Re: [npoc-voice] Fwd: [liaison6c] Selection of International Law Advisor to the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process

[Sam Lanfranco <lanfran@xxxxxxxx>]

 Olévié, and NPOC members,

It is excellent that within ICANN there are both the Cross Community 
Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG) and the 
Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group (PEG) to help increase 
ICANN's accountability. As you will note if you have been on the NCSG 
list, there has been quite a discussion about how ICANN can be sure it 
respects relevant Human Rights norms in its policies and practices, and 
how it respects fairly inclusive notions of the Public Interest. These 
two groups (CCWG and PEG) are a welcome addition to ICANN's internal 
workings, but I think there is one more step to be considered here, one 
I raised on the NCSG discussion list.
There are two practical ways to incorporate concerns around human rights 
and public interest into ICANN policies and practices. One is ongoing 
dialogue and continued advocacy where policy decisions impinge on human 
rights and continued advocacy for using more inclusive notions of public 
interest. These two groups would be central to that policy and practice 
dialogue, but in and of themselves they would fall a bit short of an 
open and transparent accountability. I have proposed a second and 
complementary way, as follows:
A second and complementary way, linked to accountability and one that 
could be considered, would be to perform an annual audit of ICANN’s 
HR/PI performance, based on a key performance indicators scorecard. One 
way of doing that would be for NCSG to partner with an external 
organization with pre-existing expertise in the area of human rights 
monitoring, and combine their monitoring skills with NCSG’s 
understanding of ICANN’s Internet policy processes.
Sam Lanfranco, Chair, NPOC Policy Committee(PEG)
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> //Date: 2015-01-30 22:10 GMT+00:00//
> //Subject: [liaison6c] Selection of International Law Advisor to the 
> Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process//
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> /To view the original announcement, please see: 
> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-01-30-en///
> /Selection of International Law Advisor to the 
> Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process/
> / announces the selection of the 7th and final Advisor to the
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> /The PEG is pleased to announce Lee Andrew Bygrave as the Advisor with 
> International Law/Jurisprudence as his area of expertise./
> /Lee Andrew Bygrave is a Professor at the Department of Private Law at 
> the University of Oslo, Norway, where he is also the Director of the 
> Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law. He is additionally an 
> associate (former Co-Director) of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre 
> at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Among his 
> publications are Internet Governance: Infrastructure and 
> Institutions (Oxford University Press, 2009) and, most recently, 
> Internet Governance by Contract (Oxford University Press, 2015)./
> /Bygrave will be serving in his personal capacity along with the 
> previously announced 
> <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-17-en> Advisors to 
> the CCWG-Accountability:/
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> / /·//*Roberto Bissio*//, Executive Director of the Instituto del 
> Tercer Mundo  — Area of Expertise: Global Ethics Frameworks and Human 
> Rights (for example consumer protection)//
> / /·//*William Currie*//, Consultant in ICT Policy and Regulation — 
> Area of Expertise: Governmental Engagement and Relations and 
> Multistakeholder Governance//
> / /·//*Valerie D'Costa*//, Program Manager at infoDev — Area of 
> Expertise: Governmental Engagement and Relations and Multistakeholder 
> Governance//
> / /·//*Ira Magaziner, *//Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of 
> the Clinton Health Access Initiative — Area of Expertise: Governmental 
> Engagement and Relations and Multistakeholder Governance//
> / /·//*Nell Minow*//, Shareholder Advocate   — Area of Expertise: 
> Board Governance and Corporate Management (for example operational, 
> finance, risk management//
> / /·//*Jan Scholte*//, Professor, University of Gothenburg and 
> University of Warwick — Area of Expertise: Global Accountability and 
> Transparency — theoretical, practical, tools and metrics//
> /
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> /The Advisors have begun their engagement with the 
> CCWG-Accountability, mainly through the CCWG-Accountability Chairs. 
> The Advisors roles are to contribute research and advice, and to bring 
> perspectives on global best practices to enrich the discussion, all 
> while engaging with a broader network of accountability experts from 
> around the world./
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