[IRPCoalition] Self-nomination to the IRPC Steering Committee

[Raymond Mamattah]

Hello all,

Such an impressive credentials Meri has.

I'm happy to second his/her self nomination.

Regards,

Raymond Mamattah
Accra, Ghana



On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 2:08 AM Meri Baghdasaryan via IRP <
irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 02:07:20 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Self-nomination to the IRPC Steering Committee
> Dear IRPC members,
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> I hope my message finds everyone well and safe!
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> Hereby I’d like to nominate myself as a candidate for IRPC steering
> committee member. I am an attorney from Armenia with considerable
> experience in international human rights litigation, research and
> consulting, and in the last five years I have been working on human rights
> issues at the intersection of law and technology.
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> Currently, I am a Legal Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
> Prior to joining EFF, I conducted strategic human rights litigation before
> the European Court of Human Rights, UN Human Rights Committee and the
> Constitution Court of Armenia. Moreover, I served as a human rights
> consultant for UNDP Armenia and the Council of Europe. In addition, I was a
> Legal Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation, conducting research on a wide range
> of legal and policy topics.
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> My Internet Governance (IG) journey started as an ISOC Youth at IGF2016
> Fellow, and I became an IPRC member the same year. Since then I have been
> extensively engaged in various IG communities. I am a member of SEEDIG and
> EuroDIG communities, former YCIG Steering Committee member for the Eastern
> European group, and editor of the SEESummary, covering digital policy and
> IG developments in South Eastern Europe and the neighboring area (SEE+). In
> 2020, I co-lead SEEDIG’s inter-sessional project, mapping COVID-19 tracking
> apps in SEE+ and their human rights implications in the region.
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> Moreover, I was a member of the 2020 cohort of the Open Internet Leaders
> for Democracy program, a NextGen at ICANN72 and ARIN48 fellow. I  have an
> LL.M from University of Pennsylvania Law School (Intellectual property and
> technology concentration), and LL.M in Human rights from Central European
> University (Budapest, Hungary).
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> That said, as an IRPC Steering Committee member, I envision to undertake
> the following roles and responsibilities:
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>    Mapping regulatory initiatives around the world: The recent years have
>    witnessed a significant increase of regulatory proposals to regulate online
>    activities, some of which threaten to have an adverse impact on online
>    human rights.  What is more, as we have seen, bad and worse laws have the
>    tendency to be replicated faster. Therefore, I propose working with IRPC
>    members from around the world to author a world map of such regulatory
>    initiatives. This would serve as an awareness raising tool, as well as a
>    resource for advocacy groups to see the corresponding trends and unite
>    forces to demand better human rights safeguards.
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>    Capacity building, especially for the next generation of digital
>    rights advocates: I strongly believe in capacity building and
>    mentorship activities. Having served as a YCIG steering committee member, I
>    envision implementing a program specifically targeting nextgenners and
>    early career digital rights advocates to develop the knowledge and skills
>    to better navigate the IG ecosystem and effectively represent human rights
>    based solutions.
>    -
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>    Fostering IRPC representation in various regional IGFs and digital
>    rights events: Building on the outstanding work of the current and
>    former IRPC Steering Committee members and Chairs, I envision having IPRC
>    represented in as many fora as possible, including exploring those
>    discussions that IRPC has not previously participated in.
>    -
>
>    Continue working more closely with other DCs: I envision strengthening
>    the work with other DCs, including designing and implementing joint
>    projects and initiatives.
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> Hence, having dedicated my whole career to human rights protection, and
> having admired IRPC’s work since my first days in IG, I’d be honored to put
> my background, knowledge, and skills to a good use as an IRPC Steering
> Committee member.
>
> Thank you very much and best regards,
>
> Meri Baghdasaryan
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