[IRPCoalition] IRP in 2014

Tue Jan 7 02:03:54 EET 2014

Happy new year to all and welcome to IRP's new leadership.

Just a quick note to follow on Shawna's message.

    <snip>

    While the IRP Charter is a robust starting point for a global
    multi-stakeholder principles on IG, it would be great to map the 80%
    overlap in recent principles (if Wolfgang has not already done so),
    and work with our networks and communities to articulate shared
    language based on that framework.

Great idea. In the interest of not reinventing the wheel, I wanted to
share a very useful and relevant resource that Carolina Rossini and
Jeonghyun Baak worked on (attached), which compares a number of existing
principles and statements from different stakeholders based on issue
areas. I'm not sure how their research relates to the 80% of overlap
that Wolfgang cites, but I thought to share it here in case it's of
interest.

Kind regards,
Deborah  

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Shawna Finnegan <shawna at apc.org
<mailto:shawna at apc.org>> wrote:

Hi all,

Happy new year, and welcome to the new co-Chair and Steering committee
members!

Marianne, thanks for this email. Wolfgang's post is a fantastic
orientation for the upcoming year.

I completely agree that there is no need to reinvent the wheel. The
fact that 80% of principles in recent declarations on IG are the same,
according to Wolfgang, suggests that we are very much on the right
track. Continuing down that track, I think prioritizing one charter or
declaration over others in developing a global set of principles might
undermine the collaborative process.

While the IRP Charter is a robust starting point for a global
multi-stakeholder principles on IG, it would be great to map the 80%
overlap in recent principles (if Wolfgang has not already done so),
and work with our networks and communities to articulate shared
language based on that framework.

Looking forward to others' thoughts,

Shawna

On 14-01-02 05:25 AM, Marianne Franklin wrote:
> Apologies for a double-mailing but should have sent the message
> below under a new message heading. On 02/01/2014 12:21, Marianne
> Franklin wrote:
>> Dear all
>>
>> Happy 2014. Thank you Olivier for the positive vibes this early
>> in the year too.
>>
>> As preparations for the Brazil Meeting in April gather steam, a
>> main agenda item and output is now clear; to produce a "global"
>> set of Internet Governance principles.
>>
>> Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, who has been undertaking a survey of all
>> existing statements around IG Principles including those that
>> include human rights and principles, has provided one
>> comprehensive review of the year past and the year ahead in this
>> respect (
>>
>>
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20131231_internet_governance_outlook_2014_good_news_bad_news_no_news/
>>
>>
>>
>>
At the end of this analysis, Wolfgang makes the following comment
>> about the leading role the UDHR played historically in setting
>> the frame for subsequent international human rights law: that it
>> "would be good to have a similar document for the Internet,
>> supported not only by the governments of the 193 UN member states
>> but also by all the non-governmental stakeholders from the
>> private sector as Google and Facebook, the technical community as
>> ICANN and the IETF and civil society as APC and Human Rights
>> Watch."
>>
>> Point taken but for the fact that the IRP Charter already exists
>> in this capacity. Its 21 clauses are explicitly - and elegantly
>> - embedded in the UDHR and these subsequent treaties. It was the
>> product of collaborative work, within the IGF setting to be sure,
>> of individuals and organizations all mentioned in this comment.
>> Government reps and IGO reps have been active as well in the
>> Charter work. Endorsements by a range of actors are currently
>> being gathered as the 2nd Edition of the Charter Booklet is ready
>> to go public. We also have several translations in process so
>> here there is a grassroots support level for the work.
>>
>> But, Brazil is a so-called high level meeting and its outcomes
>> will be symbolic and perhaps groundbreaking from an
>> inter-governmental point of view (perhaps not but that remains to
>> be seen). With more and more support for a human-rights based
>> approach to IG in the wake of the Snowden revelations, it appears
>> that we could be facing the embedding of a disconnect between
>> this shift in mood, one that underscores the IRP Charter project
>> after-the-fact, and the fact that these calls since Snowden are
>> already encapsulated by the IRP Charter in its entirety.
>>
>> Given this recognition that human rights online do matter
>> (underscored too by initiatives such as the 13 Principles by PI,
>> EFF, Access et al) do need protecting, what remains to be seen is
>> whether all those concerned with making Brazil a success and
>> based on the good parts of the IGF working model, the IRP Charter
>> can be taken on board in a more explicit capacity. By this I mean
>> that it is the document that is adopted and recognized in the
>> fullest sense of the term ("legally non-binding high level
>> principles"). This is because the IRP Charter remains the one
>> document that already complies with these calls; from within the
>> IGF community and further abroad in the UN, and technical
>> community where high profile figures such as Tim Berners-Lee are
>> calling for a global Bill of Digital Rights.
>>
>> It would be a shame, and a mistake to my mind, for us to not to
>> make use of the same sort of collaborative and creative energy
>> within this list alone, and links to wider networks to promote
>> the Charter for this role whilst supporting the Brazil Meeting
>> aim to generate a broad sort of global consensus. We do not need
>> to re-reinvent the wheel here.
>>
>> What do people think? best MF
>>
>>
>> On 01/01/2014 18:39, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>>> Thanks for these excellent news!
>>>
>>> I am thrilled to see such talent leading the IRP. May it go
>>> from strength to strength! Best wishes to you all for 2014.
>>>
>>> Olivier
>>>
>>> On 24/12/2013 17:54, IRPCoalition wrote:
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> The election/endorsement process for the IRP Coalition's
>>>> Steering Committee is over (37 people took part with 86.5%
>>>> support, 5.4% against, and 8.1% abstaining). Thank you for
>>>> the positive comments about all we have achieved this year
>>>> and also for the constructive suggestions for the year to
>>>> come. The new SC met last week so this email is to formally
>>>> re-introduce everyone to you all.
>>>>
>>>> First up, our incoming co-Chair who will be serving with
>>>> Marianne this year. Robert has worked with the IRP since
>>>> 2008, seeing the first charter through, setting up and then
>>>> assisting with the website and social media efforts, and also
>>>> supporting IRP events at the IGF meetings. After being on the
>>>> steering committee for the last few years, championing the
>>>> IRP in all capacities, he is happy to provide continuity and
>>>> support as co-chair of the IRP. Robert is excited about
>>>> growing participation in the coalition, ramping up
>>>> dissemination of the Charter in different engaging formats
>>>> (socio-technical, educational), and exploring new ways of
>>>> integrating Human Rights in Internet Governance at all
>>>> levels. This work complements his teaching and research as an
>>>> engaged academic.
>>>>
>>>> Next here are the SC members for 2014 (bio notes will be up
>>>> on the website shortly):
>>>>
>>>> Co-Chairs Marianne Franklin (New Zealand/UK) Robert Bodle
>>>> (USA)
>>>>
>>>> Steering Committee Rafik Dammak (Tunisia/Japan) Catherine
>>>> Easton (UK) Dixie Hawtin (UK) Matthias Kettemann (Austria)
>>>> Parminder Jeet Singh (India) Carlos Affonso Pereira de Souza
>>>> (Brazil) Vik Szabados (Hungary) Tapani Tarvainen (Finland)
>>>>
>>>> We are all looking forward to a productive year for the
>>>> protection and enjoyment of human rights online - for
>>>> everyone, everywhere.
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards MF/RB and the whole SC
>>>>
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