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-'''Charter / Terms of Reference'''
+The '''cross-community working party (CCWP) on ICANN and Human Rights''' is focused on mapping and understanding the issues and potential solutions related to the corporate and social responsibilities of ICANN. It is not limited to policies, procedures or operations, it particularly focuses on ICANN's responsibility to respect human rights. It builds on a long-term community engagement on this topic, further catalyzed with the publication of the paper 'ICANN's procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values', as commissioned by the Council of Europe, and after sessions held in London, Los Angeles and Singapore. It seeks to improve ICANN's measures to respect human rights in accordance with article 4 of ICANN's articles of incorporation and and have established a program for corporate social responsibility.
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-'''Cross Community Working Party'''
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-'''ICANN's Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights'''
-This is the charter for the working party which has been established at [[ICANN 52]] in Singapore and continued it's work during [[ICANN 53 - Buenos Aires]]. Please find the link to the mailinglist and relevant documents on the [https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53772653 website]
+The charter for the working party was established at [[ICANN 52]] in Singapore and continued its work during [[ICANN 53 - Buenos Aires]]. Please find the link to the mailinglist and relevant documents on the [https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53772653 website]
-==Background==
-This cross community working party (CCWP) seeks to map and understand the issues and potential solutions related to corporate and social responsibilities of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and this related, but not limited to policies, procedures and operations, it particularly focuses on ICANNs responsibility to respect human rights. It builds on a long term community engagement on this topic, further catalyzed with the publication of the paper 'ICANN's procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values', as commissioned by the Council of Europe, and after sessions held in London, Los Angeles and Singapore. It seeks to improve ICANN's measures to respect human rights in accordance with article 4 of ICANN's articles of incorporation and and have established a programme for corporate social responsibility.
 ==Objective==
-The CCWP on ICANNs Corporate  and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights  would have the purpose to raise awareness, provide information, facilitate dialogue and make suggestions to ICANN the corporation and the ICANN community on ways to better harmonize ICANN’s policies and procedures with internationally recognized human rights and corporate social responsibility standards, such as UN Guiding Principles on Business and HUman Rights, the UN Global Compact, and the European Commission and International Human Rights and Business guidelines on implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights for the ICT Sector. This specifically in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The working party will focus on issues related to human rights that are directly impacted by ICANN policy decisions, procedures and operations.
+The CCWP on ICANN's Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights seeks to raise awareness, provide information, facilitate dialogue and make suggestions to [[ICANN Organization]] and [[ICANN Community]] on ways to better harmonize ICANN’s policies and procedures with internationally recognized human rights and corporate social responsibility standards, such as UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the UN Global Compact, and the European Commission and International Human Rights and Business guidelines on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights for the ICT Sector, in the context of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The working party focuses on issues related to human rights that are directly impacted by ICANN policy decisions, procedures and operations.
 ==Responsibilities and scope of work==
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 (vii) To carry out further discussions about the pertinence and timing for the creation of a cross-community working group on this issue.
-The membership of the CCWP on ICANNs Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights is proposed to include members representing the diversity of the ICANN community. The Working Party will serve as a focal point for the CSR discussion, knowledge dissemination and communication about the impact of ICANN's policies and procedures on corporate and social responsibility, specifically related to Human Rights. Its activities will be conducted in an open and fully transparent manner.
+The membership of the CCWP on ICANN's Corporate and Social Responsibility to Respect Human Rights is proposed to include members representing the diversity of the ICANN community. The Working Party will serve as a focal point for the CSR discussion, knowledge dissemination and communication about the impact of ICANN's policies and procedures on corporate and social responsibility, specifically related to Human Rights. Its activities will be conducted in an open and fully transparent manner.
 [[Category:Cross-Community Working Parties]]