[WSIS CS-Plenary] IGF Workshop on the Internet Bill of Rights (today 1:30pm)

[Vittorio Bertola]

All,

I would like to encourage everyone to pop in at this workshop - I think
this project could determine a major advance in all our campaigns.

=====
IGF Workshop

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 – 13:30-15:00
Workshop Room I – Aphrodite C

                    The Internet Bill of Rights

Stating rights and duties of individuals in the online digital environment

	
The WSIS/IGF process and many others prompted broad and strong
discussions on what rights and duties should be enjoyed by individuals
in the digital space. Themes like freedom of expression, privacy,
consumer rights, access rights both to connectivity and to knowledge,
intellectual property, cultural diversity,,and many others, underpin
many of the digital governance issues. As many have drafted or discussed
charters and statements of these rights and duties, there is the need to
merge them and build consensus over one global statement: an Internet
Bill of Rights.

The workshop will focus on two sides of the matter: on substance, which
kind of rights should be reflected in such a Bill, and how could they be
articulated; on process, how can all interested parties start working
together to then get to a formal statement acknowledged by all
stakeholder groups.

Its objectives will be, to let all those who share this concept finally
meet; to work towards common understanding of the types of rights that
should be part of this document; to identify the next steps, in the IGF
environment, needed to start actual collective work on such a document.


Panelists

Ms. Danièle Auffray, Alderwoman for ICT, Paris, France
Mr. Fiorello Cortiana, Province of Milan, Green Party, Italy
Ms. Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director and Attorney, United States
Mr. Jose Murilo Junior, Ministry of Culture, Brazil
Prof. Stefano Rodotà, Former Head of the Council of European Data
Protection Agencies, Italy

Moderator:  Mr. Vittorio Bertola, Società Internet and ICANN At Large, Italy


Organized by

Government of Italy, Ministry of Reform and Innovation in the Public
Administration
IP Justice
Società Internet (ISOC Italy)
Centre for Technology and Society of Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...