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Peering behind the veil of ICANN’s DIDP (I): by Padmini Baruah — published Sep 21, 2015 — last modified Oct 15, 2015 02:42 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
One of the key elements of the process of enhancing democracy and furthering transparency in any institution which holds power is open access to information for all the stakeholders. This is critical to ensure that there is accountability for the actions of those in charge of a body which utilises public funds and carries out functions in the public interest.
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Report on ICANN 50: by Jyoti Panday — published Jun 29, 2014 — last modified Oct 12, 2014 05:42 AM — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
Jyoti Panday attended ICANN 50 in London from 22-26 June. Below are some of the highlights from the meeting.
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Revolving Door Analysis: IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group: by Lakshmi Venkataraman — published Dec 10, 2014 — last modified Dec 16, 2014 05:44 AM — filed under: ICANN, IANA Transition
The IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) is the body that will accept and coordinate different proposals for IANA transition. It will make the global Internet community's final proposal for transition to the NTIA. Lakshmi Venkataraman finds that a majority of the ICG's membership have had longstanding affiliations with I-star organisations. What will this mean for IANA transition?
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Sexual Harassment at ICANN: by Padmini Baruah — published Mar 18, 2016 — last modified Apr 06, 2016 02:40 PM — filed under: Sexual Harassment, ICANN, Internet Governance, Privacy
Padmini Baruah represented the Centre for Internet & Society at ICANN in the month of March 2016. In a submission to ICANN she is calling upon the ICANN board for implementing a system for investigating cases related to sexual harassments.
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Submission by the Centre for Internet and Society on Revisions to ICANN Expected Standards of Behavior: by Vidushi Marda — published Jun 29, 2016 — last modified Jun 30, 2016 06:07 AM — filed under: Public Accountability, Internet Governance, Featured, ICANN, IANA Transition, Homepage
Prepared by Vidushi Marda, with inputs from Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan and Sunil Abraham.
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The 'Global Multistakholder Community' is Neither Global Nor Multistakeholder: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 20, 2015 — last modified Nov 03, 2016 10:42 AM — filed under: Multi-stakeholder, ICANN, IANA Transition, Internet Governance
CIS research shows how Western, male, and industry-driven the IANA transition process actually is.
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The ICANN-US DOC 'Affirmation of Commitments' - A Step Forward?: by Anja Kovacs — published Oct 06, 2009 — last modified Aug 02, 2011 07:16 AM — filed under: Public Accountability, ICANN, internet governance
On 30 September 2009, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) signed an Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) with the US Government's Department of Commerce. For those of us who are concerned that the Internet should serve the global public good, is the new arrangement a step forward? An assessment.
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Understanding IANA Stewardship Transition: by Smarika Kumar — published Jun 22, 2014 — last modified Jun 22, 2014 03:23 AM — filed under: NTIA Announcement, ICANN, IANA Transition, Internet Governance
Smarika Kumar describes the process of the IANA stewardship transition, and enumerates what the NTIA announcement does and does not do.
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What’s In a Name? — DNS Singularity of ICANN and The Gold Rush: by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Mar 31, 2013 — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
March 2013 being the 28th birthday of the first ever registered Internet domain as well as the exigent launch of the Trademark Clearing House disguised as a milestone in rights protection by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for it’s new gTLD program, Sharath Chandra Ram, dissects the transitory role of ICANN from being a technical outfit to the Boardroom Big Brother of Internet Governance.
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Where Does ICANN’s Money Come From? We Asked; They Don’t Know: by Geetha Hariharan — published Feb 09, 2015 — last modified Mar 05, 2015 07:43 AM — filed under: Accountability, ICANN, IANA Transition, Transparency, DIDP
Just how transparent is ICANN? How responsive are they to requests for information? At CIS, we sent ICANN ten questions seeking information about, inter alia, their revenues, commitment to the NETmundial Principles, Globalisation Advisory Groups and organisational structure. Geetha Hariharan wonders at ICANN's reluctance to respond.
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