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    ICANN's expected standards of behaviour are not fulsome, I agree,
    but they do cover inappropriate conduct.
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    In particular, the following (bullet 3) section covers how we treat
    one another at ICANN (including at meetings):<br>
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    <blockquote><strong>Treat</strong><strong></strong> all members of
      the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
        Numbers">ICANN</abbr> community <b>equally,</b> irrespective of
      nationality, gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs,
      disability, age, or sexual orientation; members of the <abbr
        title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers">ICANN</abbr>
      community should treat each other <b>with civility</b> both face
      to face and online. [emphasis added]<br>
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    Not a great deal of detail, but "equally", particularly when
    accompanied by the following recital, goes a long way to addressing
    gender bias and inappropriate behaviour, as does the expression
    "with civility".   The redress mechanism is the Ombudsman.  The 2005
    RMAF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rmaf-08feb05-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rmaf-08feb05-en.pdf</a>
    (Results-based Management Accountability Framework) details how the
    model is expected to work.  You might not think it is adequate, fair
    enough, but it is not accurate to say there is nothing, in my view.
    We need more, that's all.<br>
    I am not criticising here, just trying to provide background
    documents.  As the statement says, more work on policies and
    procedures needs to be done, and we in NCUC will help with that
    work.<br>
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    Cheers Stephanie<br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-03-24 1:05, Padmini wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Thank you for this clear statement, and the support
        for many of the issues I raised. 
        <div>I would just like to put on record that the phrases "<u
            style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">substantive due
            process</u>" and "<u
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            burden being met</u>" have been echoed by me vocally and
          repeatedly throughout the entire process, both to the
          ombudsman and to many of you. I am a student of the law, and
          have these principles, including natural justice well drilled
          into my head. If there wasn't a failure of process, and such a
          short time span to engage with the issue at the site of the
          cause of action arising itself [given that the conference was
          in Marrakech for 5 days], I might not have taken these steps
          that I felt constrained to later.</div>
        <div>Just pointing out, there is no trial, no court, and my
          statement is my own, which I can back up with evidence. I do
          not understand why issues of unfairness of procedure are being
          raised when there is <i>no procedure in the first place</i>.</div>
        <div>I would really appreciate it, generally, if that were
          acknowledged.</div>
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        <div>Thanks everyone.</div>
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                <div dir="ltr">Padmini Baruah
                  <div>V Year, B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)</div>
                  <div>NLSIU, Bangalore</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:26 AM,
          Stephanie Perrin <span dir="ltr"><<a
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            <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Thank you very much
              for publishing this statement.  I think it is very
              helpful, and indeed crystallizes some of the issues.  <br>
              Stephanie Perrin
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                  <div>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
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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
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                      <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
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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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