Human Rights and ICANN Research

1. Mandate

Visualizing, mapping and documenting cases in which ICANN is, and potentially will, impact human rights; and raising awareness about the various ways in which ICANN is impacting human rights.

2. Output

To produce research that raises awareness and breaks down the human rights impact of ICANN to make it more easily understandable and digestible. For this, we will look into the following areas:

a. Visualizing & developing the table further: Niels, Marillia

b. PDP new gTLD Subsequent Procedures : Vidushi, Arne

c. WHOIS PDP: Padmini, Naveed, Aarti

d. New gTLD aspects of Freedom of Expression, Economic aspects: Gangesh, Marillia

e. Geographic Names: Narine

f. UDRP & Data protection: Monika

As we had discussed during the call, it might be best to work with micro tasks split between members under each area.

3. Calls

April 29 16:00 UTC

May 27, 13:00 UTC

4. Next Steps

a. To divide work with fellow members according to the list given above.

b. To share drafts by the 20th of April on the cc-humanrights-research list.

c. To discuss findings based on feedback during out next call, on the 29th of April.

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