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I also support Cedric's nomination.
Thanks Meryem.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 7:57
AM
Subject: [hr-wsis] Re: HR Caucus
nomination to IPG-MAG
Hi all,
Cedric, it's now too late to meet IGC nomcom
deadline. But it's not
too late for IGF direct nomination
deadline.
Please do send as soon as possible your comments on
Cedric's
candidacy. I support it.
If there is no objection by
April 17 evening, I would add Cedric's
candidacy to the list of
endorsements by the HR caucus to be sent
directly to the IGF
(shortening the bio a bit if needed).
Meryem
Le 13 avr. 06 à
00:36, Cedric Laurant a écrit :
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
Like Robin Gross, I have also nominated myself for consideration by
> the WSIS-Internet Governance Caucus as a candidate to the
IGF-MAG.
>
> I would gladly welcome an endorsement from the WSIS
Human Rights
> Caucus if appropriate.
>
> Thank you
for your consideration.
>
> - Name: Cédric Laurant
>
>
- Name of nominator: Cédric Laurant (self-nomination)
>
> -
Nationality: Belgian
>
> - Country of residence: United
States
>
> - Gender: Male
>
> - Short Bio relevant to
IG:
>
> Cédric Laurant is an attorney and international privacy
policy
> expert in Washington, District of Columbia, United
States. He is
> the Director of the International Privacy
Project, and Policy
> Counel since 2001, with the Electronic
Privacy Information Center.
> EPIC is a public interest
research center in Washington, D.C. that
> was established in
1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil
> liberties
issues and to protect privacy, freedom of _expression_ and
>
constitutional values. EPIC pursues a wide range of activities,
> including policy research, public education, conferences,
> litigation, publications, and advocacy. Cédric has advised
policy
> makers on international privacy issues and comparative
policy and
> legal aspects of privacy regimes in Europe, the
United States and
> Canada, Latin America, Africa and the Middle
East. He has
> testified before the U.S. Congress and the
European Parliament. He
> is actively participating to the
negotiation of the APEC Privacy
> Framework and its
implementation scheme. He is the main editor of
> "Privacy
and Human Rights" 2003, 2004 and 2005, EPIC's
> comprehensive
international survey of privacy laws and developments
> in the
world.
>
> Cédric has organized coalitions with several NGO's
around the world
> on issues of global significance for the right
to privacy. He
> coordinated EPIC's advocacy actions within
three international
> coalitions of consumer privacy and human
rights advocates around
> the world (the WSIS Civil Society Human
Rights Caucus, the Global
> Internet Liberties Campaign and the
Trans Atlantic Consumer
> Dialogue). He also organized
conferences on consumer protection
> and emerging international
privacy issues in Europe, Latin America
> and Africa. He is
a member of the Asia-Pacific Privacy Charter
> Council and the
International Working Group on Data Protection in
>
Telecommunications. Through EPIC, he is active within several
> organizations, including the Organization for Economic
Cooperation
> and Development (OECD) and the Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation
> (APEC).
>
> Cédric recently
chaired a parallel event at the Tunis Summit in
> November 2005
to discuss the importance of the right to privacy in
> the
development of the Information Society. He also spoke at the
>
September 2003 WSIS PrepCom meeting in Geneva to launch EPIC's
>
annual survey "Privacy and Human Rights." He has made several
> presentations on the implications for privacy of the WSIS and post-
> WSIS negotiations.
>
> Cédric holds a licence en droit
(law degree) from the University of
> Louvain (Belgium), a Master
of Laws from Columbia University School
> of Law (New York, US),
a European Master of Arts in Science,
> Technology and Society
(London), and a Diploma in Print and
> Broadcast Journalism
(Brussels). He is licensed to practice law in
> the
District of Columbia and is a member of the D.C. Bar. Cédric
> is a native French speaker, fluent in English and Spanish, and
> proficient in Dutch and Portuguese.
>
> - Why the
(self)nominee is a good choice for the MAG
>
> As an active member
of the WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus
> since 2002, and
willing to serve on the MAG, Cédric Laurant will be
> able to
help the IGF put into practice, in the information society
>
context, the interrelation and interdependence of all human rights,
> especially the right to privacy. Cédric Laurant has been
working
> to protect privacy at an international level since 1999
and has
> developed a thorough understanding of the key policy
and legal
> privacy issues in the online world and especially at
an
> international level. He has been an active participant
of both
> phases of the World Summit of the Information Society
(WSIS) and is
> a participant of the WSIS Human Rights
Caucus. His experience as a
> civil society observer at
several international fora where privacy
> and other human rights
topics have been discussed, and his legal
> background in both
European civil law and US common law, make him a
> particularly
good candidate to help deal with privacy and civil
> liberties
issues in the context of WSIS and in line with the WSIS
> Civil
Society Human Rights caucus recommendations.
>
>
>
Willingness to serve on MAG: Confirmed
>
> --
> Cedric
Laurant, Policy Counsel
> Director, International Privacy
Project
> Electronic Privacy Information Center
> 1718 Connecticut
Ave., N.W., Suite 200
> Washington, DC 20009 -
U.S.A.
> Tel: +1 (202) 483-1140 (x114)
> Fax: +1 (202)
483-1248
> <chlaurant@epic.org>
> - - - - -
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> epic.org - privacy.org -
thepublicvoice.org
> gilc.org -
observingsurveillance.org
>
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