The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Outcome Documents and the UN General Assembly Resolution 60/252 resolved to conduct an overall review of the implementation of the Summit Outcomes in 2015. In this context, building upon the outcomes of the UN Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) Open Consultations on WSIS+10, including the UNGIS Plan of Action for WSIS+10 and multistakeholder guidance provided at the WSIS Forum 2012 and 2013, ITU’s Membership (PP-10 Resolution 172 and ITU Council Resolution 1334 (Mod. 2013), resolved to hold an ITU Coordinated WSIS+10 High-Level Event in 2014 and to establish a preparatory process based on the open and inclusive WSIS+10 Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform (WSIS+10 MPP), tasked to elaborate drafts of two Outcome Documents for endorsement by the WSIS+10 High-Level Event:
• WSIS+10 Statement on the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes
• WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015
The multistakeholder WSIS+10 High-Level Event, an extended version of the WSIS Forum was held from 10 to 13 June 2014 (Pre- events: 9 June 2014) at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The event was co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD with the engagement of other UN Agencies, including FAO, ILO, ITC, UNDESA, UNODC, UPU, UN Women, WMO, WHO, WFP, WIPO and UN Regional Commissions.
This session serves as an information session on the WSIS+10 High-level Event and will provide an opportunity to learn more about the Event and the outcomes of the Event.
The complex territory of human rights and Internet governance is broadly understood and accepted. However it remains largely unexplored and necessitates further elaboration. It is for this reason that the Council of Europe facilitated the preparation of a report by Dr Monika Zalnieriute and Thomas Schneider on ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values. The report was presented and discussed during the ICANN50 meeting, held in London on 22 to 26 June 2014.
This Side Meeting is organised to facilitate an open expression of views, exchange of ideas and exploration of options among the participants to further the debate on ICANN’s accountability and human rights. All relevant stakeholders, such as governments, ICANN staff, civil society, private sector, and other internet community actors are invited to add to the discussion. After Dr Zalnieriute and Mr Schneider have presented their findings there will be a 90 minutes interactive roundtable discussion, guided by the following questions:
1. To what extent is ICANN’s Applicant Guidebook in compliance with the right to freedom of expression and freedom of association?
2. To what extent are ICANN’s policies and procedures discriminatory?
3. To what extent are ICANN’s policies and procedures in compliance with the right to privacy and personal data protection?
4. Should ICANN and governments in the GAC be responsible and accountable for the protection of human rights online?
5. What is needed to improve accountability for human rights protection within ICANN and the GAC?
We welcome everyone to join us in this very important and timely debate. The report can be found here: http://www.coe.int/t/informationsociety/icann-and-human-rights.asp
An Introduction to Internet Governance by Dr Jovan Kurbalija has been used in many universities and training courses as a textbook. The 6th edition provides an update based on the latest and most dynamic period in the history of IG.
Join DiploFoundation for discussion on the development of the IG textbook and future of teaching IG.
Among various concepts of privacy, right to be forgotten has become more significant in the recent years. One of the main reasons of this is the fact that right to be forgotten is fundamental in the digital age. The recent decision of European Court of Justice about Google has heated the debate over the right to be forgotten. Many people have described this as “making history” while some others have questioned the implementation of the decision.
This session aims to bring together leading representatives from a broad spectrum of stakeholder groups to discuss issues related to the right to be forgotten.Each speaker will be given 5-7 minutes to present his/her views on the issue. Then the floor will be open to participants also since the aim is to have an inclusive and open discussion on the subject. The social media contributors will also be given a voice by the moderator.
Internet: an opportunity for sustainable growth
By the end of 2013, there were an estimated 2.7 billion people using the Internet worldwide. The Internet has radically changed the way we access information, consume information and interact with each other, offering significant potential for future growth. By connecting intelligent machines to each other and ultimately to people, and by combining software and big data analytics, we can push the boundaries of physical and material sciences to change the way the world works contributing to growth and sustainable development.
Accordingly the collaboration and engagement of multiple stakeholders is a growing necessity. Countries need to invent new ways to achieve sustainable development and address the challenges of the 21st century including growing global populations, low-carbon energy and strong resilience to global climate change (which puts pressure on the environment).
The Internet plays a critical role:
This side meeting jointly organized by ITU, EBU and the Egyptian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology will provide a platform to discuss how the Internet is revolutionizing our society as an engine for growth, development and disaster risk reduction with the aim of achieving this in an environmentally sustainable manner.
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The report reviews effects of national, global mass surveillance of citizens around the world.
A groundbreaking report on national and global mass surveillance will be released on 4 September 2014 at the Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos). The report explores the surveillance of citizens in today's digital age by governments with the complicity of institutions and corporations.
Global Information Society Watch (GISWatch) aims for an open, inclusive and sustainable information society and has produced reports yearly since 2007. This year's edition of GISWatch is entitled "Communications surveillance in the digital age" and contains thorough contextual analyses from civil society representatives in more than 55 countries. The reports in GISWatch 2014 expose governments' use of weaknesses in legal systems and user ignorance to monitor, intercept, collect, analyse, use, preserve, retain and interfere with global internet communications.
APC and Hivos invite you to attend presentations by authors of critical and relevant reports featured in GISWatch 2014. Presentations will be followed by an open discussion on solutions to protect human rights on the Internet.
This session will comprise an open meeting of the MultiStakeholder Steering Group of the Asia Pacific Regional IGF (APrIGF).
Agenda will include:
- Introductions
- Introduction to APrIGF
- Introduction to the Asia Pacific Youth IGF (yIGF)
- Recap of the latest APrIGF meeting, held in New Delhi on 3-6 August 2014.
- Recap of the latest Youth IGF (yIGF), New Delhi
- Preparations for next APrIGF, to be held in Macao in August 2015.
- General discussion - how to strengthen the APrIGF
- AOB
For more information please see http://rigf.asia
All welcome!
Chair: Paul Wilson
Co-chair: Shazad Ahmad
Co-chair: YJ Park
Secretary: Yannis Li
Friends of the IGF (FoIGF) is a website project that aims to provide the Internet community with a living archive — a user-friendly, browsable, and searchable repository — of all past IGF discussions. The website, including its navigation, design, and search interface, has matured greatly over its first year in existence. The ecosystem of support is expanding every day. By building an FoIGF Ecosystem, we are hoping to create an exemplary illustration of successful multistakeholder collaboration — a network to provide ongoing support for a sustainable informational resource that can inform evolving Internet Governance discussions. We are currently amassing interest and intellect from individuals and organisations throughout the Internet community, in hopes of building this multistakeholder ecosystem that will provide ongoing support to FoIGF through collaboration and contributions.
Our draft agenda for this open meeting is simple. We will begin by providing a description of the FoIGF Ecosystem vision, and use the first hour to share understanding and ideas for the site. We will use the second hour to develop a prospective plan for ongoing work on the FoIGF resource.
