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Roy Balleste, is Law Library Director and Professor of Law at St. Thomas University, in Miami Gardens, Florida.[1] He completed his doctorate degree (J.S.D.) in Intercultural Human Rights (analyzing internet governance, including its history, actors, institutions and human rights considerations).
Professor Balleste has concentrated his scholarship in the areas of internet governance, human rights and the relationship between information, technology, and people. He teaches internet governance at St. Thomas University School of Law. In November 2007, he participated in the Second UN Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro. He also participated in the Fifth UN Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 2010. Before attending the meeting in Vilnius, Professor Balleste submitted a comment supporting the continuation of the IGF beyond its original five-year mandate.[2] Professor Balleste is a member of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)[3] where he served as secretary of the Steering Committee from December 2010 to December 2012.
ICANN Participation
Professor Balleste is a member of ICANN's Noncommercial Users Stakeholder Group (NCSG) and the Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC).[4] His primary focus is on GNSO issues that deal with the protection of the user. He is a member of the ‘Thick’ Whois Policy Development Process Working Group (November 2012- Present).[5] The Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (WG) was chartered to provide the Council of the Generic Names Supporting Organization with a policy recommendation regarding the use of 'thick' Whois by all gTLD Registries, both existing and future.
Education
J.S.D., Intercultural Human Rights (Internet Governance), St. Thomas University School of Law
LL.M., in Intercultural Human Rights, St. Thomas University School of Law
M.A. in Library Science., University of South Florida
J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law
B.A. in Political Science, Jacksonville University