Policy Issues - Pre 2013

GNSO Project Status List

Select ICANN / GNSO Policy Issues & Documents

• Review of the UDRP & other trademark rights protection mechanisms
  • Comment of NCUC on UDRP Review (11 July 2011)
  • ICANN page on UDRP drafting team

• Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and Law Enforcement Demands of Registrars:
  • NCSG Statement on GNSO Report on Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Amendments (January 2012)
  • Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments (12 Dec. 2011)
  • "Community wiki page" on Registrar Negotiations with Law Enforcement
  • GAC-Board LEA "Due Diligence" Recommendations (21 Feb. 2011)

• WHOIS Privacy Concerns
  • NCSG Statement on .cat proceeding regarding privacy implications of publishing whois information (February 2012)
  • NCUC Statement on Preliminary Issue Report on "Thick Whois" (December 2012)
  • Whois Policy Review Team Draft Final Report (5 Dec. 2011)
  • Preliminary Issue Report on ‘Thick’ Whois (21 Nov. 2011)

• Registry-Registrar Domain Name Takedowns
  • Best Practices for Domain Name Suspensions

• SOPA / PIPA Domain Name Take-Downs & DNS Filtering Issues
  • NCUC Letter to US Congressional Committee on SOPA / PIPA (14 Dec. 2011)
  • SOPA's Anti-Circumvention by Wendy Seltzer (15 Dec. 2011)
  • An Open Letter from Internet Engineers to US Congress (15 Dec. 2011)
  • Internet Society Statement on Opposition to SOPA / PIPA (12 Dec. 2011)
  • Technical Comments on Mandated DNS Filtering to US Congress by Steve Crocker, Paul Vixie et al (9 Dec. 2011)
  • "Feds Falsely Censor a Popular Blog for Over a Year, Deny All Due Process, Hide All Details..." (8 Dec. 2011)
  • Internet Engineers' Letter in Opposition to DNS Filtering by Steve Crocker, Paul Vixie, et al (12 Oct. 2011)

• New gTLDS Roll-out:
  • Assistance to Developing Countries / Joint Applicant Support (JAS)
    • Report of the Joint Applicant Support Working Group (13 Sept. 2011)
  • Trademark Clearinghouse
  • Freedom of Expression (GAC, MAPO & "community" objections)

• Role of GAC in Multi-Stakeholder Governance Institution:
  • NCSG Positions on Board Response to GAC Scorecard (15 March 2011) 
  • Board-GAC Workshop Scorecard (5 March 2011)
      
• Special Rights for RedCross & Olympic Committee
  • GAC/GNSO Group on International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Red Cross (RC)
  • Letter from Heather Dryden to Stéphane van Gelder (14 Sept. 2011)
  • Letter from Kurt Pritz to Heather Dryden & Stéphane van Gelder (11 August 2011)
  • Letter from GAC to Board (12 May 2011)
  • Materials from IOC / Redcross trademark attorneys to NCSG (31 Oct. 2011)

• Registrants' Rights

• ICANN Engagement with Developing Countries

• Technical Security and Stability Issues

• ICANN Accountability & Transparency Issues (& ATRT)

NCSG Policy Statements

ICANN Public Comment Periods

NCSG Participation in GNSO (& Cross-Community) Working Groups / Task Forces