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Thank you very much for publishing this statement. I think it is
very helpful, and indeed crystallizes some of the issues. <br>
Stephanie Perrin<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-03-23 22:44, Rafik Dammak
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">STATEMENT OF THE
NONCOMMERCIAL USERS CONSTITUENCY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (NCUC-EC)
ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">
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<span style="font-size:12.8px">Accusations of sexual harassment
at ICANN 55 raise two issues, which must be kept distinct. One
is whether this particular incident constituted sexual
harassment and if so, what would be an appropriate response.
The other is whether ICANN needs to be better prepared to
handle situations like this with well-defined policies and
procedures. We believe that these two issues are being
confused.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">
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<span style="font-size:12.8px">With regard to the alleged
incident, there is very little objective evidence, and the
community is grappling with this issue in the absence of a
clear, commonly accepted definition of sexual harassment.* We
hope that this question is resolved fairly and proportionately
through further investigation and verification rather than
through allegations in public forums and email lists.</span><br
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<span style="font-size:12.8px">With regard to the second issue,
we strongly agree that action needs to be taken and look
forward to assisting the staff and the board with the
development of appropriate policies and procedures. Since NCUC
is a rights-focused stakeholder group, the Executive Committee
takes a principled stance toward the issue and requests that
any sexual harassment policy must:</span><br
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<span style="font-size:12.8px"> a) be developed in an atmosphere
of impartial, open discussion in which all viewpoints can be
heard and respected;</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">
<span style="font-size:12.8px"> b) be based on clear,
unambiguous definitions of sexual harassment that can be
readily understood and applied by all ICANN participants;</span><br
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<span style="font-size:12.8px"> c) respect the privacy,
procedural and substantive rights of both the accuser and the
accused</span><br style="font-size:12.8px">
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<span style="font-size:12.8px">* A typical definition of SH from
U.S. law is: "Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual
nature constitute sexual harassment when submission to such
conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or
condition of an individual's employment, submission to or
rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the
basis for employment decisions affecting such individuals, or
such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably
interfering with an individual's work performance or creating
an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
(29 C.F.R. § 1604.11 [1980])</span><br>
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