In each of the three Programs of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, multistakeholder Contact Groups with over 100 Members have been established to implement the Ottawa Roadmap and its Work Plans. These were adopted by stakeholders at the 2nd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network on February 24-26, 2018, in Ottawa, Canada. The Conference gathered over 200 senior level stakeholders from more than 40 countries, and was organized in partnership with the Government of Canada, and institutionally supported by the OECD, the European Commission, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and ICANN.
The Contact Groups are tasked to develop proposals for policy standards and operational solutions
The Contact Groups are tasked to develop proposals for policy standards and operational solutions based on the Work Plans adopted in Ottawa for the Data & Jurisdiction, Content & Jurisdiction and Domains & Jurisdiction Programs of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network. They are comprised of key actors from all five continents from governments, Internet companies, technical operators, civil society, leading universities and international organizations. With the full support of the I&J Secretariat, their work will make a significant contribution to enhancing legal interoperability and reducing jurisdictional tensions in cyberspace.
Members
• Data & Jurisdiction Contact Group
• Content & Jurisdiction Contact Group
• Domains & Jurisdiction Contact Group
In Ottawa, stakeholders made a strong call for joint action and policy coherence: in each of the three Programs of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, they defined, for the first time, actionable Work Plans with common objectives and structuring questions that serve as mandate for the newly created Contact Groups. The reconciliation of the three objectives of fighting abuses, protecting and promoting human rights, and enabling the development of the global digital economy is the guiding principle of their work
Their work will make a significant contribution to enhancing legal interoperability and reducing jurisdictional tensions in cyberspace.
Read the Ottawa Roadmap
• Data Workplan (cross-border access to e-evidence)
• Content Workplan (cross-border content restrictions)
• Domains Workplan (cross-border domains suspensions).
The results of the Contact Groups’ work will serve as basis for discussions at the 3rd Global Conference of the Internet & Jurisdiction Policy Network, which will take place on June 3-5, 2019 in Berlin and is organized in partnership with the Government of Germany.
Coordinators
Each Contact Group is facilitated by a neutral Coordinator. They have been appointed by the Secretariat for their outstanding expertise and standing in the community, and serve in their personal capacity. Learn more about them here.
Data & Jurisdiction
Robert Young Legal Counsel Canada, Department of Global Affairs
Content & Jurisdiction
Professor Wolfgang Schulz Director Hans-Bredow Institute
Domains & Jurisdiction
Maarten Bottermann, Director of GNKS Consult and Director, ICANN Board
Building on the methodology of the intersessional work between the 1st and 2nd Global Conferences, the new Contact Groups are comprised of senior-level stakeholders from around the world. All members, even if designated officially to represent their entities, serve, in the global public interest, in their personal capacity on the Contact Groups.
Coordinator
Robert Young
Legal Counsel
Canada, Department of Global Affairs
Members
Sunil Abraham
Executive Director
Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
Waiswa Abudu Sallam
Head Legal Affairs
Uganda, Communications Commission
Karen Audcent
Senior Counsel and Team Leader
Canada, Ministry of Justice
Kerry-Ann Barrett
Cyber Security Policy Specialist
Organization of American States (OAS)
Cathrin Bauer-Bulst
Deputy Head of Unit, Fight Against Cybercrime
European Commission, DG HOME
Eduardo Bertoni
Director
Argentina, National Access to Public Information Agency
Joseph Cannataci
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy
United Nations
Jennifer Daskal
Associate Professor
American University Washington College of Law
Fernanda Domingos
Federal Prosecutor
Brazil, Federal Prosecution Service
Brendan Eiffe
Head, Irish Central Authority for Mutual Legal Assistance
Ireland, Department of Justice and Equality
Thomas Fitschen
Director, Cyber Foreign Policy and Cyber Security
Germany, Federal Foreign Office
Sharon Bradford Franklin
Director, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Policy
New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute
Eric Freyssinet
Chief Digital Strategy Officer
France, Gendarmerie Nationale
Hartmut Glaser
Executive Secretary
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)
Nicole Gregory
Head, Data and Online Harms Policy
United Kingdom, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Jane Horvath
Senior Director, Global Privacy
Apple
Gail Kent
Global Public Lead on Law Enforcement and Surveillance
Facebook
May-Ann Lim
Executive Director
Asia Cloud Computing Organization
Drew Mitnick
Policy Counsel
Access Now
Vivek Narayanadas
Data Protection Officer and Associate General Counsel
Shopify
Greg Nojeim
Senior Counsel and Director, Freedom, Security and Technology Project
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Barrack Otieno
General Manager
African Top-Level Domains Organization (AfTLD)
Marc Porret
Senior Legal Officer
United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UNCTED)
Katitza Rodriguez
International Rights Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Alberto Rodriguez Alvarez
Advisor to the National Digital Strategy
Mexico, Office of the President
Alexander Seger
Executive Secretary, Cybercrime and Convention Committee and Head of Cybercrime Division
Council of Europe
Acadia Senese
Senior Counsel
Google
Bernard Shen
Assistant General Counsel
Microsoft
Christoph Steck
Director, Public Policy and Internet
Telefonica
Dan Suter
Director
iJust
Dan Svantesson
Co-Director,
Bond University, Centre for Commercial Law
Peter Swire
Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business
Chris Wilson
Senior Manager, Public Policy (Internet Governance)
Amazon Web Services
Herbert Gustav Yankson
Director of Cybercrime, Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
Ghana, Police Service
Moctar Yedaly
Head, Information Society Division
African Union Commission
Coordinator
Wolfgang Schulz
Director
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
Members
Chinmayi Arun
Assistant Professor of Law and Executive Director
National Law University Delhi, Centre for Communication Governance
Susan Benesch
Project Director
Dangerous Speech Project
Guy Berger
Director, Freedom of Expression and Media Development
UNESCO
Ellen Blackler
Vice President, Global Public Policy
The Walt Disney Company
Agnes Callamard
Director
Columbia University, Global Freedom of Expression Project
Maria Paz Canales
Executive Director
Derechos Digitales
Mark Carvell
Head of International Online Policy
United Kingdom, Department for Culture Media and Sport
Alexander Corbeil
Senior Research Analyst
Canada, Department of Public Safety
Jacques de Werra
Professor and Vice Rector
University of Geneva
Agustina Del Campo
Director
University of Palermo, Centre for Studies on Freedom of Expression (CELE)
Harlem Desir
Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE
Elena Dodonova
Administrator, Media and Internet Division
Council of Europe
Anriette Esterhuysen
Senior Advisor on Internet Governance
Association for Progressive Communications
Miriam Estrin
Public Policy Manager
Google
Raquel Gatto
Regional Policy Advisor
Internet Society (ISOC)
Daniel Holznagel
Legal Officer
Germany, Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
Raman Jit Singh Chima
Asia Policy Director and Senior International Counsel
Access Now
David Kaye
Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
United Nations
Edison Lanza
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Organization of American States (OAS)
Emma Llanso
Director, Free Expression Project
Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT)
Rebecca MacKinnon
Director, Ranking Digital Rights
New America Foundation
Katherine Maher
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
Giacomo Mazzone
Head of Institutional Relations and Members Relations
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Corynne McSherry
Legal Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Paul Nemitz
Principal Advisor
European Commission, DG JUST
Juan Ortiz-Freuler
Policy Fellow
World Wide Web Foundation
Elena Perotti
Executive Director, Public Affairs and Media Policy
WAN-IFRA
Nick Pickles
Senior Strategist, Public Policy
Twitter
Jason Pielemeier
Policy Director
Global Network Initiative (GNI)
Thomas Schneider
Vice-Director
Switzerland, Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
Bernard Shen
Assistant General Counsel
Microsoft
Carlos Affonso Souza
Director
Institute for Technology and Society (ITS Rio)
Christoph Steck
Director, Public Policy and Internet
Telefonica
Peter Stern
Policy Manager, Stakeholder Engagement
Facebook
Coordinator
Maarten Botterman
Director, GNKS Consult and Board Director,
ICANN
Members
Benedict Addis
Chair
Registrar of Last Resort (RoLR)
Fiona Alexander
Associate Administrator
United States, Department of Commerce NTIA
Tijani Ben Jemaa
Executive Director
Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (MFIA)
James Bladel
Vice President of Policy
GoDaddy
Jordan Carter
Chief Executive
InternetNZ
Mishi Choudhary
Legal Director
Software Freedom Law Centre
Brian Cimbolic
Vice President and General Counsel
Public Interest Registry
Keith Drazek
Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations
VeriSign
Heather Dryden
Senior Advisor
Canada, Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Rita Forsi
Director General, Superior Institute for Communications and Information Technology
Italy, Ministry of Economic Development
Jothan Frakes
Executive Director
Domain Name Association (DNA)
Grace Githaiga
Co-Convenor
Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET)
Hartmut Glaser
Executive Secretary
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br)
Rahul Gosain
Director, IRSME
India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Rudolf Gridl
Head of Division, Internet Governance
Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Rob Hall
CEO
Momentous
Byron Holland
President and CEO
Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA)
Will Hudson
Senior Advisor for International Policy
Google
Manal Ismail
Executive Director, International Technical Coordination
Egypt, National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Konstantinos Komaitis
Senior Director, Strategy and Policy Development
Internet Society (ISOC)
Marilia Maciel
Digital Policy Senior Researcher
Diplo Foundation
Desiree Miloshevic
Senior Advisor, International Affairs and Public Policy
Afilias
Paul Mitchell
Senior Director, Technology Policy
Microsoft
Cristina Monti
Policy Officer, International Data Flows and Protection
European Commission, DG JUST
Michele Neylon
CEO
Blacknight Internet Solutions
Seun Ojedeji
Chief Network Engineer
Federal University of Oye-Ekiti
Crystal Ondo
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Donuts
Rod Rasmussen
Principal
R2 Cyber
Bryan Schilling
Consumer Safeguards Director
ICANN
Jorg Schweiger
CEO
DENIC
Geo Van Langenhove
Legal Manager & Data Protection Officer
European Registry of Internet Domain Names (EURid)
Peter Van Roste
General Manager
Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR)
Chris Wilson
Senior Manager, Public Policy (Internet Governance)
Amazon Web Services
