GAC Working Group on Human Rights and International Law (HRILWG)

Work Efforts

The GAC regularly considers a broad range of public policy issues impacting the DNS and other matters regarding the functions of ICANN. This work can result in consensus advice for the ICANN Board or public comment guidance to the ICANN community. This part of the website shares information related to those ongoing topics and activities.

Status: Active

Date Formed: 08 Feb 2015

Related Topics:

Human Right Intl. Law WG , Human Rights

Formed in February 2015 (ICANN52 Singapore), the GAC Working Group on Human Rights and International Law (HRILWG) focuses on aspects of ICANN’s policies and procedures which relate to human rights and relevant international law.
The GAC endorsed the HRIL WG's terms of reference in March 2016 at ICANN55 Marrakech.

The GAC’s HRILWG objectives include, but are not limited to, the following:

Considering any appropriate steps that ICANN could take to help ensure that its technical coordination of the domain name system (DNS) is managed in a manner which respects human rights and relevant international law pursuant to and consistent with, among other legal instruments, ICANN's Articles of Incorporation, in particular Article 4;
Cooperating with ICANN’s advisory committees, supporting organisations, and communities, in particular the Cross-Community Working Party on ICANN’s Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights, to encourage and facilitate multi-stakeholder support and cooperation in advancing human rights related policies, recommendations, and advice;
Participating in applicable ICANN work streams, policies, and studies to promote a shared understanding of human rights and relevant international law.

The Working Group Leadership is comprised of:

Suada Hadzovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-chair)
Giacomo Mazzone, WBU (co-chair)

The Working Group Staff Support is comprised of:

Robert Hoggarth, Vice President, Policy Development & GAC Relations
Julia Charvolen, GAC Advice and Policy Support Manager

Status and Ongoing Work

Activities	last updated
GAC Appointments Date: 09 Dec 2024	09 Dec 2024	1733752893000
GAC involvement in Work Stream 2 Recommendations Implementation Date: 04 Feb 2025	04 Feb 2025	1738677492000

Meeting and Records

Nov

2024

Working Group Chair Reports

13:00 - 14:00 UTC

Materials:

Oct

2023

GAC HRIL Working Group Call - 3 October 2023

Closed Meeting

Nov

2022

GAC HRIL Working Group Call - 21 November 2022

Closed Meeting

Mar

2022

ICANN73 - Session 7 - GAC Discussion on WS2 Matters

15:15 - 16:00 UTC

Materials:

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Topics: Accountability & Transparency

Members

The membership of this working group is contained within the PDF document below. At a minimum, this list will be updated on a monthly basis.

Membership List

Documentation

Filter Documents

Title	Date	Type
FY24 ABR - Feasibility Assessment Report on Sign Language Interpretation (SLI) at ICANN Public Meetings Date: 30 Dec 2024 Type: Report	30 Dec 2024	Report	1735569600000
GAC HRILWG work plan 2023-2024 Date: 01 Nov 2023 Type: Work Plans	01 Nov 2023	Work Plans	1698850140000
GAC HRIL WG Workplan 2021/2022 Date: 10 May 2021 Type: Work Plans	10 May 2021	Work Plans	1620648000000
Specific WS2 Accountability Recommendations For SO-ACs from CCWG – Accountability WS2 Final Report Date: 15 Feb 2020 Type: Report	15 Feb 2020	Report	1581754320000
GAC HRIL WG Options Paper for Human Rights Core Values Date: 13 May 2019 Type: Report	13 May 2019	Report	1557748620000
HRILWG 2019/2020 Workplan Date: 08 Feb 2019 Type: Work Plans	08 Feb 2019	Work Plans	1549654560000
HRIL WG - Consolidated Information Document Date: 04 Feb 2019 Type: Report	04 Feb 2019	Report	1549310220000
HRIL WG Questionnaire - Human Rights Core Values Implementation Options Date: 04 Feb 2019 Type: Working Group Misc	04 Feb 2019	Working Group Misc	1549286580000
Agenda Item 13 - Human Rights and International Law WG - ICANN62 Briefing Date: 27 Jun 2018 Type: Briefing Material	27 Jun 2018	Briefing Material	1530108960000
ICANN60 - Agenda Item 7 - Human Rights and International Law Working Group Meeting - Project Overview for the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) Request for Proposal Date: 15 Aug 2017 Type: Briefing Material	15 Aug 2017	Briefing Material	1502798400000
HRIL WG Terms of Reference Date: 05 Jun 2015 Type: Terms of Reference	05 Jun 2015	Terms of Reference	1433533920000

Document	Date	Sent by
Introduction of the notion of basic principles of human rights and international law in ICANN Bylaws (word/pdf)	17 June 2015	Milagros Castanon, Peru
Council of Europe, Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on ICANN, human rights and the rule of law	5 June 2015	Milagros Castanon, Peru
Paragraph for human rights and international law in ICANN's BYLAWS final (word / pdf)	5 June 2015	Peru
Peru text, Singapore ICANN 53 (word / pdf)	5 June 2015	Peru
Terms of Reference revision v2 (word / pdf)	5 June 2015	Peru
Working Group on Human Rights Issues (word / pdf)	5 June 2015	Peru
Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: Practical Recommendations for ICANN (word/ pdf)	May 2015	Jorge Cancio, Switzerland

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