #52. </span></p><br><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Opportunities with IRPC:</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"><br></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">The IRPC co-organizes an in-person workshop, the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Quantum Constitutionalism Workshop: Law and Governance for the Quantum Age</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> that will take place in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Bremen, Germany on November 7-8, 2022. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are in the area, please let the organizers know through the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.quantumconstitutionalism.org/" class="">website</a></span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline;">. The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers from different disciplines (such as computer science, law, political science, etc.) to develop a research agenda focusing on the future rollout of quantum technologies such as quantum cryptography and the impact these </span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">might</span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> have on human rights. Outputs will be shared through this newsletter. </span></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IG events: </span></p><br><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Town Hall Meeting of IGF Stakeholders with the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology on the forthcoming Global Digital Compac</span><span style="font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font color="#201f1e" style="background-color: transparent;">t </font>(October 23, 2022, 14:00-15:30 UTC).<font color="#201f1e" style="background-color: transparent;"> Join</font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <a href="https://indico.un.org/event/1002698/" style="">Onsite</a></span><font color="#201f1e" style="background-color: transparent;"> </font></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">& <a href="https://ungeneva-vc.webex.com/ungeneva-vc/j.php?MTID=mebc2a4c1cdc28da1fc3850bbd40d4263" class="">Online</a>. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://input.un.org/EFM/se/3995D1A472EC4637" class="">Call for inputs</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"> on the </span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact">Global Digital Compact</a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">Deadline: December 31, 2022. </span></p></li></ul><div><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Best regards,</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Meri Baghdasaryan</span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(on behalf of IRPC Steering Committee)</span></div></font></span></div><br></div></div></body></html>