[IRPCoalition] Self-nomination to the IRPC Steering Committee

[Carolina Rossini]

I support her too.

On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 5:54 AM Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Meri Baghdasaryan <meri.baghdasaryan at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" <
>>> irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>, "
>>> irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" <
>>> irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
>>> Cc: Irpcharter Info <info at irpcharter.org>
>>> Bcc:
>>> 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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>>> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 02:07:20 +0000 (UTC)
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