[IRP] IRP Digest, Vol 37, Issue 15

Joy Liddicoat joy
Wed Feb 22 06:15:30 EET 2012


Thanks Dixie and Matthias - we are still awaiting information about the
project's next steps (Matthias I hope you can help us there ;-) . Those who
are interested in supporting and participating in this should also keep
watch and we are happy to collaborate on sharing information and
participating as bandwidth allows (and thanks Dixie for that useful
information).
Cheers
Joy 

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: EU selects ICT sector for study on implementing corporate
      responsibility to respect human rights (Dixie Hawtin)
   2. Re: EU selects ICT sector for study on implementing corporate
      responsibility to respect human rights (Dixie Hawtin)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:36:20 +0000
From: Dixie Hawtin <Dixie at global-partners.co.uk>
To: "Matthias C. Kettemann" <matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at>,
	"irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org"
	<irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
Subject: Re: [IRP] EU selects ICT sector for study on implementing
	corporate responsibility to respect human rights
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Well done Joy! That's great news. Is there any information about how and
when we should be submitting input?

There has been much information about SOPA and ACTA lately, but less about
the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which seems to be coming to the fore as
the sharpest edges are removed from ACTA. A very informative blogpost about
the TPP is here:
http://www.technollama.co.uk/tpp-welcome-to-the-global-war-on-intermediaries
?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tpp-welcome-to-the-global-war-on
-intermediaries

And here is a very important statement from Viviane Reding on freedom of
expression and information via the Internet, attempts to block websites,
"three-strikes-laws", and ACTA (with some really nice quotable bits!)
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/reding/pdf/quote_statement_en.pdf

As for the IDRC, I agree that it would be good to join efforts and we would
be extremely happy to have more members! I want to reiterate the IRP is an
open platform and anyone should free to use the network to discuss issues or
promote initiatives for human rights on the Internet - Matthias and I are
(or try to be) facilitators not gatekeepers.

Very best,
Dixie

From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
[mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of
Matthias C. Kettemann
Sent: 16 February 2012 08:02
To: irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
Subject: [IRP] EU selects ICT sector for study on implementing corporate
responsibility to respect human rights

Dear IRPers,

Joy has just forwarded me a message from the EU Commission saying that they
have selected the ICT sector to be one of those to be looked at in their
study series on implementing corporate responsibility to respect human
rights. If you remeber, Joy was kind enough to support this choice on behalf
of the IRP Coalition with a paper outlining the HR dimension of the ICT
sector.

Kudos to her and let's think about how we can provide input for the
Commission.

Kind regards

Matthias



--
From: EU Sector Guidance [mailto:sectorguidance at ihrb.org]
Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:05 a.m.
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Thank you for your suggestions


Dear Respondent,

Thank you again for taking the time to participate in the sector selection
consultation for the European Commission's project to develop  guidance on
implementing the corporate responsibility to respect human rights.  The
submissions received were reviewed carefully and played an important part in
the IHRB and Shift Project Team's analysis.

We would like to inform you that the sectors selected by the Commission were
the:  Employment & Recruitment Agencies sector; the Information &
Communications Technology sector; and the Oil & Gas sector.  The sectors
were selected by the Commission following a rigorous sector analysis of
sectors by the Project Team according to the publicly available criteria.
You can read further details of the Commission's decision on their
website<http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?displayTy
pe=news&lang=en&tpa_id=0>, as well as on the new Project website:
www.ihrb.org/EUSectorGuidance<http://www.ihrb.org/EUSectorGuidance>.

Together, the sectors face a wide range of significant human rights
challenges that could benefit from detailed guidance focused on the
corporate responsibility to respect human rights. Guidance to be developed
under the project will also have added value to businesses from other
sectors facing similar human rights related issues.  The guidance developed
through this project will be based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business
and Human Rights, applying those principles to the particular context and
challenges of each of the three selected sectors. To be consistent with the
UN Guiding Principles, the guidance will address the full range of rights
that enterprises could be most at risk of harming.

Extensive consultations with all concerned stakeholder groups are planned as
part of the project process, and the Project Team is coordinating this
process on behalf of the European Commission.  Any comments or questions in
relation to the project can be sent to
sectorguidance at ihrb.org<mailto:sectorguidance at ihrb.org>.  Updates on the
project, including drafts of relevant documents, will be posted to the
Project website<http://www.ihrb.org/EUSectorGuidance> as they occur.



With kind regards,
The Project Team




Mag. iur. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard)

Teaching and Research Fellow



Institute of International Law and International Relations

University of Graz



Universit?tsstra?e 15/A4, 8010 Graz, Austria



T | +43 316 380 6711 (office)

M | +43 676 701 7175 (mobile)

F | +43 316 380 9455

E | matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at<mailto:matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at>

Blog | internationallawandtheinternet.blogspot.com








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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:52:20 +0000
From: Dixie Hawtin <Dixie at global-partners.co.uk>
To: "Matthias C. Kettemann" <matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at>,
	"irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org"
	<irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
Subject: Re: [IRP] EU selects ICT sector for study on implementing
	corporate responsibility to respect human rights
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<16BC5877C4C91649AF7A89BF3BCA7AB8450060F1B5 at SERVER01.globalpartners.local>
	
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

I also wanted to make an appeal for help - the IRP website
(http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/) has been compromised - if you type
Internet Rights and Principles in to Google the link which comes up is
labelled as being about discounted Viagra. I'm not sure how to tackle this,
can anyone help?

Thanks! Dixie

From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
[mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of
Dixie Hawtin
Sent: 17 February 2012 15:36
To: Matthias C. Kettemann; irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org
Subject: Re: [IRP] EU selects ICT sector for study on implementing corporate
responsibility to respect human rights

Well done Joy! That's great news. Is there any information about how and
when we should be submitting input?

There has been much information about SOPA and ACTA lately, but less about
the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which seems to be coming to the fore as
the sharpest edges are removed from ACTA. A very informative blogpost about
the TPP is here:
http://www.technollama.co.uk/tpp-welcome-to-the-global-war-on-intermediaries
?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tpp-welcome-to-the-global-war-on
-intermediaries

And here is a very important statement from Viviane Reding on freedom of
expression and information via the Internet, attempts to block websites,
"three-strikes-laws", and ACTA (with some really nice quotable bits!)
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/reding/pdf/quote_statement_en.pdf

As for the IDRC, I agree that it would be good to join efforts and we would
be extremely happy to have more members! I want to reiterate the IRP is an
open platform and anyone should free to use the network to discuss issues or
promote initiatives for human rights on the Internet - Matthias and I are
(or try to be) facilitators not gatekeepers.

Very best,
Dixie

From:
irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org<mailto:irp-bounces at lists.i
nternetrightsandprinciples.org>
[mailto:irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of
Matthias C. Kettemann
Sent: 16 February 2012 08:02
To:
irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org<mailto:irp at lists.internetrightsand
principles.org>
Subject: [IRP] EU selects ICT sector for study on implementing corporate
responsibility to respect human rights

Dear IRPers,

Joy has just forwarded me a message from the EU Commission saying that they
have selected the ICT sector to be one of those to be looked at in their
study series on implementing corporate responsibility to respect human
rights. If you remeber, Joy was kind enough to support this choice on behalf
of the IRP Coalition with a paper outlining the HR dimension of the ICT
sector.

Kudos to her and let's think about how we can provide input for the
Commission.

Kind regards

Matthias



--
From: EU Sector Guidance [mailto:sectorguidance at ihrb.org]
Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2012 12:05 a.m.
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Thank you for your suggestions


Dear Respondent,

Thank you again for taking the time to participate in the sector selection
consultation for the European Commission's project to develop  guidance on
implementing the corporate responsibility to respect human rights.  The
submissions received were reviewed carefully and played an important part in
the IHRB and Shift Project Team's analysis.

We would like to inform you that the sectors selected by the Commission were
the:  Employment & Recruitment Agencies sector; the Information &
Communications Technology sector; and the Oil & Gas sector.  The sectors
were selected by the Commission following a rigorous sector analysis of
sectors by the Project Team according to the publicly available criteria.
You can read further details of the Commission's decision on their
website<http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/newsbytheme.cfm?displayTy
pe=news&lang=en&tpa_id=0>, as well as on the new Project website:
www.ihrb.org/EUSectorGuidance<http://www.ihrb.org/EUSectorGuidance>.

Together, the sectors face a wide range of significant human rights
challenges that could benefit from detailed guidance focused on the
corporate responsibility to respect human rights. Guidance to be developed
under the project will also have added value to businesses from other
sectors facing similar human rights related issues.  The guidance developed
through this project will be based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business
and Human Rights, applying those principles to the particular context and
challenges of each of the three selected sectors. To be consistent with the
UN Guiding Principles, the guidance will address the full range of rights
that enterprises could be most at risk of harming.

Extensive consultations with all concerned stakeholder groups are planned as
part of the project process, and the Project Team is coordinating this
process on behalf of the European Commission.  Any comments or questions in
relation to the project can be sent to
sectorguidance at ihrb.org<mailto:sectorguidance at ihrb.org>.  Updates on the
project, including drafts of relevant documents, will be posted to the
Project website<http://www.ihrb.org/EUSectorGuidance> as they occur.



With kind regards,
The Project Team



Mag. iur. Matthias C. Kettemann, LL.M. (Harvard)

Teaching and Research Fellow



Institute of International Law and International Relations

University of Graz



Universit?tsstra?e 15/A4, 8010 Graz, Austria



T | +43 316 380 6711 (office)

M | +43 676 701 7175 (mobile)

F | +43 316 380 9455

E | matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at<mailto:matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at>

Blog | internationallawandtheinternet.blogspot.com








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