[IRP] Declaration on Internet Freedom

[Marianne Franklin]

+1 from me.

Would want to note though that the Coalition has also done its fair 
share of writing in this area. In fact, I'd argue that this Declaration 
distills the larger Charter, and 10 Principles down to 5 broad 'big 
ideas' for a wider audience, even if there are differences of opinion 
about form and substance of all three of these initiatives, how they 
came about, and how they are being publicized amongst Coalition members.

MF

On 02/08/2012 17:24, Ginger Paque wrote:
> Yes from me too. I think the reasons are quite obvious, but: I think 
> supporting this statement is exactly what the IRP should be doing, 
> especially if we could not do the work of writing it ourselves. 
> Supporting the work of other statements/groups with the same 
> objectives and principles is logical and important.
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>
> VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu <mailto:VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu>
> Diplo Foundation
> Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme
> www.diplomacy.edu/ig <http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig>
>
> *//*
>
>
>
> On 2 August 2012 11:17, Andrew Rens <andrewrens at gmail.com 
> <mailto:andrewrens at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     yes from me
>
>     On 2 August 2012 12:10, Dixie Hawtin <Dixie at global-partners.co.uk
>     <mailto:Dixie at global-partners.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>         Hi IRPers,
>
>         There is one thing I wanted to ask for your opinions on, and
>         two thing to share with you:
>
>         OPINIONS: As was discussed on the list recently -- a group of
>         civil society organisations in the US have developed a
>         Declaration on Internet Freedom
>         (http://www.internetdeclaration.org/) some of our members were
>         involved in drafting the declaration (and we are informed that
>         future iterations will point to the 10 IRPs as one of the
>         initiatives they are seeking to build upon) and many have
>         signed on in their institutional capacity. Shall we as a
>         Coalition sign on? Some members have already suggested that we
>         do so. _Please say yes or no with your reasons by Wednesday
>         August 8_ and assuming that we are in favour we will sign on!
>
>         FOR INFORMATION: Last week Global Partners and Associates (the
>         organisation I work for), the Association for Progressive
>         Communications, the Kenya Human Rights Commission and Ford
>         Foundation East Africa organised an event in Nairobi which
>         brought together a group of human rights, media and ICT civil
>         society groups from across sub-Saharan Africa. The group has
>         today launched a statement affirming the internet's central
>         role as a space to enable democratisation and promote human
>         rights. The statement calls on a wide range of stakeholders to
>         strengthen their support for human rights online, to extend
>         initiatives to improve access to information, and to
>         facilitate effective civil society participation in all
>         governance processes addressing internet-related issues (it
>         specifically mentions the ITU). The full statement can be read
>         here:
>         http://global-partners.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Final-Statement-of-the-Pan-African-CS-Workshop-on-Who-Controls-the-Internet_02082012.pdf
>
>         FOR INFORMATION: Marianne has been working hard to find a
>         volunteer to take on our website so that we can build a
>         stronger web presence as a Coalition. More information to follow!
>
>         Very best,
>
>         Dixie
>
>         ___________________________________________________________
>
>         *Dixie Hawtin*
>
>         *Project Manager, Freedom of Expression and Digital
>         Communications****Global Partners and Associates*
>
>         Development House, 56-64 Leonard St, EC2A 4LT, UK
>
>         Office: +44 (0)20 7549 0338 <tel:%2B44%20%280%2920%207549%200338>
>
>         *mailto:dixie at global-partners.co.uk*
>
>         *www.global-partners.co.uk <http://www.global-partners.co.uk/>*
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