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2016-11-08 Protection of Red Cross/Red Crescent/Red Crystal Identifiers and names of national committees
GAC Advice
2016-11-08 Protection of Red Cross/Red Crescent/Red Crystal Identifiers and names of national committees
ICANN57 Hyderabad Communique
Consensus met
2016-11-08 Protection of Red Cross/Red Crescent/Red Crystal Identifiers and names of national committees
Referring to the GAC's previous advice to secure and confirm the permanent protection the Red Cross and Red Crescent designations and names based on public international law and on the national laws in force in multiple jurisdictions, the GAC recognizes and welcomes the goodwill and renewed understanding both within the Board and within the community that the protections due to the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal identifiers require distinct treatment and resolution.
The GAC hence advises the Board, without further delay, to:
- Request the GNSO Council, as a matter of urgency, to re-examine and revise its PDP recommendations pertaining to the protection of the names and identifiers of the respective international and national Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations which are not consistent with GAC advice; and in due course
- Confirm the protections of the Red Cross and Red Crescent names and identifiers as permanent.
Rationale
The GAC’s consistent advice in this matter is grounded in the distinct legal protections accorded to the words and identifiers of the Red Cross and Red Crescent under universally agreed norms of public international law and the laws in force in multiple jurisdictions. It is also founded in the global public interest in preserving the names of the respective Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations from abuse and fraud. The above grounds constitute the motivation for the GAC's request that the recommendations of the past GNSO PDP that are not consistent with past GAC advice to be revised.
The GAC wishes to emphasize that this course of action will offer a clear signal, to the ICANN Community and to the States represented on the Government Advisory Committee, of ICANN's commitment to resolve differences arising among its constituencies and to do so with all due consideration and attention to public international law and to global public policy interests in accordance with the aforementioned legal regimes.
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ICANN Board
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