[IRP] Principle of no transborder harm

[Grace Mutung'u Bomu]

Thank you for this!

The question of transborder co-operation came up indirectly during
discussions on cybersecurity/cybercrime at the East African IGF today. It
wasn't however very clear what standards would be used for co-operation
because most if not all the East African countries have not yet developed
national legislation on the same. This would form an interesting background
for policy development.

Grace

2012/7/17 Kettemann, Matthias (matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at) <
matthias.kettemann at uni-graz.at>

> Cher Bertrand, dear list, ****
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> thank you for this important point. I also feel that the international
> law-based (emerging) duties of states vis-?-vis the Internet are one of our
> field?s most exciting subjects. ****
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> Additionally, I feel that we need to look in more detail at the impact of
> the duty of cooperation on national Internet policies and the
> non-intervention principle. I?ve written about some of these issues in an
> analysis of the HRC resolution on human rights on the Internet which will
> appear on the EJIL Talk! (www.ejiltalk.org) next Monday.****
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> I have also made the customary law argument in my doctoral thesis which
> will be published later this year by Eleven Internationa. Incidentally,
> this allows me to tell you that ? thanks to IRP member and my scientific
> father, Wolfgang Benedek ? I am now a doctor of laws.****
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> I?ll keep you posted about the publication. Let?s keep this discussion
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> Kind regards****
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> *Von:* irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:
> irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] *Im Auftrag von *Bertrand
> de La Chapelle
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 17. Juli 2012 16:47
> *An:* IRP
> *Betreff:* [IRP] Principle of no transborder harm****
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> Dear all,****
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> In the context of the overall discussions on rights and principles for the
> Internet, I wanted to call attention to thIs recommendation of the
> Council of Ministers of the Council of Europe<https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1835707&Site=CM&BackColorInternet=C3C3C3&BackColorIntranet=EDB021&BackColorLogged=F5D383>.
> It established an important notion regarding the responsibility of States
> to avoid national decisions or actions that would have a transborder impact
> on access to and use of the Internet. ****
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> The relevant paragraphs are as follows (emphasis added):****
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> *1.1. No harm*****
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> *1.1.1. States have the responsibility to ensure, in compliance with the
> standards recognised in international human rights law and with the
> principles of international law, that their actions do not have an
> adverse transboundary impact on access to and use of the Internet.*****
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> *1.1.2. This should include, in particular, the responsibility to ensure
> that their actions within their jurisdictions do not illegitimately
> interfere with access to content outside their territorial boundaries or
> negatively impact the transboundary flow of Internet traffic.*****
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> *1.2. Co-operation*****
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> *States should co-operate in good faith with each other and with relevant
> stakeholders at all stages of development and implementation of
> Internet-related public policies to avoid any adverse transboundary
> impact on access to and use of the Internet.*****
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> As you know, governments actions that can be interpreted as implementing
> an implicit higher norm represent - if repeated - a foundation for
> recognizing this norm as an emerging international principle. ****
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> In that regard, the fact that Egypt's shutting down access to the Internet
> on its territory during the Arab Spring left all the transit traffic
> untouched points to an emerging principle of "no tampering with transit
> traffic" that may prove very important in the future in particular for
> landlocked countries.****
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> This was the trigger for the introduction of the above paragraphs in the
> CoE recommendation and I thought it was useful to call attention to this
> dimension. ****
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> As a side note, it is interesting to look at this principle in the context
> of the rojadirecta and bodog cases. ****
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> Looking forward to more discussions on this topic in Baku. ****
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> Hope it helps. ****
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> Bertrand****
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> Bertrand de La Chapelle****
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