[IRPCoalition] Self-nomination to the IRPC Steering Committee

[Michael J. Oghia]

Hi everyone,

I've worked closely with Meri since 2017, and I couldn't think of a better
replacement for my position! Fully support with my second as well.

Best,
-Michael

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 3:15 AM Raymond Mamattah <mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>> From: Meri Baghdasaryan <meri.baghdasaryan at yahoo.com>
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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,
>>
>> I hope my message finds everyone well and safe!
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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).
>>
>>
>> That said, as an IRPC Steering Committee member, I envision to undertake
>> the following roles and responsibilities:
>>
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    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.
>>    -
>>
>>    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.
>>    -
>>
>>    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.
>>
>>
>> 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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