[IRP] FYI - 10 Internet Rights and Principles launched today

[michael gurstein]

some very preliminary feedback...

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From: michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:23 AM
Subject: Re:] FYI - 10 Internet Rights and Principles launched today
Cc: Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com>


Thanks for your comment Craig... In fact, that was a major issue being
discussed around the development of the ^^principles^^ and your side
won :) that is they were presumed to have been framed within the
context of "all rights that an individual is entitled to under the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and their local laws are also
those person's rights in cyberspace".. Maybe back to the drawing a
board a bit...

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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com> wrote:
> Reading the rights my initial reaction was that they were deflating rather than inspiring.
>
> My major concern was that rather than saying "all rights that an individual is entitled to under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and their local laws are also those person's rights in cyberspace", it continues the notion that cyberspace somehow forces us to rethink all our rights for this new medium.
>
> There are some things one would say in addition -- e.g. the right to data encryption, esp. to support the right to privacy, still needs enumeration (I think, IANAL). ?But the overall tenor was "new world, different rights" which is not the way I'd like to think about the Internet.
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> Thanks!
>
> Craig
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2011, at 7:42 AM, michael gurstein wrote:
>
>> This is certainly of interest to all of us, and many of us will
>> already know of or already be part of this global initiative.
>>
>> The 10 Internet Rights and Principles are launched today by the
>> Internet Governance Forum Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and
>> Principles at the 2nd expert meeting in Sweden 30-31 March on human
>> rights and the Internet, co-organized by the Swedish Ministry for
>> Foreign Affairs and the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion
>> and Expression Mr Frank La Rue.
>>
>> The 10 Internet Rights and Principles is one outcome of the initiative
>> undertaken by the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and
>> Principles to develop a comprehensive Charter of Human Rights and
>> Principles for the Internet.
>>
>> IRP coalition website is at: http://internetrightsandprinciples.org
>>
>> Dedicated website to its Charter of Human Rights and Principles for
>> the Internet and related 10 Rights and Principles for Internet
>> governance is at: http://irpcharter.org/
>>
>> Different language versions of the 10 Internet Rights and Principles
>> are already available, and more are expected:
>>
>> English (original) - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/397
>> Italian - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/398
>> Filipino - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/401
>> French - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/400
>> Portuguese - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/402
>> Spanish - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/403
>> Swahili - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/404
>> Swedish - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/399
>> Thai - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/node/405
>>
>> Please disseminate. You can, inter alia, do this via twitter. Your own
>> message is obviously preferable, but here are some
>> ready to send tweets that you might want to use:
>>
>> 10 Rights and Principles to govern the #Internet launched today
>> #fxinternet. Check them out bit.ly/fglRas
>>
>> or
>>
>> 10 Rights and Principles for an Internet governance based on human
>> rights and social justice bit.ly/fglRas #fxinternet
>>
>> In French:
>> 10 Droits et Principes pour une gouvernance d'Internet fond?e sur les
>> droits de l'homme et la justice sociale bit.ly/fglRas #fxinternet