[IRP] Sign on letter for freedom of expression

[Jaco Aizenman]

IFAR, Costa Rica endorses the letter.
Jaco Aizenman L.
President

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>wrote:

> ISOC Belgium endorses the letter ...
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> Rudi Vansnick
> President Internet Society Belgium vzw
> Voorzitter TIK vzw
> Board member EURALO (ALAC - ICANN)
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> Max Senges schreef:
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>> Hi everybody, Hi steering committee
>>
>> I just learned that the attached letter will be submitted to the Ad Hoc
>> Committee tomorrow. So if we want to co-sign it we need to do so fast.
>>
>> Please express your doubts or endorsement ASAP.
>>
>> And yes we should gear up for elections of a new steering committe @ the
>> IGF!
>>
>> Thanks
>> Max
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>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Max Senges <maxsenges at gmail.com <mailto:
>> maxsenges at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>    Hello Robert
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>>    Thanks for sending this. I think it is a good and important
>>    statement and I would like to propose to the Internet Rights and
>>    Principles community to co-sign it if this is possible?
>>
>>    Naturally the statement implicitly includes freedom of expression
>>    on the internet, but is there a chance to add one sentence
>>    specifically highlighting how important it is not to curtail
>>    freedom of expression at the moment when the internet enables one
>>    global heterogenous trans-cultural public (discourse/media) sphere?
>>
>>    Best
>>    Max
>>
>>    On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Internet Freedom
>>    <freedom4internet at gmail.com <mailto:freedom4internet at gmail.com>>
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>>    wrote:
>>
>>        Dear all,
>>                I wanted to forward  a letter that we are trying to get
>>        signatures on?some explanation is below:
>>                The letter is aimed at an upcoming meeting in Geneva of the
>>        ?Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary
>>        Standards,? chaired by Algeria, that is examining potential
>>        gaps within the existing International Convention on the
>>        Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
>>  This committee was set up as a follow on to the Durban
>>        process.  States have already been asked to submit brief
>>        documents outlining their views on the issue of the ICERD and
>>        the compilation of those submissions is attached. The
>>        submissions of the Africa Group (pp. 29-32) and the OIC (pp.
>>        39-41) contain extremely troubling language.  In particular,
>>        note the vision of the OIC regarding this new legal mechanism,
>>        which is pasted below.  There is a real danger that these
>>        groups will succeed in creating an international legal
>>        mechanism that requires states to place legal restrictions on
>>        language and speech deemed ?defamatory? or insulting to
>>        religions.                  Our thinking is to submit a joint
>> statement that includes
>>        major freedom of expression groups, including IFEX members,
>>        which opposes the efforts to create new international law
>>        criminalizing defamation of religions.  The letter will be
>>        sent to all members of the Ad Hoc Committee, as well as to
>>        Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
>>                The Ad Hoc Committee Meeting will convene in Geneva for two
>>        weeks (October 19-30).  According to the Program of Work, the
>>        discussion of issues related to religious defamation will
>>        begin on Wednesday, October 21.  For this reason, we are
>>        putting the deadline for signatures on Tuesday at 12:00 p.m.
>>        (noon) EST.
>>                Regards,
>>
>>        Robert Guerra
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