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IGF Theme(s) for workshop: Security, Openness and Privacy
Main theme question address by workshop: 3: What risks do law enforcement, information suppression and surveillance have ...
Concise description of the proposed workshop:
Building on the conclusions of the London International Cyber Conference of November 2011, and the commitment to work internationally to develop the concept of acceptable behaviour on the Internet, the workshop will look at what this concept might mean internationally and specifically focussing on how governments, industry and civil society can work together to protect and enhance the fundamental trust and reliability of core internet services, and to work to tackle behaviours that would undermine that. The intention is to provide an input from a multi-stakeholder discussion to inform the follow-up.
The concept of norms and standards of acceptable behaviour in cyberspace was first introduced by the British Foreign Secretary William Hague at the Munich Security Conference in February 2011, and subsequently endorsed in the G8 Deauville Declaration later that year. It was developed at the London International Cyber Conference (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/global-issues/london-conference-cyberspace/, with the Chair’s closing remarks at http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=Speech&id=685672482) in November 2011. This identified as immediate next steps to develop shared understanding and agree common approaches and confidence-building measures.
In March 2012 we worked with the UK’s Foreign Office, the Office of Cyber Security and the International Chamber of Commerce to explore the concept in the UK-IGF. The report of this discussion is at http://ukigf.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/downloads-manager/upload/UKIGF_M… and background papers are at http://www.nominet.org.uk/policy/PolicyForum/?contentId=9189.
We now want to pursue this discussion internationally and in a multi-stakeholder environment. We believe that it is important to ensure that this dialogue will inform how the subsequent discussion will look at these issues.
The next step will be the follow-up to the LICC which will take place in Budapest on 4-5 October 2012 and in South Korea in 2013. While the IGF will follow on from Budapest, the IGF provide a second forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue to contribute to shaping the debate and could establish a role for the IGF in the process.
We are aware of the work in the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles. We want to work with them to ensure that we draw in these principles as a core part of any subsequent work.
Background Paper:
Name of the organiser(s) of the workshop and their affiliation to various stakeholder groups:
Martin Boyle, Nominet, on behalf of the UK-IGF
Nominet is a technical and a business entity. The UK-IGF is a multi-stakeholder partnership.
Have you, or any of your co-organisers, organised an IGF workshop before?: Yes
Please provide link(s) to workshop(s) or report(s):
130 Protecting the most vulnerable users in society: The roles of different actors in helping the new user survive in an on-line world: http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=…
129 Media in mutation: what is the future of the news and media industry in a world of social networking? http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=…
125 Parliamentarian Challenge: a Round Table between Parliamentarians and other Stakeholders http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=…
Provide the names and affiliations of the panellists you are planning to invite:
This is a new topic for the IGF, defined by the LICC and discussed in a multi-stakeholder environment for the first time at the UK-IGF on 22 March. Our intention is to invite an engagement from the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles and to bring together civil society, parliamentarians and industry, as well as governments to look at issues. As a first outline, we will look to a small panel – perhaps five people – to help stimulate the discussion with the participants. We are inviting:
• Government: a representative from the UK Foreign Office / Office of Cyber Security;
• A representative from the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles (preferably from civil society);
• A parliamentarian: we will approach parliamentarians from Russia (in which case interpretation will be required), East Africa and Bangladesh in the first instance. Parliamentarians are often in the forefront of complaints from citizens, whether because they have been affected by criminal activity or anti-social behaviour or because of issues of free speech or access to knowledge.
• A representative from industry, in particular one where there is or might be a “gatekeeper role” in defining and responding to unacceptable behaviour.
We undertake to have panel representation from at least three UN regions. We want the session to be in dialogue with the floor (at least 50% of the allocated time), and there will be at least one woman on the panel.
Name of Remote Moderator(s):
Kieren McCarthy