[Battlemesh] UN Special Rapporteur asks for input on standards bodies for new report

[Dave Taht]

On Aug 11, 2016 12:12 PM, "Niels ten Oever" <lists at digitaldissidents.org>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression David Kaye, who also
> spoke at the hrpc session at IETF96 in Berlin [0], already produced two
> report, one on 'encryption and anonymity' [1] and one on 'The role of
> the private sector in the digital age [2].
>
> Now he intend to write a report on: 'freedom of expression and the
> telecommunications and Internet access sector'. [3]
> For this he is asking for input from business enterprises [4] as well as
> NGOs and other stakeholders [5].
>
> I think there is one question in which you all might be especially
> interested, and that is the last question mentioned under [5]:
>
> [QUOTE]
>  Please share information concerning the role of relevant standards and
> Internet governance bodies in protecting and promoting freedom of
> expression, and how that role may be improved.
> [/QUOTE]
>
> The deadline for the submissions is November. Details can be found under
> the aforementioned links.
>
> You can also find examples of submissions under link [1] and [2] to see
> what submissions to the previous reports look like. It is not
> necessarily a lot of work and I think the UN Special Rapporteur in
> specific and the UN and the UN Human Rights Council at large could
> greatly benefit from input from the technical community.
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
>
> [0]
> http://recs.conf.meetecho.com/Playout/watch.jsp?recording=
> IETF96_HRPC&chapter=chapter_1
> from 30:40 onwards
> [1]
> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/CallForSubmission.aspx
> [2]
> www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/Privatesectorinthedigitalage.
> aspx
> [3]
> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/
> Telecommunications.aspx
> [4]
> http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Expression/Telecommunications/
> QuestionnaireBusinessEnterprises.docx
> [5]
> http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/
> CallTelecommunications.aspx
>
>
> --
> Niels ten Oever
> Head of Digital
>
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