[NCUC-DISCUSS] Seeking endorsements of recommendations on cybersecurity and human rights

[Niels ten Oever]

Hi Rafik and Matt,

Thanks for this. Somehow the text doesn't seem to be stronger (in some cases even weaker) than existing frameworks. 

Could you perhaps provide us with some explanation on the doc and why it is important to support?

Best,

Niels

On 18 May 2016 15:36, "Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez G." <crg at isoc-cr.org> wrote:
>
> Dear Rafik, Matthew!
>
> Thank you for the very good news, that the show is coming to town in 
> spite of having about 10 cases of ZIKA….).
> We will have a very busy second half year in San Jose:
> * LACIGF end of July
> * LACNIC end of September
> * FOC in October
>
> As we are preparing an open meeting with students and the local press 
> mid June, I would like to know who the local host is and if we can 
> include your program in our preparatory work in Costa Rica and share it 
> with other chapters in the region
>
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
> ISOC Costa Rica Chapter
> +506 8837 7176
> Skype: carlos.raulg
> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
>
> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
> +506 8837 7176
> Skype: carlos.raulg
> Current UTC offset: -6.00 (Costa Rica)
> On 18 May 2016, at 7:29, Rafik Dammak wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > I am sharing here a call from the Freedom Online Coalition working 
> > group
> > “An Internet Free and Secure”, where I am member with several NCUC 
> > members
> > and having Matthew Shears as Co-chair,
> > https://www.freedomonlinecoalition.com/how-we-work/working-groups/working-group-1/
> > .
> >
> > The Freedom Online Coalition is a group of governments who have 
> > committed
> > to work together to support Internet freedom and protect fundamental 
> > human
> > rights .  The working group includes members from governments, 
> > business,
> > civil society and academia and seeks, through multistakeholder 
> > dialogue, to
> > bring human rights based approaches to cybersecurity debates and
> > policymaking.
> >
> > As part of an effort by the FOC to facilitate practical outcomes and
> > substantive contributions to key Internet freedom issues, the working 
> > group
> > has produced a set of recommendations that it believes are a 
> > substantive
> > step towards making cybersecurity policies rights respecting by 
> > design. The
> > working group is now seeking endorsements of the recommendations, 
> > which are
> > attached with an accompanying explanatory document.  I am not asking 
> > here
> > for endorsement from NCUC  but  looking for endorsements from NCUC 
> > members
> > who would be interested to support the recommendations.
> >
> > The working group plans to formally launch the recommendations,  with 
> > a
> > list of endorsements, at the upcoming Freedom Online Conference in San
> > Jose, Costa Rica, to be held 17-18 October 2016.
> >
> > if you have any question, Matt and me will be happy to answer them.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Rafik Dammak
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ncuc-discuss mailing list
> > Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> > http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss
> _______________________________________________
> Ncuc-discuss mailing list
> Ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
> http://lists.ncuc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ncuc-discuss