[At-Large] ICANN75: Selecting Malaysia and inclusiveness

Sun Jul 31 14:12:20 UTC 2022

Interesting point made by Hank on the fact ICANN selected Malaysia.  The
selection process for ICANN meetings clearly needs to be assessed.  This is
also a country with anti-homosexual policies   See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Malaysia

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On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 03:03, Hank Nussbacher via At-Large <
at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

> On 22/07/2022 20:35, Roberto Gaetano via At-Large wrote:
>
> I think you should all be grateful that you can attend ICANN 75.  To
> quote from:
> https://www.icann.org/diversity-en
> "To live up to this responsibility, ICANN is committed to promoting
> greater diversity and supporting broad, inclusive participation in its
> processes."
>
> The upcoming ICANN 75 meeting takes place in Kuala Lumpur .  Quoting
> from the Wikipedia page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Malaysia_relations
> "Malaysian passports bear the inscription: "This passport is valid for
> all countries except Israel". Israeli passport holders are forbidden to
> enter Malaysia without written permission from the Malaysian Ministry of
> Home Affairs."
>
> One can of course claim that travel restrictions have been eased
> recently as per:
> https://visalist.io/malaysia/visa-requirements/israel
> which requires 9 documents and an appearance at the Malaysian embassy -
> closest of which is in Jordan.
>
> How does ICANN live up to its commitment to "inclusiveness" if it
> selects a country that forbids the participation of Israel (or makes it
> close to impossible to get a visa)?
>
> Regards,
> Hank Nussbacher
>
> Caveat: The views expressed above are solely my own and do not express
> the views or opinions of my employer
>
> > Hi Bill
> >
> > Not radical, but with some imaginative clauses that sound weird to the
> > ears of somebody that is not a lawyer and does not live in a country
> > that is particularly inclined to solve matters in courts.
> >
> > Here is an example that, if taken seriously, would oblige me to ask
> > some questions:
> >
> >     /This Liability Waiver and Release is specifically binding upon my
> >     heirs and assigns and is knowingly given./
> >
> >
> > Do I need to ask my (hopefully future) heirs to also sign the waiver?
> > And if they don’t want, or even produce an official document, signed
> > in the hands of a notary or other official authority, that they
> > specifically do not acknowledge the obligation of being obliged to
> > comply with this clause - maybe saying that they formally recommended
> > that I take this trip, what would happen? How can ICANN enforce this
> > clause in my jurisdiction - actually, in the jurisdiction of my heirs
> > - in front of a formal statement of them prior to the fact? And if I
> > attach this document of my heirs to my application, what would ICANN
> > do? Reject my registration because one of the clauses of the waiver is
> > not enforceable?
> >
> > This is one more reason for loving the ICANN community, never a dull
> > moment and a lot of fun :-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Roberto
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 22.07.2022, at 18:18, Bill Jouris via At-Large
> >> <at-large at atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> As such things go, this isn't a particularly radical waiver.  A bit
> >> wordier than average, but nothing novel in substance.
> >>
> >> Bill Jouris
> >>
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> >>     On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 8:20 AM, Marita Moll via At-Large
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