[IGFmaglist] FW: Proposed Themes

Wed Apr 6 06:48:16 EDT 2016

I believe that realizing human rights is the essential first step to
building just societies. When people are empowered to pursue their own
destinies and have a voice in shaping solutions to problems they
experience, they are better equipped to overcome poverty, live with dignity
and transform the lives of others.

“Millions of people are suffering enormously at the hands of states, while
governments are shamelessly painting the protection of human rights as a
threat to security, law and order or national ‘values.' There is an
insidious and creeping trend undermining human rights which has come from
governments deliberately attacking, under funding or neglecting
institutions that have been set up to help protect our rights.

“Not only are our rights under threat, so are the laws and the system that
protect them. More than 70 years of hard work and human progress lies at
risk,” The United Nations’ human rights bodies, the International Criminal
Court, and regional mechanisms such as the Council of Europe and the Inter
American Human Rights system, are being undermined by governments
attempting to evade oversight of their domestic records.

As I speak Amnesty international has stated in their 2015 – 2016 report that
  governments are  broken international law in their national contexts:
more than 98 states tortured or otherwise ill-treated people and 30 or more
illegally forced people to do things against their will where they would be
in danger. In at least 18 countries, war crimes or other violations of the
“laws of war” were committed by governments or armed groups.

Amnesty International has warn of a worrying trend among governments
increasingly targeting and attacking activists, lawyers and others who work
to defend human rights and we are not excluded from this

“Instead of recognizing the crucial role these people play in society, many
governments have deliberately set out to strangle criticism in their
country. They broken their own laws in their crackdowns against citizens,”

In this case, to bring together the human right communities to the forum,
we should consider HUMAN RIGHT as one of the sub-theme.

Cheers,

*WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
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On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Amelia Andersdotter <amelia at andersdotter.cc
> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would like the extend my support to the inclusion of "human rights" in
> the over-all theme.
>
> This is in line with ongoing work at the United Nations in the digital
> field, and it is a critical debate all over the world at this time.
>
> Human rights are likely to gain ground as an influencer of policy and
> the economy in the upcoming years, and it feels appropriate that the IGF
> makes an early move to contribute to that discussion.
>
> best regards,
>
> Amelia
>
> On 04/06/16 12:29, Dr. Rasha Abdulla wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Apologies, I think I just posted this to the wrong thread:) I'm
> re-posting
> > it here to make the thread easier to follow.
> > ----------------------------------
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I support Hossam's suggestion. If I may add to it, I suggest the
> following:
> > "Internet Governance & Inclusive Growth: Connecting the Next Billion and
> > Protecting Online Freedoms".
> > I think we need to pay special attention to the worldwide deterioration
> of
> > online freedoms. Connecting the next billion loses so much value if we
> > cannot protect their freedoms and the freedoms of the more than 3.5
> billion
> > already online.
> >
> > Best regards.
> > Rasha
> >
> > Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor and Past Chair
> > Journalism and Mass Communication
> > The American University in Cairo
> > www.rashaabdulla.com
> > Twitter: @RashaAbdulla
> > <http://twitter.com/rashaabdulla>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro <
> raquino at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> As for the effect of a continuum for the IGF themes and crucial
> >> inclusion of human rights in the theme, I would like to reinforce:
> >>
> >> IGF & SDGs: Towards human rights, social, economic, and political
> >> inclusion.
> >>
> >> This theme is multidimensional and also points out important paths
> >> where subthemes can be built upon.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Hossam Elgamal
> >> <hossam.el-gamal at gnsegroup.com> wrote:
> >>> With regards to the overarching theme may I suggest a minor tuning to
> my
> >>> previous suggestion learning from Juan to read:
> >>>
> >>> "Internet for Inclusive Growth"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> All developing countries are currently extremely concerned with
> >>> inclusiveness and fair distribution of welfare. The Internet is a great
> >>> enabler of inclusive growth, on social, economic and political paths.
> >>>
> >>> It is through such inclusiveness that we would be able to move forward
> >>> toward achieving the SDGs.
> >>>
> >>> Inclusiveness is an objective while digital transformation and bridging
> >>> digital divide are tools and thus it is very important to have our
> >> objective
> >>> in sight and this would certainly be of great attraction for developing
> >>> countries decision makers and all stakeholders.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thank you very much;
> >>> Hossam
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 6, 2016, at 9:07 AM, Chengetai Masango <cmasango at unog.ch>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dear All,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Please find attached a listings of the main themes for the past IGF’s
> and
> >>> some suggestions received for this year
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Best regards
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Chengetai
> >>>
> >>> <IGF Titles_Overarching Themesv1.pptx>
> >>> <IGF Titles_Overarching Themesv1.docx>
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