[IRP] Ten punchy principles

[parminder]

Should equity and social justice be basic principles too.

On Thursday 10 March 2011 11:19 PM, Brett Solomon wrote:
> Dear IRP,
>
> Following on from Lisa's earlier email, I'm pleased to send out the 
> draft ten Punchy Principles for the Internet that have been worked on 
> by a small working group of people from the IRP. The working group was 
> originally formulated at the 2010 Vilnius IGF and includes Lisa Horner 
> and Dixie Hawtin (Global Partners, UK), Brett Solomon and Jochai 
> Ben-Avie (Access, Australia/USA), Henrik Almstr?m (APC, Sweden/South 
> Africa), Karmen Turk (Lawyer, Estonia), Shaila Mistry (Jayco MMI 
> Consulting, USA) and Carlos Affonso de Souza (FGV, Brazil).
>
> The aim is for a version of these principles to be launched together 
> with the online consultation platform for the Charter of Human Rights 
> and Principles for the Internet. They therefore accord with the 
> current version of the Charter. Their purpose is two-fold. Firstly, to 
> help mobilize, shape and inform the community debate on the Charter 
> (Carlos has made it clear how their 10 Brazilian principles 
> <http://www.cgi.br/english/regulations/resolution2009-003.htm>proved 
> very valuable for the Brazilian Civil Framework for the Internet). 
> Secondly, many people have said that they need a punchier advocacy 
> tool which can be used, in conjunction with the longer Charter, as a 
> framework for policy assessment and campaigning. Note: they are NOT 
> designed to be used as a legal document.
>
> Clearly people will have very different views on these (as we have 
> found in the smaller group) but I think they are a good starting point 
> for a discussion. We have done some consultation in our own (Access) 
> community on this draft, and there was some very good feedback which 
> we are happy to share.
>
> As I understand it, the draft punchy principles are now open for 
> discussion here, so that Lisa and the crew can take the final draft 
> forward and put them on the site along with the Charter. Draft 
> principles below.
>
> Brett
>
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>
> *DRAFT PRINCIPLES
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>
>
> *Universality *
>
> /All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights, which must 
> respected, protected and fulfilled in the online environment/
>
> *Accessibility*
>
> /Everyone has an equal right to access and use a secure and open 
> Internet./
>
> //
>
> *Neutrality *
>
> /Everyone must have uniform access to the Internet?s content, free 
> from prioritization, discrimination, censorship, filtering or traffic 
> control. /
>
> //
>
> *Rights*
>
> /The Internet is a space for the promotion, protection and fulfillment 
> of human rights. //Everyone has the duty to respect the rights of all 
> others in the online environment./
>
> *Expression*
>
> /Everyone has the right to hold and express opinions, and to seek, 
> receive, and impart information on the Internet without arbitrary 
> interference or surveillance. Everyone has the right to communicate 
> anonymously online. /
>
> *Life, liberty and security*
>
> /The rights to life, liberty, and security must be respected, 
> protected and fulfilled online. These rights must not be infringed 
> upon, or used to infringe other rights, in the online environment. /
>
> *Privacy *
>
> /Everyone has the right to privacy online free from surveillance, 
> including the right to control how their personal data is collected, 
> used, disclosed, retained and disposed./
>
> //
>
> *Diversity*
>
> /Cultural and linguistic diversity on the Internet must be promoted, 
> and technical and policy innovation should be encouraged to facilitate 
> diversity of expression./
>
> *Standards and regulation*
>
> /The Internet?s architecture shall be based on open standards that 
> facilitate interoperability and inclusion of all for all./
>
> *Governance *
>
> /Rights must form the legal and normative foundations upon which the 
> Internet operates and is governed. This shall happen in a transparent 
> and multilateral manner, based on principles of openness, inclusive 
> participation and accountability as prescribed by law./
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Brett Solomon
> Access
> www.accessnow.org <http://www.accessnow.org>
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