Internet Governance Forum: “Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights”, Rome 27-09-2007
The Italian Government in the framework of the Internet Governance Forum process, and in cooperation with the UN and the IGF Secretariat, Italy will organize a “Dialogue Forum on Internet Rightsâ€, to be held in Rome on 27 September 2007.
The conference will be open to any interested stakeholder. Registration form as draft agenda are available on-line.
The organizers would like to encourage the submission of short written contributions that will then be summarized and introduced to the audience during the conference. Such contributions should focus on the two issues raised by the IGF Dynamic Coalition on the Internet Bill of Rights as working items for this year, and specifically:
- Which are the appropriate forms and instruments to implement and better define human rights and duties in the Internet environment?
- What areas and types of rights and duties, relevant to the Information Society, should be part of this work and of its results?
Contributions should be submitted by September 20 through the conference web site. The contributions, as well as the results of the conference, will also be used as preparatory material for the workshop that the Dynamic Coalition will hold at the second IGF in Rio de Janeiro.
The Government of Brazil will host in Rio de Janeiro on 12 – 15 November 2007 the second Internet Governance Forum meeting. The IGF website – run by the IGF Secretariat – supports the United Nations Secretary-General in carrying out the mandate from the World Summit on the Information Society with regard to convening a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue – namely the Internet Governance Forum.
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