Concrete Proposals for Operational Norms, Criteria and Mechanisms
The Secretariat of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network is delighted to announce the release of Operational Approaches documents for each of its three policy Programs: Data & Jurisdiction Operational Approaches, Content & Jurisdiction Program Operational Approaches, and Domains & Jurisdiction Program Operational Approaches. They contain concrete proposals for Operational Norms, Operational Criteria and Operational Mechanisms to address some of the most pressing cross-border legal challenges of the digital 21st century.
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- Download the Operational Approaches in Portuguese here
This release constitutes an important milestone in the work of stakeholders in the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network. The Operational Approaches documents have been developed over the course of 10 months by Members of the Programs’ Contact Groups: over 100 distinguished key stakeholders across five continents from governments, international organizations, internet companies, technical operators, civil society and academia (see list below).
The proposals for concrete Operational Norms, Criteria and Mechanism put forth in the Operational Approaches documents intend to provide a common frame of reference for public and private decision-makers in their efforts to develop policy standards and cooperation frameworks.
The Operational Approaches documents will feed into the 3rd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network on June 3-5, 2019 in Berlin, which is organized in partnership with the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, and institutionally supported by six international organizations: Council of Europe, European Commission, ICANN, OECD, United Nations ECLAC, and UNESCO. On their basis, stakeholders will discuss the Berlin Roadmap to structure the work in the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network for the next two years, in preparation for its 4th Global Conference in 2021.
The Operational Approaches documents are the result of a best effort by the Members of the three Programs’ Contact Groups established to address the issues identified by stakeholders in the Ottawa Roadmap of the 2nd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network on February 26-28, 2018. The work of the Program’s Contact Groups was facilitated by three neutral Coordinators, appointed by the I&J Secretariat and selected for their outstanding expertise and standing in the community.
The Work Plans of the Ottawa Roadmap identified important structuring questions to further guide interactions within the three Programs of the Policy Network. The Operational Approaches released today are a joint contribution by some of the most engaged experts in this field to advance the ongoing debate on the complex cross-border issues of access to electronic evidence, online content moderation and restrictions, and requests for domain suspensions. They should however not be understood as the result of a formal negotiation validated by the Programs’ Contact Group Members’ organizations.
The proposals for concrete Operational Norms, Criteria and Mechanism put forth in the Operational Approaches documents are intended to provide a common frame of reference for public and private decision-makers in order to help stakeholders take into account the full range of relevant parameters when developing and implementing responsible frameworks, rules and practices to address the issues addressed within the three I&J Programs.
From Paris to Berlin and beyond: Stakeholders from Around the World Progress Towards Operational Solutions
On November 14-16, 2016, over 200 stakeholders from more than 40 countries gathered at the 1st Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network in Paris, France, where they collectively identified Areas for Cooperation for the three Programs, based on Framing Papers summarizing four years of international deliberations in the Policy Network. These Areas for Cooperation served as mandate for three Programs’ Contact Groups, whose Members developed Policy Options outlining tangible pathways to jointly address pressing cross-border legal challenges in cyberspace. These three Policy Options documents then formed the basis for discussions at the 2nd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, on February 26-28, 2018, in Ottawa, Canada. There, for the very first time, stakeholders defined, concrete Common Objectives and detailed Work Plans to jointly develop policy standards and concrete solutions in each Program of the Policy Network. Together, they form the Ottawa Roadmap. To implement the Ottawa Roadmap, Members from around the world worked intensively in the Programs of the Policy Network between July 2018 and April 2019 to develop the present Operational Approaches. They will feed into the 3rd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, on June 3-5, 2019, in Berlin, Germany.
Historic Documents and Links
Find additional information about the three I&J Programs and the issues they are addressing by following the links below:
DATA & JURISDICTION PROGRAM: List of Members | Framing Paper (2016) | Policy Options Document (2017) | Common Objective and Work Plan of the Ottawa Roadmap (2018) | Operational Approaches (2019)
CONTENT & JURISDICTION PROGRAM: List of Members | Framing Paper (2016) | Policy Options Document (2017) | Common Objective and Work Plan of the Ottawa Roadmap (2018) | Operational Approaches (2019)
DOMAINS & JURISDICTION PROGRAM: List of Members | Framing Paper (2016) | Policy Options Document (2017) | Common Objective and Work Plan of the Ottawa Roadmap (2018) | Operational Approaches (2019)
Members of the I&J Programs’ Contact Groups
Coordinator
Robert Young
Legal Counsel
Canada, Department of Global Affairs
Members
Sunil Abraham
Vice President, Leadership Programs
Mozilla Foundation
Waiswa Abudu Sallam
Head Legal Affairs
Uganda, Communications Commission
Karen Audcent
Senior Counsel and Team Leader
Canada, Ministry of Justice
Kerry-Ann Barrett
Cyber Security Policy Specialist
Organization of American States (OAS)
Cathrin Bauer-Bulst
Deputy Head of Unit, Fight Against Cybercrime
European Commission, DG HOME
Eduardo Bertoni
Director
Argentina, National Access to Public Information Agency
Joseph Cannataci
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
United Nations
Jennifer Daskal
Associate Professor
American University Washington College of Law
Fernanda Domingos
Federal Prosecutor
Brazil, Federal Prosecutor's Office of the State of São Paulo
Brendan Eiffe
Head, Irish Central Authority for Mutual Legal Assistance
Ireland, Department of Justice and Equality
Thomas Fitschen
Director, Cyber Foreign Policy and Cyber Security
Germany, Federal Foreign Office
Sharon Bradford Franklin
Director, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Policy
New America Foundation
Eric Freyssinet
Chief Digital Strategy Officer
France, Ministry of Interior
Hartmut Glaser
Executive Secretary
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)
Nicole Gregory
Head, Data and Online Harms Policy
United Kingdom, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Jane Horvath
Senior Director, Global Privacy
Apple
Gail Kent
Global Public Policy Manager
May-Ann Lim
Executive Director
Asia Cloud Computing Organization
Sara Marcolla
Specialist, EC3 Internet Governance
Europol
Drew Mitnick
Policy Counsel
Access Now
Vivek Narayanadas
Associate General Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection Officer
Shopify
Greg Nojeim
Senior Counsel and Director, Freedom, Security and Technology Project
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Barrack Otieno
Associate
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET)
Marc Porret
Senior Legal Officer
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED)
Katitza Rodriguez
International Rights Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Alexander Seger
Executive Secretary, Cybercrime and Convention Committee and Head of Cybercrime Division
Council of Europe
Acadia Senese
Law Enforcement and Information Security Counsel
Bernard Shen
Assistant General Counsel
Microsoft
Christoph Steck
Director, Public Policy and Internet
Telefonica
Dan Suter
Director
iJust
Dan Svantesson
Professor
Bond University
Peter Swire
Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business
Chris Wilson
Senior Manager, Public Policy (Internet Governance)
Amazon Web Services
Herbert Gustav Yankson
Chief Superintendent of Police
Ghana, Police Service
Moctar Yedaly
Head, Information Society Division
African Union Commission
Coordinator
Wolfgang Schulz
Director
Hans Bredow Institute
Members
Carlos Affonso Souza
Director
Institute for Technology and Society (ITS Rio)
Chinmayi Arun
Assistant Professor of Law
National Law University, Delhi
Susan Benesch
Executive Director
Dangerous Speech Project
Guy Berger
Director, Freedom of Expression and Media Development
UNESCO
Beatrice Berton
Project Officer
Europol
Ellen Blackler
Vice President, Global Public Policy
The Walt Disney Company
Agnes Callamard
Director
Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression Project
Maria Paz Canales
Executive Director
Derechos Digitales
Mark Carvell
Head of International Online Policy
United Kingdom, Department for Culture Media and Sport
Jacques de Werra
Professor and Vice Rector
University of Geneva
Agustina Del Campo
Director
University of Palermo, CELE
Harlem Desir
Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE
Azmina Dhrodia
Researcher, Technology and Human Rights
Amnesty International
Elena Dodonova
Administrator, Media and Internet Division
Council of Europe
Anriette Esterhuysen
Senior Advisor Internet Governance, Policy and Strategic Planning
Association for Progressive Communications
Miriam Estrin
Public Policy Manager
Raquel Gatto
Regional Policy Advisor
Internet Society (ISOC)
Daniel Holznagel
Legal Officer
Germany, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
Raman Jit Singh Chima
Policy Director
Access Now
David Kaye
Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
United Nations
Edison Lanza
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Organization of American States (OAS)
Emma Llanso
Director, Free Expression Project
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Rebecca MacKinnon
Director, Ranking Digital Rights
New America Foundation
Katherine Maher
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
Giacomo Mazzone
Head of Institutional Relations and Members Relations
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Carly McDaniel
Senior Policy Analyst
Canada, Department of Public Safety
Corynne McSherry
Legal Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Paul Nemitz
Principal Advisor
European Commission, DG JUST
Juan Ortiz-Freuler
Policy Fellow
World Wide Web Foundation
Elena Perotti
Executive Director, Public Affairs and Media Policy
WAN-IFRA
Nick Pickles
Senior Strategist, Public Policy
Jason Pielemeier
Policy Director
Global Network Initiative (GNI)
Frederic Potier
National Delegate
France, Inter-ministerial Delegation for the Fight against Racism, Antisemitism and anti-LGBT hatred
Thomas Schneider
Vice-Director
Switzerland, Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
Bernard Shen
Assistant General Counsel
Microsoft
Christoph Steck
Director, Public Policy and Internet
Telefonica
Peter Stern
Policy Manager, Stakeholder Engagement
Facebook
Coordinator
Maarten Botterman
GNKS Consult Director and Board Director, ICANN
Members
Benedict Addis
Chair
Registrar of Last Resort (RoLR)
Fiona Alexander
Associate Administrator, NTIA
USA, Department of Commerce
Tijani Ben Jemaa
Executive Director
Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (MFIA)
James Bladel
Vice President of Policy
GoDaddy
Jordan Carter
Chief Executive
InternetNZ
Brian Cimbolic
Vice President and General Counsel
Public Interest Registry
Keith Drazek
Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations
VeriSign
Heather Dryden
Senior Advisor
Canada, Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Rita Forsi
Director General, Superior Institute for Communications and Information Technology
Italy, Ministry of Economic Development
Jothan Frakes
Executive Director
Domain Name Association (DNA)
Grace Githaiga
Associate
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET)
Hartmut Glaser
Executive Secretary
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)
Rahul Gosain
Director, IRSME
India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Rudolf Gridl
Head of Division, Internet Governance
Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Rob Hall
CEO
Momentous
Byron Holland
President and CEO
Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA)
Will Hudson
Senior Advisor for International Policy
Manal Ismail
Executive Director, International Technical Coordination
Egypt, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Konstantinos Komaitis
Director, Policy Development
Internet Society (ISOC)
Marilia Maciel
Digital Policy Senior Researcher
Diplo Foundation
Desiree Miloshevic
Senior Advisor, International Affairs and Public Policy
Afilias
Paul Mitchell
Senior Director, Technology Policy
Microsoft
Cristina Monti
Head of Sector, Internet Governance and Stakeholders' Engagement
European Commission, DG CONNECT
Michele Neylon
CEO
Blacknight Internet Solutions
Crystal Ondo
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Donuts
Seun Ojedeji
Chief Network Engineer
Federal University of Oye-Ekiti
Rod Rasmussen
Principal
R2 Cyber
Bryan Schilling
Consumer Safeguards Director
ICANN
Jorg Schweiger
CEO
DENIC
Geo Van Langenhove
Legal Manager & Data Protection Officer
European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid)
Peter Van Roste
General Manager
Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR)
Chris Wilson
Senior Manager, Public Policy
Amazon Web Services
