Early Engagement Policy Documents - December 2016

Update on	Phase	Available in (pdf)	Background information
GNSO - IGO-INGO Curative Rights - December 2016	Step 4 - Working Group	العربية - December 2016 Español - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016	Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) face particular challenges in using existing second-level curative rights mechanisms (i.e. UDRP and URS). For IGOs, these include questions of sovereign immunity. For both IGOs and INGOs, the current mechanisms are also premised on the ownership of trademark rights in the mark in question (in this case, the IGO/INGO's name and acronym).
GNSO - Privacy and Proxy Services Accreditation Issues - December 2016	Step 7 - Implementation	العربية - December 2016 Español - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016	ICANN has in place an accreditation programforregistrarsandhascommittedtocreateanaccreditationprogramforprovidersofPrivacy and Proxy (P&P) services to gTLD domain names registrants. Privacy services publish a domain registrant's name but keep contact details private; proxy services do not make publicly available any actual registrant information. Previous ICANN community work (including the WHOIS Review Team and the GNSO's WHOIS Studies) has shown a lack of standard practices and rules in this area while identifying a number of needs to be addressed, ranging from law enforcement and IP owners to legitimate users of P&P services.
GNSO - Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information - December 2016	Step 7 - Implementation	العربية - December 2016 Español - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016	Contactinformationisusuallysubmittedinlocalscript(s) and language(s), which can make it difficult to contact a registrant, e.g. for law enforcement or intellectual property rights holders. On the other hand, translation and transliteration of gTLDcontactinformationraisesissuesofcost,accuracy and effectiveness.
GNSO - Inter-Registrar Transfer PDP (IRTP) Part D - July 2016	Step 7 - Implementation	العربية - July 2016 Español - July 2016 français - July 2016 Português - July 2016 Pусский - July 2016 中文 - July 2016	The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Development Process (IRTP) provides a procedure for domain name holders to transfer their names from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another. Part D aims to help prevent fraudulent domain name transfers through recommendations on registrar Transfer Dispute Resolution Procedures (TDRP) and reporting requirements, information resources on disputed transfers and potential remedies, and monitoring.
GNSO - IGO INGO - December 2016	Step 6 - Board Vote	العربية - December 2016 Español - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016	The GAC has advised the Board to ensure the protection of IGO names and acronyms at thetopandsecondlevelsinsuccessivecommuniques, stating that implementation of such protection is in the public interest given that IGOs, as created by governments under international law, are objectively different right holders. While the GNSO PDP recommendations included certain reservations at the top and second levels, they did not recommend reserving IGO acronyms either at the top or second levels;insteadtheGNSO recommended that protection for IGO acronyms be achieved by way of claims notices via the Trademark Clearinghouse. It should be noted that the GNSO PDP concerns all gTLDs while the GAC advice concerns only new gTLDs.
GNSO - Thick WHOIS - December 2016	Step 7 - Implementation	العربية - December 2016 Español - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016	The Thick Whois PDP recommendation being implemented will require that all gTLD registries publish and maintain registrant's contact information, in addition to technical domain name information ("thin whois").
GNSO - Inter-Registrar Transfer (IRTP) PDP Part C - September 2015	Step 7 - Implementation	العربية - September 2015 Español - September 2015 français - September 2015 Português - September 2015 Pусский - September 2015 中文 - September 2015	https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/irtp-c
GNSO - PDP on gTLD Registration Data - December 2016	Step 4 - Working Group	العربية - December 2016 Español  - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016	In 2012, in response to the recommendations of the first WHOIS Review Team, the Board adopted a two-prong approach that simultaneously directed ICANN to (1) implement improvements to the current WHOIS system based on the Action Plan that was based on the recommendations of the WHOIS Review Team, and (2) launch a new effort, achieved through the creation of the Expert Working Group (EWG), to focus on the purpose and provision of gTLD directory services, to serve as the foundation of a Board-initiated GNSO policy development process (PDP)
GNSO - New gTLD Subsequent Procedures - December 2016	Step 4 - Working Group	العربية - December 2016 Español - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016	https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/new-gtld-subsequent-procedures
GNSO - Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs (PDP) - December 2016	Step 4 - Working Group	العربية - December 2016 Español - December 2016 français - December 2016 Português - December 2016 Pусский - December 2016 中文 - December 2016
ccNSO - Framework of Interpretation - January 2015		العربية - Jan 2015 Español - Jan 2015 français - Jan 2015 Português - Jan 2015 Pусский - Jan 2015 中文 - Jan 2015	https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/foiwg.htm
Monthly Policy Update		https://www.icann.org/policy#updates	https://www.icann.org/en/resources/policy/update