[IRPCoalition] Italy's draft Declaration of Internet Rights

[J.C. DE MARTIN]

Hi Jaco,

Yes, I am interested, of course: where can I find more information?

Thanks!

juan carlos




On 21/03/15 20:53, Jaco Aizenman wrote:
>
> Hi Juan Carlos,
>
> You may be interested in the Costa Rican Congress , virtual 
> personality fundamental right constitutional amendment.
>
> 2004!
>
> Best regards
>
> Jaco Aizenman L.
> Costa Rica
>
> El 21/03/2015 13:19, "J.C. DE MARTIN" <demartin at polito.it 
> <mailto:demartin at polito.it>> escribió:
>
>     Dear All,
>
>     If I am not mistaken, this list has not yet been informed about a
>     fairly
>     recent initiative of Italy's Chamber of Deputies that might
>     interest you.
>
>     In July 2014 the President of the Chamber, Hon. Laura Boldrini,
>     established a study commission made of 10 MPs (one for each
>     group) and 13 experts (I am one of them) [1].
>     The chair of the Commission is prof. Stefano Rodotà,
>     that some of you will remember (Tunis 2005 or Brazil 2007).
>
>     The mandate for our Commission was to survey existing
>     Internet Charters/Declarations (starting with IRPC Charter, of course)
>     and to produce a draft Declaration of Internet Rights before of
>     the end of
>     Italy's Presidency of the European Union (31 Dec 2014).
>     The political aim was to try to influence the Italian Government
>     to take (or at least facilitate) action in this important area.
>
>     While that political aim was not achieved (at least so far),
>     the Chamber of Deputies indeed published a first draft of the
>     Declaration in October 2014. Since then the draft
>     has been undergoing a public consultation
>     (see http://camera.civi.ci), which will end on March 31.
>
>     You can find English, French and German translations
>     of the draft Declaration, as well as a quite extensive
>     press overview (also in English), here:
>     http://nexa.polito.it/declaration-internet-rights
>
>     Since October, the study Commission has been holding
>     several official hearings: we heard from experts (some them
>     foreigners, e.g., Frank La Rue), associations,
>     the Chairs of Italy's independent Authorities, companies,
>     members of Goverment, media, ecc.
>
>     We are also in close contact with the Commission de réflexion
>     sur le droit et les libertés à l’âge du numérique established in
>     2014 by France's Assemblée Nationale: in the coming days
>     we will also hold a joint meeting via tele-conference.
>
>     The main results of this initiative is that Italy has been discussing
>     of Internet rights like never before: a remarkable result
>     in and by itself, if you ask me.
>
>     Next steps: process the contributions, produce
>     a revised Declaration and, above all, contribute to the
>     global Internet rights efforts, where our main asset
>     will be the fact that we are an expression of a parliamentary
>     institution.
>
>     Particularly regarding this last point, your feedback and
>     advice would be most useful.
>
>     Many thanks,
>     best regards,
>
>     juan carlos de martin
>
>     [1] http://www.camera.it/leg17/1177
>     [2] http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/commissions/numerique
>
>     prof. juan carlos de martin
>     co-director / nexa center for internet & society
>     politecnico di torino - italy
>     http://nexa.polito.it
>     office: +39 011 090 7217 <tel:%2B39%20011%20090%207217>
>
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