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Comments to the Initial Report on the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Policy Development Process

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  • Subject: Comments to the Initial Report on the IGO-INGO Access to Curative Rights Protection Mechanisms Policy Development Process
  • From: "Macri, Alessandro" <AMACRI@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 00:00:06 +0000

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Inter-American Development Bank strongly supports the arguments submitted 
by both the OECD and WIPO's Arbitration and Mediation Center and urges ICANN to 
recognize that IGOs merit protection consistent with their treaty-based nature.

Upholding IGOs' immunities, via a tailored dispute resolution mechanism, will 
inure not only to the benefit of IGOs themselves, but of donors that support 
them and, most critically, the citizens they strive to aid. Specifically, 
arbitration proceedings, as explained by OECD and WIPO, could avoid potential 
inferences of IGOs waiving their jurisdictional immunities while allowing for a 
fair and well-known grievance mechanism to be in place. Further, this would be 
consistent with IGOs' practice when dealing with potential contract disputes.

Please consider these brief remarks as an endorsement of OECD and WIPO's 
detailed arguments, which could well serve as guidance for ICANN to take the 
required steps to recognize and protects IGOs' legal nature.

Kind regards,

Alessandro Macrì
Chief Counsel
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