The IRP Coalition: Five Year Review
This slide show is an overview of the IRP Coalition’s work with the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet, 2009-‐2014. It draws on a presentation on the IRPC Charter work to the UNESCO in 26th September 2014 as part of a dialogue with representatives from ICANN. More information, and documentation, is available at www.internetrightsandprinciples.org or at http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/dynamiccoalitions/72-‐ibr
The IRPC Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet AIM: Connect and Reframe the conversation at intersection of human rights and internet policymaking 1) Shared reference point for dialogue and cooperation between different stakeholder priorities 2) An authoritative document for framing policy decisions and emerging rights-‐based norms for the online environment 3) A policy-‐making and advocacy tool for governments, businesses, and civil society groups
OUTCOME: An authoritative framework anchored in international human rights law & norms (2011 IRPC Charter v1.1)
The IRPC Charter is modeled on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and ensuing international human rights law and norms
The IRPC Charter at a glance: Table of Contents 1) Right to Access to the Internet 2) Right to Non-‐Discrimination in Internet 12) Rights of Children and the Internet Access, Use and Governance 13) Rights of People with Disabilities and the 3) Right to Liberty and Security on the Internet Internet 4) Right to Development through 14) Right to Work and the Internet the Internet 15) Right to Online Participation in Public Affairs 5) Freedom of Expression and Information on 16) Rights to Consumer Protection on the the Internet Internet 6) Freedom of Religion and Belief on 17 ) Right to Health and Social Services on the the Internet Internet 7) Freedom of Online Assembly and 18) Right to Legal Remedy and Fair Trial for Association actions involving the Internet 8) Right to Privacy on the Internet 19) Right to Appropriate Social and International 9) Right to Digital Data Protection Order for the Internet 10) Right to Education on and 20 )Duties and Responsibilities on the Internet about the Internet 21) General Clauses 11) Right to Culture and Access to Knowledge on the Internet
IRPC Charter (v 1.1) launched in 2011 in Stockholm (Sweden)
The IRPC Charter connects existing human rights law and norms with rights-‐based aspirations for the online environment. For example:
Existing Rights (hard law) Article 8) Right to Privacy …
Aspirational (soft law)
Article 1) Right to Access the Internet …. Access to and use of the Internet (f) Freedom from surveillance: is increasingly indispensible for the Everyone has the freedom to full enjoyment of human rights communicate without arbitrary including the right to freedom of surveillance or interception (including expression, the right to education, behavioural tracking, profiling, and the right to freedom of peaceful cyber-‐stalking), or the threat of assembly and association, the right surveillance or interception. …Any to take part in the government of a agreement regarding access to online country, the right to work, and the services that includes acceptance of right to rest and leisure…. surveillance shall clearly state the nature of the surveillance
The IRPC Charter’s 21 articles have been distilled into 10 broad principles (launched in 2010) • Universality & Equality • Rights & Social Justice • Accessibility • Expression & Association • Privacy & Data Protection • Life, Liberty & Security • Diversity • Network Equality • Standards & Regulation • Governance
Since its launch, the IRPC Charter has seen some tangible outcomes over several stages: Stage 1) 2010-‐2011 • 10 Principles Flyer Campaign (23 languages) • The full IRPC Charter (v 1.1) launched digitally: available online only Stage 2) “Charter 2.0 Project” • Communicate, Educate, and Disseminate the full Charter • Outreach within IG venues and beyond • Connect IRPC Charter, as a whole and specific articles to relevant initiatives; e.g. 13 Necessary & Proportionate Principles, CoE ICANN report Stage 3) 2013: Hardcopies and other languages matter too • IRPC Charter Booklet – 1st English edition at Bali IGF
2013-‐2014 IRPC Charter and Booklet released in 5 languages
What c0unts as a tangible outcome? • Formal recognition • referencing in official documentation (e.g. FRA 2013 Report: 91), written & spoken proceedings (e.g. transcripts) • Part of online and offline archives/official record of IG and Human Rights consultations & outcomes
• Informal: conversations, allusions, minuted meetings, imitation • Application of content – in various formats & languages -‐ to specific situations; e.g. Chilean Internet & Human Rights report, 2013 • Visibility online + availability & accessibility offline as printed matter • Implementation –projects at local, national, international levels for range of needs across sectors using and adapting the IRPC Charter • Sustained two-‐way engagement between stakeholders on Charter framework; • substantive rights as soft & hard law (e.g. Article 19, Amnesty) and • rights-‐based IG policymaking (e.g. IG Principles, Marco Civil)
The IRPC Charter: From Action to Implementation -‐ Timeline 2010; IPRC Expert group join Council of Europe Guide on Human Rights for Internet Users, adopted 2014 2011 Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur, landmark Report
2012/2014 UNHRC Resolutions affirming human rights online 2013 IGF Meeting in Bali: Human Rights a Plenary theme 2014 NetMundial 2014 – IRPC Submission & role in the Outcome Document 2014 Hivos IGMENA Program – Arabic Booklet Edition & Click Rights Campaign 2014 NZ Greens – Internet Rights & Freedoms Bill 2014 Turkish Booklet Edition with Pirate Party Movement Turkey 2014 African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms 2014 IRPC at the IGF Istanbul: WS 83, WS146, WS225, IRPC Meeting
Example 1: As a model for national level initiatives
The Internet Rights and Freedoms Bill is designed to protect human rights in the digital Environment…. The Internet Rights and Principles Dynamic Coalition, hosted by the UN Internet Governance Forum, recognises that ‘the full and universal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms requires the effective realization of these rights on the Internet.’ The enactment of the Internet Rights and Freedoms Bill will protect and strengthen New Zealanders’ fundamental Internet freedoms.” NZ Greens , Draft for Consultation: Internet Rights and Freedoms Bill, 2014: 1
Example 2: For education and awareness raising at the regional level
“Now is the opportune moment to structure freedom of the Internet and freedom of expression into regional action plans and new national laws. It is new, it is urgent and there is a need to advocate Internet rights to help bring this about. To this end, Hivos’s Internet Governance for Middle East and North Africa programme (IGMENA) launches its campaign advocating the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet” http://igmena.org/Click-‐Rights-‐and-‐get-‐it-‐Right
Example 3: As a policy-‐making tool at the international level “As .. a success story, I would like to underline the crucial role of the IRPC Charter as a reference at international level : it was very useful at the Netmundial Conference in Sao Paulo…in the first group on Internet Governance Principles and Human Rights, and it was quite a difficult challenge to compile the various sources, inputs and contributions, converging on some issues, diverging on others. .. Therefore, it was important to refer to a neutral tool quoting the legal basis of the relevant human rights – the IRPC Charter…The consensus finally reached at Netmundial was based on this Charter … “ (Ms Helga Mieling, Austrian Government)
How have these outcomes been achieved? Through long-‐term, cross-‐sector, and sustained People Power: energy & expertise •
Since 2008 organization & leadership through IRP Coalition at IGF; multistakeholder by definition
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Cross-‐sector input into drafting process over 5 years; through listserv, phone and web conferencing
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Crowd-‐sourcing and funding for Translations, Booklet production
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Legal and other commentaries on Charter content
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Awareness-‐raising through public events, social media outlets, campaigns
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Local and nationally based collaborations on translations and implementations
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Outreach through various Internet Governance venues; e.g. UNESCO,
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Endorsements, and formal funding 2013-‐14: Hivos &Web We Want Campaign
More details in the resources and literature lists in the IRPC Charter Booklet and online.
Synergies and ideas also emerge during face-‐to-‐face, lo-‐tech meetings; e.g. Parallel sessions at Council of Europe Outcomes of parallel session: Sub-‐Theme 1: Access to the Internet and Fundamental Rights, CoE Ministerial meeting, Belgrade, 6 Nov. 2013
Future steps
1. More Translations & IRPC Booklet editions: Spanish Booklet completion + Mandarin, Indonesian (incl. a “Bali Edition”), French, Portuguese. 2. Continuing collaboration with other IG stakeholders; e.g. Council of Europe, IGF Dynamic Coalitions, Civil Society Networks, Technical Community, IGOs developing and coordinating each article with existing and emerging best practice 3. Outreach in schools, universities, government departments to inform and so support human rights efforts in areas of concern for internet design, access, and use 4. Promote the charter to lawmakers, business, and community leaders to raise awareness of commonalities between human rights issues online and internet governance processes 6. Review of IRPC Charter v 1.1 begun at IGF 2014 in Istanbul: Call for contributions info@irpcharter.org
What can you, or your organization do?
• Contribute to IRPC Charter Review; • Support outreach in other languages and formats; providing language and translation expertise, and funds • Incorporate the IRPC Charter in the WSIS+10 review processes; as a benchmark • Adopt Charter as a framework for rights-‐based internet design, access, and use
Find out more Contact Points: www.rightsandprinciples.org http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/campaign/ Twitter: @netrights Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/internetrightsandprinciples Other References: •
Brief overview of the process is in the IRPC Charter Booklet, 2013: pp 1, 5
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Fuller account of the IRPC Charter process in Chapter 5, Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet by M. I. Franklin, Oxford University Press, 2013: 154-‐180
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Legal analysis of the IRPC Charter role in human rights for the online environment in Freedom of Expression on the Internet by Wolfgang Benedek and Matthias C. Kettemann, Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, 2014: 66-‐67
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Comparison of the IRPC Charter and Council of Europe Guide in Fundamental rights: challenges and achievements in 2013 -‐ Annual report 2013, by FRA (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights); 91