<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">Dear All,</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please find attached a mid-year update from the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">The first six months of 2016 have seen a series of important changes in the information policy space in India and internationally. Debates on net neutrality, Aadhaar and Internet Shutdowns raised important legal and policy questions in India. At the global stage, the completion of important transformations like</span><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)"> the WSIS+10 process, and the IANA transition have given the global internet governance regime a new mandate. </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">It has been our privilege to be closely involved with these processes. The attached newsletter offers a mid-year update about the work that we have done so far at the Centre for Communication Governance in 2016.</span><span style="color:rgb(20,20,20)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">The highlights include:</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"></p><ul style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">A lecture on surveillance in India as a part the Mellon Sawyer seminar series at UC Davis.</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">Academic sector membership of the International Telecommunication Union. This will help tremendously with our research.</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">Participation in the WSIS forum this year as a high-level facilitator for the event. We also co-hosted a panel on the Working Group for Enhanced Co-operation.</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">A research paper on human rights in the WSIS process, that brings nuance to the articulation of human rights on the internet at the international level.</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">TRAI adopted our freedom of expression and constitution law</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> arguments in its explanatory memorandum to the Prohibition of Differential Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016.</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">Our table detailing all Internet Shutdowns in India was submitted to the Indian Supreme Court as a part of a petition challenging the practice of Internet Shutdowns.</span><br></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">Our memorandum on the Aadhaar money bill w</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">as submitted to petitioner challenging the money bill before the Supreme Court of India, and our opinion piece criticising t</span><span style="color:rgb(47,0,48)">he legislation was circulated widely.</span></font></li></ul><p style="font-size:12.8px"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I invite you to take a look at the work the Centre has produced so far. We have several interesting projects, including one on multistakeholderism in internet governance, that we shall be sharing with you at in the coming days. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">We thank you for your continued support and welcome your feedback about how we can do better.</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Best,</span><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Aarti</font></span></p><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font size="2"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0BycAZd9M5_7NTWs4YXZxbnJXcWc&revid=0BycAZd9M5_7Na3ROMTFBMzhiakF0dkVacm9tNks2aGlxa2o4PQ" width="96" height="46"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font size="2">Aarti Bhavana | Research Fellow</font></span></div><div><font size="1"><font><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">C</span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">entre for Communication Governance</span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | National Law University, Delhi | </span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Sector-14, Dwarka, New Delhi - 110078 </span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">| Fax: (+91) 11-280-34256 </span><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">| </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.ccgdelhi.org/" target="_blank">www.ccgdelhi.org</a> . </font></span></font><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.ccgdelhi.org/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">www.ccgtlr.org</a> . </font><font color="#0000ee"><u><a href="https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/author/aartibhavana/" target="_blank">https://ccgnludelhi.wordpress.com/author/aartibhavana/</a></u></font><font color="#888888" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">| </font></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small;color:rgb(136,136,136)"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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