[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] Civil Society Draft Prioritie s Document

[zielinskic at who.int]

Karen,

I think that taking issue with just this one (out of a number) of misguided
conventions by the CoE and other bodies would be a mistake. It would be best
to point out the risks of such legislation in general, rather than aim at
specific items. That's why I would leave the words "Council of Europe" out
of the paper altogether.

Chris

Chris Zielinski 
STP, CSI/EGB/WHO
Avenue Appia, CH-1211
Geneva, Switzerland
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-----Original Message-----
From: karen banks [mailto:karenb at gn.apc.org]
Sent: Saturday, 12 July 2003 16:51
To: czielinski at supanet.com; mciver at albany.edu; ct at wsis-cs.org;
plenary at wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] Civil Society Draft Priorities
Document


hi chris

how would you feel about the following paragraph (slightly reworded more in 
the context of WSIS)


[We oppose calls by some governments to support the Council of Europe's 
Cybercrime Convention or models based on the convention. Civil society 
organisations have been working for a number of years to educate and inform 
the convention's development to little avail and are now opposing its 
ratification because of its overly broad mandate, its insensitivity to 
local issues and its disregard for civil liberties.]

?

i really do think we should the raise issue of the convention being 
supported as a model within the context of WSIS.

karen

At 05:30 PM 7/11/2003 +0200, czielinski at supanet.com wrote:
>Sally,
>
>I'm a little concerned about the Council of Europe being mentioned - for
>some reason I haven't seen in these lists any discussion of their recent
>"Declaration on freedom of communication on the Internet (Strasbourg,
>28.05.2003)"
>http://www.coe.int/T/e/Communication_and_Research/Press/News/2003/20030528_
d
>eclaration.asp#TopOfPage which occasioned quite a bit of debate on the ISOC
>ISDF list, mainly around the topic of a "right of reply", which some found
>onerous to ISPs and to individual journalists and writers on the Internet.
>Since the Council of Europe is not an institution of the European
Community,
>can we not just drop the name wherever it appears in our paper? It adds
>little in any case.
>
>Chris
>
>Chris Zielinski
>Consultant, EIP/WHO
>Avenue Appia, CH-1211
>Geneva, Switzerland
>Tel (Mobile): 0044797-10-45354
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sally Burch - ALAI" <sburch at alainet.org>
>To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>; <ct at wsis-cs.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:05 PM
>Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Draft Priorities
>Document
>
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > The draft civil society priorities document that Bill has just sent to
> > these lists has been compiled with wide input from the different
> > caucuses that have been working over the past weeks, and will be
> > presented in Paris at the Intersessional Meeting.
> >
> > We need to include endorsements of as many organizations as
> > possible.  Please send your endorsements to the ct at wsis-cs.org
> > list, if possible by Monday midday, indicating: the name of the
> > endorsing organization, its status with WSIS (accredited, pending
> > accreditation, non-accredited) and name of the person who
> > confirms the endorsement.
> >
> > If there are any major issues on which you propose to modify
> > content, please send your recommendations (to the ct at wsis-
> > cs.org address) by FRIDAY at the latest, indicating SPECIFIC
> > LANGUAGE CHANGES (not vague ideas).  Changes should not
> > significantly alter the length of the document.  A final version of the
> > document will circulate at the weekend.
> >
> > Regards to all
> >
> > Sally Burch
> >
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