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E/CN.16/2015/CRP.2/Add.1
17 April 2015

Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Eighteenth session
Geneva, 4-8 May 2015

Mapping of international Internet public policy
issues - ADDENDUM

DATABASE

This document is being reproduced without formal editing.

Number of
Actor/ Host/
issue in report Venue

Name/Description of Mechanism

Type of Mechanism Function
Mechanism

2

INFRASTRUCTURE AND STANDARDISATION CLUSTER

2.1.

Communications infrastructure
ITU

International Telecommunications Regulations (1988, 2012)

ITU

Radio Regulations (2007, 2012)

of Participation

WHO

Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
ITU-T Study Group 13: Future networks including cloud Process
Discuss
Members (governments)
computing, mobile and next-generation networks
sectoral members
ITU-T work program for International Internet Connectivity, Real- Process
Discuss
Members (governments)
time Protocol, Internet of Things, Cloud
sectoral members
GATS + Annex on Telecommunications
Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
Basic Agreement on Telecommunications
Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
Standards related to LAN, Wireless and broadband
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Members
(various)
binding)
observers
Mobile telephone standards and regulation
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Electromagnetic Project research
Programme - Research Discuss
Members (governments)

WHO

Model Legislation for Electromagnetic Field Protection

ICNIRP
ETSI

International guidelines for electromagnetic radiation (mobile Instrument - Other
telephony)
European telecommunication standards
Instrument - Standard

3GPP

Mobile Broadband Standard (5G)

Instrument - Standard

ECMA

Standards for information and communication systems

Instrument - Standard

ITU

ITU-D Smart Sustainable Development Model initiative

Process

OLD

ITU/UNESCO

Broadband Commission for Digital Development

Process

2.2.

Technical standards

ITU
ITU
WTO
WTO
IEEE
GSMA

ITU

Instrument - Other

ISO

ITU-T Study Group 13 Future networks including cloud Process
computing, mobile and next-generation networks
Work of ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology (e.g.. Instrument - Standard
Multimedia formats, smart cards, ICT security, programming
languages, character sets, etc.)
ISO/TC 215 - Electronic health records
Instrument - Standard

ISO

ISO/IEEE

ISO/IEEE Medical/Health Device Communication Standard

OLD

IETF

Request for comments (RFC) and best current practice (BCP): Instrument - Standard
RFC 2026 “The Internet Standards Process – Revision 3”

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

RFC 6810 “The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to
Router Protocol”
BCP 46 / RFC 3013 “Recommended Internet Service Provider
Security Services and Procedures”
BCP 61 / RFC 3365 “Strong Security Requirements for Internet
Engineering Task Force Standards Protocols”
BCP 98 / RFC 3427 “The Internet Assigned Number Authority
(IANA) Header Field Parameter Registry for the Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP)”
BCP 9 / Concatenation of RFC 2026, RFC 5657, RFC 6410,
RFC 7100, and RFC 712
BCP 99 / RFC 3427, RFC 5727, and RFC 3969 “The Internet
Assigned Number Authority (IANA) Uniform Resource Identifier
(URI) Parameter Registry for the Session Initiation Protocol
(SIP)”
BCP 106 / RFC 4086 “Randomness Requirements for Security”

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

Instrument - Standard

BCP 107 / RFC 4107 “Guidelines for Cryptographic Key Instrument - Standard
Management”
BCP 122 / RFC 4632 “Randomness Requirements for Security” Instrument - Standard

Discuss

Members (governments)

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Discuss

(legally non- Members
(various)
observers
(legally non- Members
(various)
observers
(legally non- Members
(various)
observers
(legally non- Members
(various)
observers
Members (governments)
sectoral members
Discuss
Members (diverse)

Discuss
Decide

Members (governments)
sectoral members
Members

Intersectoral
Approach

Ad hoc coordination

Coverage
Regional/Panregional/Global

Policy, capacity

Gap in the coverage of non-technical aspects in the standard setting. Insufficient data and
research on the impact of standardization on non-technical aspects of Internet public
policies. Gap in the participation of governments and stakeholders with non-technical
expertise in the development of standards.

+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Global
Structured coordination
across policy sectors
Structured coordination
across policy sectors
+ Structured coordination
across policy sectors
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Global
Global
Regional

+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)

Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Insufficient policies, guidelines, practises and capacity building to address the regulatory
border zone between Internet and telecommunications.

Exclusive
coverage Global
(trade)
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Policy,
implementation
Global

Ad hoc coordination

(legally non- Open - full participation

Possible Gap or Gap submitted to the Correspondence Group

Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
+ Ad hoc coordination
Global

Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
(legally non- Open - full participation

Type of Possible Gap

1

coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global

coverage Global

coverage Global
coverage Global

OLD

IETF

BCP 136 / RFC 5266 “Secure Connectivity and Mobility Using Instrument - Standard
Mobile IPv4 and IKEv2 Mobility and Multihoming (MOBIKE)”

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

RFC 3654 “Requirements for Separation of IP Control and
Forwarding”
RFC 3746 “Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES) Framework”
RFC 4655 “A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based
Architecture”
RFC 4657 “Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication
Protocol Generic Requirements”
RFC 5693 “Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO)
Problem Statement”
RFC 5810 “Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES) Protocol Specification”
RFC 5812 “Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES) Forwarding Element Model”
RFC 6690 “Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link
Format”
RFC 6707 “Content Distribution Network Interconnection (CDNI)
Problem Statement”
RFC 6708 “Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO)
Requirements”
RFC 6770 “Use Cases for Content Delivery Network
Interconnection”
RFC 6920 “Naming Things with Hashes”

OLD

IETF

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Discuss

Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

IETF

BCP 146 / RFC 5406 “Guidelines for Specifying the Use of
IPsec Version 2”
BCP 155 / RFC 5855 “Name servers for IPv4 and IPv6 Reverse
Zones”
BCP 173 / RFC 6484 “Certificate Policy (CP) for the Resource
Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)”
BCP 174 / RFC 6489 “Certification Authority (CA) Key Rollover
in the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)”
BCP 175 / RFC 6557 “Procedures for Maintaining the Time
Zone Database”
RFC 3746 “Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES) Framework”
RFC 4655 “A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based
Architecture”
RFC 4657 “Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication
Protocol Generic Requirements”
RFC 5693 “Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO)
Problem Statement”
RFC 5810 “Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES) Protocol Specification”
RFC 5812 “Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES) Forwarding Element Model”
RFC 6690 “Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link
Format”
RFC 6707 “Content Distribution Network Interconnection (CDNI)
Problem Statement”
RFC 6708 “Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO)
Requirements”
RFC 6770 “Use Cases for Content Delivery Network
Interconnection”
RFC 6920 “Naming Things with Hashes”

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

UNICODE
OLD

IETF
IAB

2.3.

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

RFC 5704 “Uncoordinated Protocol Development Considered Instrument - Standard
Harmful”
Emerging issues research: SDN, Cloud, Content distributed Process
related work, Segment Routing, Interface to the Routing System
and Service Function Chaining
UTC Standards
Instrument - Standard

(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
Open - full participation

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
IESG Publication 'Problem Statement: Overlays for Network Instrument - Other
Discuss
n/a
Virtualization"
Supervision and consultations
Process - Consultations Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a

n/a

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Policy, capacity

Web standards

W3C
HML

Open Web Platform standards for web design, applications and Instrument - Standard
architecture
HyperText Markup Language
Instrument - Standard

Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)

Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

2

coverage Global
coverage Global

Gaps in the coverage of non-technical aspects in the standard setting and in the participation
of governments and non-technical experts in the development of standards. Insufficient data
and research on the impact of standardization on non-technical aspects of Internet public
policies.

2.4.

Internet protocol numbers

ICANN
OLD

ICANN/PITA

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF
IETF
IETF
IETF
IETF

OLD
OLD

RFC 1518 'An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with CIDR
(September 1993)
RFC 4443 “Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification”
RFC 4449 “Securing Mobile IPv6 Route Optimization Using a
Static Shared Key”
RFC 4472 “Operational Considerations and Issues with IPv6
DNS”
RFC 4477 “Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP): IPv4
and IPv6 Dual-Stack Issues"
RFC 4659 “BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Extension for IPv6 VPN”
RFC 5157 “IPv6 Implications for Network Scanning”

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

RFC 6883 “IPv6 Guidance for Internet Content Providers and Instrument - Standard
Application Service Providers”
RFC 2050 - Guidelines for allocation of IP numbers
Instrument - Standard
RFC 6180: Guidelines for Using IPv6 Transition Mechanisms
during IPv6 Deployment
RFC 6589: Considerations for Transitioning Content to IPv6

Instrument - Standard

RFC 7059: A Comparison of IPv6-over-IPv4 Tunnel
Mechanisms
RFC 7381: Enterprise IPv6 Deployment Guidelines

Instrument - Standard

NROs - Number Distribution of IP numbers
Resource
Organisations
Transition to IPv6
(APNIC, RIPE
ITU
ITU IPTV IPv6 Global Testbed project
ITU

2.5.

Allocation of IP and AS numbers, protocol and parameter Process
numbers
Memorandum of understanding
Instrument

Instrument - Standard

Instrument - Standard
Process - Coordination

Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Implement

Open - full participation
Members (governments)
observers
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation

Process - Consultations Implement

Open - full participation

Programme - Capacity Implement
development
ITU BDT Capacity building activities and events dealing with Programme -Capacity Implement
technical, policy and development aspects of the adoption of development
IPv6

Open- full participation
Members (governments)
sectoral members

Coordination of the DNS system

ICANN

Government Advisory Committee (GAC)

ICANN
ICANN
ISO
OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

Process

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Process - Consultations Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (binding for Process
Implement
Open - full participation
registrars)
Applicant Guidebook and Registrar Accreditation Agreement Instrument - Other
Implement
Open - full participation
(2013)
ISO 3166-1 standard ‘Codes for the Representation of Names Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Members
of Countries and Their Subdivisions”
binding)
RFC 1034 'Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities' Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
(November, 1987)
binding)
RFC 1035 'Domain Names - Implementation and Specification' Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
(November, 1987)
binding)
RFC 1591 'Domain Name System Structure and Delegation, Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
Jon Postel' (March 1994)
binding)
RFC 4033 “DNS Security Introduction and Requirements”
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
RFC 3912 “WHOIS Protocol Specification”
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
RFC 6394 “Use Cases and Requirements for DNS-Based Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
Authentication of Named Entities (DANE)”
binding)
RFC 6698 “The DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
(DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol: TLSA”
binding)
BCP 16 / RFC 2182 “Selection and Operation of Secondary Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
DNS Servers”
binding)
BCP 17 / RFC 2219 “Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services” Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
BCP 32 / RFC 6761 and RFC 2606 “Reserved Top Level DNS Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
Names”
binding)
BCP 33 / RFC 3406 and RFC 2611 “URN Namespace Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
Definition Mechanisms”
binding)

Gap in the implementation of the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. Insufficient awareness, data
and research on the topic. Gap in terms of tension between diverging views on the
management of Internet protocol numbers.

Capacity, policy

Gap in the representation of stakeholder groups relevant to the subject matters. Gap in the
active participation of countries in GAC. Gap in terms of tension between diverging views
concerning the management of DNS.

Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
+ Ad hoc coordination
Regional
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive coverage
(technical)
Exclusive coverage
(technical)
Exclusive coverage
(technical)
Exclusive coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
+ Exclusive
coverage
(technical)

Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global

Domain name system

ICANN

Implementation,
policy

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Structured coordination Global
across policy sectors
Ad hoc coordination
Global
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

3

coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global

Instrument - Standard

IETF

BCP 35 / RFC 2717, RFC 2718, RFC 4395 “Guidelines and
Registration Procedures for New URI Schemes”
BCP 183 / RFC 6963 “A Uniform Resource Name (URN)
Namespace for Examples”
RFC 1737 “Functional Requirements for Uniform Resource
Names”
RFC 3061 “A URN Namespace of Object Identifiers”

OLD

IETF

RFC 6763 “DNS-Based Service Discovery”

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

RFC 6895 “Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations” Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

RFC 3061 “A URN Namespace of Object Identifiers”

OLD

LACTDL
ITU

Coordination
Process
ITU resolutions include ITU Resolution 101 (Rev. Guadalajara, Instrument - Resolution
2010); Resolution 102 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010), Resolution
133 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010); ITU Resolution 180
(Guadalajara, 2010); Resolution 63 (Rev. Dubai, 2014)

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

Instrument - Standard

2.6.

Root zone

OLD

ICANN

IANA function - administration of RFC 1591

Process

OLD

IETF

BCP 37 / RFC 2780, RFC 5237 “IANA Allocation Guidelines”

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

BCP 40 / RFC 2010, RFC 2870 “Root Name Server Instrument - Standard
Operational Requirements”
RFC 2870 “Root Name Server Operational Requirements”
Instrument - Standard

OLD

IANA

2.7.

Net neutrality

OLD
OLD

IGF
Council of
Europe
Council of
Europe
EU - BEREC

Dynamic coalition on net neutrality
Process
2010 Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Network Instrument - Other
Neutrality
Model Framework on Net Neutrality
Instrument - Other

IETF

Large-Scale Measurement of Broadband Performance working Process
group (performance measurement of broadband access)

ISOC

Net Neutrality Toolkit

OLD

2.8.

Root-zone management (TLD assignment of operators and Process
technical and administrative maintenance)

Net neutrality findings and guidance

Instrument - Other

Instrument - Other

(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
Members
(legally non- Members (governments)

Decide (legally
binding)
Decide (legally
binding)
Decide (legally
binding)
Decide (legally
binding)
Implement

non- Members
(various)
observers
non- Open - full participation
non- Open - full participation
non- Open - full participation

Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

+ Ad hoc coordination
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Regional
Global

ITU-T Focus Group on Cloud Computing (FG Cloud)

ITU-D Study Group 1 work on converging environment

Process

ITU

NGN (ITU-T Rec. Y.2001)

Instrument - Other

OLD

IETF

OLD

Council of
Europe
W3C
W3C

RFC 3550 “RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Instrument - Standard
Applications” (+ updates)
Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI) Process
Requirements for Home Networking Scenarios, TV Broadcast
Process
URI Schemes Requirements, Web Audio Processing: Use Process
Cases and Requirements

Insufficient data and research on traffic management practises and for example, their impact
on quality of service, competition, innovation, investments, and protection of human rights.
Gap in the evaluation of various regulatory approaches and their effects.

Policy, knowledge

Gap in regulation, including baseline regulation, in areas that are relevant to cloud
computing, insufficient intersectoral analysis of the interplay between cloud computing and
other Internet public policy issues.

Policy , knowledge

Gap in regulation to address convergence. Insufficient research and data on the impact of
convergence on other public policy issues.

coverage Global
coverage Global

Discuss
Open - full participation
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members + observers
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)
sectoral members
- Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (business)
Decide (legally non- Members (business)
binding)
Discuss
Members (diverse)
Discuss

Open - full participation

Discuss

Members

Discuss

Members

Discuss

Members (governments)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)
Discuss
Discuss

Knowledge, policy

coverage Global

+ Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)
Exclusive
(technical)

Global
Global
Global
Global
Regional

coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global

Convergence
ITU

Gap in terms of tension between diverging views concerning the management of root zone.

n/a

Process - Consultations Discuss

Recommendation ITU-T X.1600 “Security framework for cloud Instrument
computing”
Recommendation
Process
The Open
Groupa Cloud Computing Work Group
Boundaryless Information
Flow™
Instrument - Other
Cloud Security Alliance best practices
CSA
European
European Cloud Partnership
Process
Commission
IETF
System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) Process
development
IEEE
IEEE Cloud Computing Initiative, IEEE Adaptive Management Process
for
IEEE
Cloud Computing (AMCC) Study Group
Process
ITU

Policy
Global

Cloud computing

ITU

2.9.

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Discuss
Decide
binding)

Members
Members

+ Ad hoc coordination
+ Exclusive
(technical)

Global

coverage Global

Full
intersectoral Global
coverage
Ad hoc coordination
Global
Ad hoc coordination
Global

4

ITU
2.10.

ITU Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2013, on competition Instrument - Other
policy, liberalization, privatization and regulations

Process
Process

Discuss
Discuss

ITU

ITU-T Global Standards Initiative on Internet of Things (IoT-GSI) Process

Discuss

ITU

ITU-T Study Group 11 Protocols and test specifications work on
IoT and ITU -T Study Group 17 Security
ITU-T
Recommendations
for
tag-based
identification
Recommendation ITU-T X.1255 – Framework for discovery of
identity management information
Standards related to 802.15.4, 6LoWPAN, RPL, COAP (IEEE
802.15.4)

ITU

IEEE
3

SECURITY CLUSTER

3.1.

Cybersecurity

n/a

n/a

Process
Instrument
Recommendation
Instrument - Standard

Open - full participation
Open - full participation

Members (governments)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
- Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Exclusive
(technical)

Ad hoc coordination

UN General
Assembly

Instrument - Resolution

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Instrument - Resolution

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Instrument - Other

Discuss

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Process
Process - Monitoring
Process - Coordination

Discuss
Discuss
Implement

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination
Global
n/a
Global
Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)

Instrument - Resolution

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

ITU

Creation of a global culture of cybersecurity, UNGA Res
57/239 (20 December 2002), Creation of a global culture of
cybersecurity and the protection of critical information
infrastructures, UNGA Res 58/199 (23 December 2003)
Creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and taking stock of
national efforts to protect critical information infrastructures ,
UNGA Res 64/211 (21 December 2009)
A group of Governmental Experts on Development in the Field
of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of
International Security (Report, June 2013)
Global Cybersecurity Agenda
Global Cybersecurity Index
IMPACT (International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber
Threats) ITU capacity building initiative focused primarily on the
developing world
Resolution
50
on
Cybersecurity
of
the
World
Telecommunication Standardisation Assembly
Study Group 1 and 2 Question 3/2 – Securing information and
communication networks: Best practices for developing a
culture of cybersecurity
ITU-T Study Group 17 Security

ITU

X.509 certificate, information security management

ITU
OECD

Child Online Protection
Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems (1992)

+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Pan-regional

OECD

The OECD Working Group on Information Security and Privacy Process

OECD

OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information Systems and
Networks: Towards a Culture of Security (2002)
Cybersecurity Policy Making at a Turning Point: Analysing a
New Generation of National Cybersecurity Strategies for the
Internet Economy
Non-governmental Perspectives on a New Generation of
National Cybersecurity Strategies
JTC ISO/IEC 27001:2005, Information Security Management
System (ISMS)
ISO/IEC 27002; ISO 15408 “Common Criteria”

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Discuss
Open - full participation
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Decide (legally nonMembers (governments) +
binding)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments) +
observers

OLD

ITU
ITU
ITU

ITU
ITU

OECD

OECD
ISO
ISO
IEC
IEC

Process

Process

Process
Instrument

Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other

Instrument - Other

Discuss

Instrument - Standard

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)

Instrument - Standard

JTC ISO/IEC 27001:2005, Information Security Management Instrument - Standard
System (ISMS)
ISO/IEC 27002; ISO 15408 “Common Criteria”
Instrument - Standard

Members (governments) +
observers
(legally non- Members (governments)
observers
(legally non- Members (governments)
observers
(legally non- Members
(various)
observers
(legally non- Members
(various)
observers

Implementation,
policy

Gap in effective coordination of international response to cybersecurity incidents (in
particular law enforcement and security agencies). Lack of common and widely accepted
definition of key cybersecurity concepts.

coverage Global

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

UN General
Assembly

Gap in creating a regulatory environment that meets concerns such as those of privacy, data
protection and security. Insufficient data and research concerning, for example, the impact of
IoT on human rights, consumer protection and competition policy.

+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
+ Ad hoc coordination
Global

Developments
in
the
field
of
information
and Instrument - Resolution
telecommunications in the context of international security
UNGA Res 53/70 (4 December 1998), 54/49 (1 December
1999), 55/28 (20 November 2000), 56/19 (29 November 2001),
57/53 (22 November 2002), 58/32 (8 December 2003), 59/61 (3
December 2004), 60/45 (8 December 2005), 61/54 (6
December 2006), 62/17 (5 December 2007), 63/37 (2
December 2008), 64/25 (2 December 2009), 65/41 (8
December 2010), 66/24 (2 December 2011), 67/27 (3
December 2012);

OLD

Policy, knowledge

Global
Global

UN General
Assembly

UN General
Assembly

OLD

n/a

The Internet of things (IoT)

IGF
Dynamic coalition on IoT
Kantara Initiative Discussion on digital identity

OLD

Discuss

Global

Global

+ Structured coordination Pan-regional
across policy sectors
Ad hoc coordination
Pan-regional
Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

5

OLD

Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
African Union
ASEAN
ASEAN
ASEAN
APEC

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Proposal: International Code of Conduct for Information Security Instrument - Other
(2009)

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Members (governments)

Exclusive
coverage Regional
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Regional
Ad hoc coordination
Regional

Convention on the Confidence and Security in Cyberspace Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally
(signed; to be ratified in 2014)
binding)
Statement on Cooperation in Ensuring Cyber Security’ (2012)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Asean Network Security Action Council (promotion among Process
Discuss
CERT)
Internet Traffic Monitoring Data Sharing (TSUBAME project)
Process
Discuss
Shanghai Declaration with Program of Action & Statement on Instrument - Other
Decide (legally nonthe Security of Information and Communications Infrastructure
binding)

Members (governments)
Members (governments)

APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group

Process

Discuss

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

APEC

APEC-OECD 2013 Symposium on security risk management in
Internet economy
OIC-CERT
Cybersecurity collaboration for OIC members
The Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to Cyber
Security (2004)
Reporting and coordination of EU’s activities on cybersecurity
Security of the DNS system

Process

Discuss

IEEE (Institute
of Electrical
Electronic
Engineers)
IETF

Technical security standards through the IEEE Standards Instrument - Standard
Association

Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments)
observers
Implement
Open with limitations
Discuss
Members (governments)
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Implement
Members
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members
(various)
binding)
observers

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Regional
Regional
Regional

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Regional
Global

Work on standards for strengthening the Internet against Instrument - Standard
pervasive surveillance and interception of private communication

ISACA

ISACA Standards

ISACA

ISACA guidance for Best Practice in Information Security and IT Instrument - Other
Audit (2009)
Certification of cybersecurity auditors
Instrument - Other

OLD
OLD
OLD

ENISA
ICANN

ISACA
WEF
WITSA
FIRST
CSIRT
FOSI

OLD

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

APEC

OIC
OIC
OAS

OLD

Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of International Instrument - Other
Information Security

INHOPE
ICSPA

Process
Process
Instrument - Other
Process - Coordination
Process

Instrument - Standard

Cybersecurity Research, private/public partnerships and risk Process
modelling
Policy coordination
Process
International Coordination of CERT activities
Reporting and dissemination of information on cybersecurity
incidents.
Global Resource and Information Directory Monitors, tracks and
provides commentary on the efforts of countries around the
world to make the Internet safer for their citizens.
Support to a network of 46 Internet hotlines in 40 countries
International Cyber Security Protection Alliance

+ Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Exclusive
(technical)

coverage Global

Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Discuss
Members

Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Structured coordination
across policy sectors
Structured coordination
across policy sectors
Ad hoc coordination
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)

Discuss

Members

Process
Process - Monitoring

Implement
Implement

Members
Members

Process

Discuss

Members

Process
Process

Discuss
Discuss

Members
Members

Discuss

Members

OLD

CERT
Coordination of CERT activities
Coordination
Center
(CERT/CC)
Carnegie Mellon Research project

Process - Coordination

Programme - Research Discuss

n/a

OLD

Oxford
University
RIPD
Stanford
University
BIS

Programme - Research Discuss

n/a

OLD

3.2.

Global Cybersecurity Centre: Research and Training

Red Iberoamericana de Proteccion de Datos
Stanford Draft International Convention to Enhance Protection Instrument - Other
from Cyber Crime and Terrorism
CMPI Report on Cyber resilience in financial market Instrument - Other
infrastructures (Nov 2014),

Discuss

n/a
n/a

Discuss

n/a

Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global
Global

Exclusive coverage
Global
Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)

Structured coordination Global
across policy sectors
Structured coordination Global
across policy sectors
Structured coordination Global
across policy sectors
n/a
n/a

Policy,
implementation,
knowledge

Cybercrime

UN General
Assembly

Combating the criminal misuse of information technologies: Instrument - Resolution
UNGA Res 55/63 (4 December 2000) and 56/121 (19
December 2001)

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

6

Global

Insufficient use of existing international instruments in cybercrime matters (for instance,
organized cybercrime convention). Difficulty of legislation to keep abreast of the
technological development. Gap in the harmonization of legislation. Insufficient institutional
and individual capabilities to combat cybercrime. Shortage of reliable statistics and data.

OLD

OLD
OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD

UN General
Assembly

Strengthening the United Nations Crime Prevention and Instrument - Resolution
Criminal Justice Programme, in particular, its technical
cooperation Capacity: UNGA Res 63/195 (18 December 2008),
64/179 (18 December 2009), and 65/232 (21 December 2011)

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

UN General
Assembly
UN General
Assembly

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
n/a

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Other

n/a

n/a

Instrument

Discuss

n/a

n/a

UNODC

Model Treaty on Mutual Assistance in Criminal matters: UNGA
Res 45/117 (14 December 1990)
Group of Governmental Experts on Development in the Field of
Information and Telecommunications in the Context of
International Security (Report, June 2013)
Report by an open-ended intergovernmental expert group
(UNODC)
UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime

UNODC

Capacity building programmes and technical cooperation

UNODC

Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Programme - Capacity Implement
development
Process
Discuss
Process - Monitoring
Discuss
Phenomena, Instrument - Other
Discuss

ITU
ITU
ITU

Global Cybersecurity Agenda
Global Cybersecurity Index
Publication: Understanding cybercrime Challenges and Legal Response
ITU
IMPACT (International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber
Threats) ITU capacity building initiative focused primarily on the
developing world
ITU
ITU/CARICOM/CTU Model Legislative Text on Cybercrime,
Crime and Electronic Evidence (2010)
ITU
ITU/Secretariat of the Pacific Community Model Law on
Cybercrime (2011)
ITU
Capacity building programmes & tech. Cooperation; HIPCAR,
HIPSSA and ICB4PAC projects
G8
24-7 High-tech Crime Point-of-Contact Networks
Commonwealth Model Laws on Computer and Computer-related Crime (2002)
and Electronic Evidence (2002)
Commonwealth Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Offences related to
of Independent Computer Information (2001)
States
Council of
Convention on Cybercrime (2001)
Europe
Council of
European Convention on Assistance in Criminal Matters (1959)
Europe
Council of
Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY)
Europe
Interpol
Cooperation among police from 190 states, Collecting evidence,
coordinating trans-border law-enforcement.
Shanghai
Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of International
Cooperation
Information Security
Organization
Shanghai
International Code of Conduct for Information Security (2009)
Cooperation
Organization
African Union
Convention on the Confidence and Security in Cyberspace
(signed; to be ratified in 2014)
African Union
African Child Online Protection (ACOP) Summit – Enabling
Safe Innovation
Arab League
Convention on Combating IT Offences (2010)
Arab League
ASEAN
ASEAN
ASEAN

OLD

APEC

OLD

APEC
APEC

Instrument - Resolution

n/a
(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation
Open - full participation
n/a

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
n/a

Global
Global
n/a

Open - full participation

Exclusive
(technical)

Process - Coordination

Implement

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Open - full participation

Instrument - Other

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)
Members

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Plurinational
Plurinational

Members

Exclusive coverage

Regional

(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Programme - Capacity Implement
development
Process
Implement
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Instrument - Other
Decide
(legally
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Process
Discuss
Process - Coordination

Implement

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Plurinational

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Plurinational

Instrument - Convention Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Process - Event
Discuss
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
Model Law on Combating Information Technology Offences Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
(2004)
binding)
Statement on Cooperation in Ensuring Cyber Security’ (2012)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Asean Network Security Action council (promotion among Process
Discuss
Members (governments)
CERT)
Internet Traffic Monitoring Data Sharing (TSUBAME project)
Process
Discuss
Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Shanghai Declaration, Program of Action & Statement on the Instrument - Other
Security of Information and Communications Infrastructure
APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group
Process

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)

Process

Discuss

OLD

ENISA

APEC-OECD 2013 Symposium on security risk management in
Internet economy
The Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to Cyber
Security (2004)
Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal
Matter (1992)
Reporting and coordination of EU’s activities on cybersecurity

OLD

Europol

Coordination

Process - Coordination

Discuss

Members (governments)

FIRST

International Coordination of CERT activities

Process - Coordination

Discuss

Members

OAS
OAS

coverage Global

Members (governments)

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
Process - Monitoring
Discuss
Members

Exclusive
coverage Regional
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage Regional
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Regional
Exclusive
coverage Regional
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Regional
Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Exclusive
coverage Regional
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage Regional
(security)
Ad hoc coordination
Regional

7

OLD

CSIRT

OLD
OLD

Anti-Phishing
Working Group

MAAWG
INHOPE-

Reporting and dissemination of information on cybersecurity
incidents.
eCrime event (annual)
Reporting on phishing
Global Resource and Information Directory Monitors, tracks and
provides commentary on the efforts of countries around the
world to make the Internet safer for their citizens.
Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group
Support to a network of 46 Internet hotlines in 40 countries

Stanford
University

Stanford Draft International Convention to Enhance Protection Instrument - Other
from Cyber Crime and Terrorism

FOSI

OLD

3.3.

ITU

OECD
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
African Union
ASEAN
ASEAN
ASEAN
APEC
OLD

Discuss

Members

Ad hoc coordination

Process

Discuss

Process

Discuss

Members
Members
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination
Global
Ad hoc coordination
Global
Full
intersectoral Global
coverage

Regional

Process
Process

Discuss
Implement

Open - full participation
Members

Discuss

Members

Ad hoc coordination
Global
Exclusive
coverage Plurinational
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Knowledge,
implementation,
policy

Critical Information infrastructure

IAEA
ITU
ITU
ITU

OLD

Process - Monitoring

APEC
APEC
OAS
ENISA
IEEE

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF
IETF

Critical Infrastructure cybersecurity coordination
Global Cybersecurity Agenda
Global Cybersecurity Index
IMPACT (International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber
Threats) ITU capacity building initiative focused primarily on the
developing world
Resolution 130 on Strengthening the role of ITU in building
confidence and security in the use of information and
communication technologies
OECD Council Recommendation on the protection of critical
information infrastructure (2008)
Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of International
Information Security

Process - Coordination
Process - Coordination
Process - Monitoring
Process

Discuss
Discuss
Discuss
Implement

Members (governments)
Open - full participation
Members (governments)
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Instrument - Resolution

Decide (legally nonbinding)

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

International Code of Conduct for Information Security (2009)

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Regional
regional

Instrument - Other

Convention on the Confidence and Security in Cyberspace Instrument - Convention Decide (legally
(signed; to be ratified in 2014)
binding)
Statement on Cooperation in Ensuring Cyber Security’ (2012)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally
binding)
Asean Network Security Action council (promotion among Process - Coordination Discuss
CERT)
Internet Traffic Monitoring Data Sharing (TSUBAME project)
Process - Coordination Discuss
Shanghai Declaration, Program of Action & Statement on the Instrument - Other
Decide (legally
Security of Information and Communications Infrastructure
binding)
APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group
Process
Discuss
APEC-OECD 2013 Symposium on security risk management in Process - Event
Discuss
Internet economy
The Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to Cyber Instrument - Other
Decide (legally
Security (2004)
binding)
Reporting and coordination of EU’s activities on cybersecurity
Process - Monitoring
Discuss
Cybersecurity standards for electric utility control systems
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
binding)
RFC 5246 “The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
Version 1.2”
binding)
RFC 5920 “Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
Networks”
binding)
RFC 5963 “IPv6 Deployment in Internet Exchange Points Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
(IXPs)”
binding)
RFC 6480 “An Infrastructure to Support Secure Internet Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
Routing”
binding)
RFC 6781 “DNSSEC Operational Practices, Version 2”
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
binding)
RFC 6941 “MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Security Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
Framework”
binding)
RFC 6454 “The Web Origin Concept”
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
binding)
RFC 6797 “HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)”
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
binding)
RFC 6518 “Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
(KARP) Design Guidelines”
binding)
RFC 6862 “Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
(KARP) Overview, Threats, and Requirements”
binding)
RFC 6545 “Real-time Inter-network Defense (RID)”
Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
binding)
RFC 6684 “Guidelines and Template for Defining Extensions to Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally
the Incident Object Description Exchange Format (IODEF)”
binding)
RFC 4949 Internet Security Glossary, Version 2
Instrument - Other
Discuss

Members
Members
non- Members (governments)

Global
Global
Global
Global

Members (governments)
Members (governments)
observers
non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination
+ Ad hoc coordination

Members
non- Members
(various)
observers
non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination
Regional
+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Ad hoc coordination

Regional
Plurilateral
Regional

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation

Exclusive coverage
(technical)

8

Insufficient research and awareness of the CII' s importance, starting from the strategic level
of governments. Lack of national focal points for the protection of CII in some countries.

IETF/W3C

OLD

International
Society for
Automation
FIRST
CSIRT
FOSI

OLD

INHOPE

OLD

Stanford
University
MLAT
Meridian
Conference and
Process

3.4.

UNIDIR
OSCE
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organization
NATO
Cooperative
Cyber Defence
Centre of
Excellence,
Tallinn
Stanford
University

3.5

UN
ITU
ITU
ITU

ITU

OLD

ITU
ITU
UNODC

OLD

Decide (legally non- Open for observers
binding)

Exclusive
(technical)

International Coordination of CERT activities

Process - Coordination

Discuss

Members

Reporting and dissemination of information on cybersecurity Process - Monitoring
incidents.
Global Resource and Information Directory Monitors, tracks and Process - Monitoring
provides commentary on the efforts of countries around the
world to make the Internet safer for their citizens.
Support to a network of 46 Internet hotlines in 40 countries
Process - Coordination

Discuss

Members

Discuss

Open - full participation

Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Implement

Members

Stanford Draft International Convention to Enhance Protection Instrument - Other
Discuss
from Cyber Crime and Terrorism
Mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Annual meeting on critical information infrastructure protection
Process - Event
Discuss

Open - full participation

Open - full participation
(legally Members
Members
observers

(various)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

coverage Global

Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Global
Exclusive
coverage
(legal)
+ Ad hoc coordination
Global

A group of Governmental Experts on Development in the Field
of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of
International Security (Report, June 2013)
Classification of Cyber conflict, warfare and weapons
OSCE Confidence-building measures to reduce the risks of
conflict steaming from the of ICT (2013)
Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of International
Information Security

Instrument - Other

Discuss

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other

Discuss
n/a
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

n/a
Ad hoc coordination

n/a
Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

International Code of Conduct for Information Security (2009)

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Instrument - Other

Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Instrument - Other
Warfare

Discuss

Members
observers

(governments)

Stanford Draft International Convention to Enhance Protection Instrument - Other
from Cyber Crime and Terrorism

Discuss

Open - full participation

+ Ad hoc coordination

OLD

Council of
Europe
UNICEF

OLD

OECD

OLD

OECD

OLD

Interpol
IKeepSafe
CIRCAMP (the
COSPOL
Internet Related
Child Abuse

Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the Sale of children, child Prostitution and Pornography
(2000)
Un Committee on the Right of the Child
Child Online Protection Initiative
Council Working Group on Online Protection
ITU Resolution 67 (Hyderabad, 2010) + 189 (Guadalajara,
2010) – Role of Telecommunication Development Sector in
child online protection
ITU Resolution 67 (rev Dubai, 2014) and Resolution 179 (rev
Busan, 2014) Role of Telecommunication Development Sector
in child online protection
Study Group 1, Questions 22-2

Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Process
Process - Coordination
Process
Instrument - Resolution

Discuss
Discuss
Discuss
Decide (legally nonbinding)

Instrument - Resolution

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Process

Discuss

ITU-T Joint Coordination Activity on Child Online Protection Process
Discuss
(JCA-COP)
Programme - Research Discuss
Study on online child abuse and exploitation
Convention on Cybercrime (2001)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Capacity building, research, awareness building
Process
Discuss
A report “The Protection of Children Online: Risks Faced by
Children Online and Policies to Protect Them”
Council Recommendation on the Protection of Children Online
(2012)
International Child Sexual Exploitation Database; Yellow Alert
system
Child online protection training and awareness
Aimed at combating borderless or multinational child
pornography crime in Europe

(legally Members (governments)

Members (governments)
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Members (governments)

Members (governments)
sectoral members
Members (governments)
sectoral members
Members (governments)
observers
(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global
Global
Global

Members
observers
n/a

(governments)

Instrument - Other

Discuss

Instrument - Other
Programme

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)

Programme - Training
Programme

Discuss
Discuss

Members
Open for observers
n/a

Ad hoc coordination

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination
+ Structured coordination Global
across policy sectors
Ad hoc coordination
Regional
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a

n/a

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Exclusive
coverage Global
(security)
Ad hoc coordination
Global
Full
intersectoral Regional
coverage
Ad hoc coordination

9

Policy, knowledge

Lack of commonly accepted definitions of concepts related to cyberconflict. Insufficient data
and research on the nature of cyberconflicts and their impact on other public policy issues.

Implementation,
capacity

Insufficient inclusion of concerned actors in international policy activities. Insufficient
intersectoral coordination in dealing with child safety online.

Plurilateral

Child safety online
UN

OLD
OLD
OLD
OLD

Discuss

Cyberconflict

UN General
Assembly

OLD

Workshop 'Strengthening the Internet Against Pervasive Process - Event
Monitoring'
ISA/IEC 62433: Defines procedures for implementing Instrument - Standard
electronically secure Industrial Automation and Control (IACS)

OLD
OLD

ECPAT
International
FCAP

Coordination of activities against child prostitution, pornographic
& trafficking of children for sexual purposes
Model legal framework, best practices of FCAP (Financial
Coalition Against Child Pornography
Global Resource and Information Directory (GRID)
Mobile Alliance Against Child Abuse Content: Cooperation and
information sharing
Center for Safe Internet Pharmacies (protect kids from
purchasing online pharmacies)
Partnership between law enforcement and industry
Photo DNA
Global Alliance Against Sexual Child Abuse
Best practices, coordination among stakeholders

Process - Coordination

Discuss

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Process

Discuss

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Programme
Process - Coordination

Implement
Discuss

Members
(various)
observers
Members
Open - full participation

OLD
OLD

FOSI
GSMA

OLD

CSIP

OLD
OLD
OLD
OLD

ThinkUknow
Microsoft

3.6

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

Programme

Discuss

Members

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Programme
Programme
Programme
Process - Coordination

Implement
Implement
Implement
Discuss

Members
n/a
n/a
Members
observers

Ad hoc coordination
n/a
n/a
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

Encryption

OLD

ITU

X.509 certificate for a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Virtual Global
Task Force

OECD

OECD Guidelines on Cryptography

Instrument
Recommendation
Instrument - Other

OLD

IEEE

IEEE Standard 802.11 (encryption and wireless networking)

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

RFC 3852 “Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)”

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

RFC 4107 “Guidelines for Cryptographic Key Management”
(Also BCP 107)
RFC 4108 “Using Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) to
Protect Firmware Packages”
RFC 4307 “Cryptographic Algorithms for Use in the Internet Key
Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2)”
RFC 4308 “Cryptographic Suites for IPsec”

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

RFC 6379 “Suite B Cryptographic Suites for IPsec”

OLD

IETF

RFC 6975 “Signaling Cryptographic Algorithm Understanding in Instrument - Standard
DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)”

3.7.

Spam

ITU
OLD

IETF

OLD

Anti-Phishing
Working Group
Spamhaus

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

RFC 6039 “Issues with Existing Cryptographic Protection Instrument - Standard
Methods for Routing Protocols”
RFC 6090 “Fundamental Elliptic Curve Cryptography Instrument - Standard
Algorithms”
RFC 6094 “Summary of Cryptographic Authentication Algorithm Instrument - Standard
Implementation Requirements for Routing Protocols”
Instrument - Standard

(legally non- Members (governments)
sectoral members
(legally non- Members (governments)
observers
(legally non- Members

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

ITU-T Study Group 17, on standardization in the areas of Process
cybersecurity, anti-spam, identity management
RFC 2635 “DON'T SPEW A Set of Guidelines for Mass Instrument - Standard
Unsolicited Mailings and Postings (spam*)”
Anti-spam initiatives
Process

Discuss

Members (governments)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Discuss
Open for observers

+ Ad hoc coordination

Spam abuse tracking and notification

(various)

Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
+ Ad hoc coordination
Global

(various)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Process - Monitoring

Discuss

Programme - Training

Discuss

CAUCE
(Coalition
Against
Unsolicited
Commercial
Email)
OECD

Advocate legislation against SPAM

Process

Discuss

OECD Ministerial Declaration on electronic authentication

Instrument - Other

OECD

Guidelines on Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic
Commerce (1999)
OECD Task Force on Spam

Instrument - Other

OECD Anti-Spam Toolkit of Recommended Policies and
Measures
Dialogue and workshops on spam
London Action Plan - anti-spam initiative
Seoul-Melbourne Memorandum of Understanding (anti-spam)

Instrument - Other

UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments) +
observers
Discuss
Members (governments) +
observers
Discuss
Members (governments) +
observers
Discuss
Open - full participation
Discuss
Open - full participation
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

OECD
ISOC
LAP
SeoulMelbourne
UNCITRAL

Global

Ad hoc coordination

MAPS (Mail
Collaboration and training of ISPs
Abuse Detection
System)

OECD

OLD
OLD
OLD

Instrument - Standard

- Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)

(various)

Regional

Process - Coordination

Process
Process
Instrument - Other

Members
observers
Members
observers

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global
Bilateral

Ad hoc coordination

Global

10

Policy

Insufficient consideration of human rights aspect in encryption standardization and policy
processes. Gap in balancing security and human rights aspects.

Policy,
implementation,
knowledge

Gaps in the legislation, its effective enforcement and cooperation across borders. Insufficient
data on spam and its costs and consequences.

ISOC
3.8

Spam Project for Developing Countries

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

OECD Ministerial Declaration on electronic authentication

Instrument - Other

UNCITRAL

UNCITRAL Mode Law on Electronic Signatures

Instrument - Other

HUMAN RIGHTS CLUSTER
Freedom of expression

UN Human
Rights Council

UN Human
Rights Council
and UN
OHCHR
UN Special
Rapporteur
UN Human
Rights Council
UNESCO

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Instrument - Other

Dynamic Coalition on Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Process
the Media on the Internet Meeting
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the Process
right to freedom of opinion and expression
Report on state surveillance and freedom of expression (April Instrument - Other
2013) by UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and
Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Protection of Freedom Instrument - Resolution
of Expression on the Internet (A/HRC/20/L.13)
UNESCO Resolution 52 on Internet relates issues
Instrument - Resolution

UNESCO

International
Programme
for
the
Development
of
Communications
UNESCO
Freedom of Connection – Freedom of Expression: The
Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet”
(2011)
Council of
Action Plan aimed at implementing Article of the European
Europe
Convention on Human Rights (freedom of expression and
information)
European Court Judgement Ahmet Yildirim v Turkey (18 December 2012)
of Human
Rights
African Union
Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa
(2002)
OSCE
Special Representative on Freedom of the Media

Programme

OAS

Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression

Process

APC

APC Internet Rights Charter

Instrument - Other

GNI

Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy

Instrument - Other

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Open - full participation
Discuss

Members
observers

Discuss

n/a

(governments)

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Implement
Members (governments)
observers
Discuss
n/a

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a

n/a

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a

n/a

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Other

Decide
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (civil society)
binding)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (civil society)
binding)
observers

Process

(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Privacy and data protection
UN Human
Rights Council
UN

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Instrument - Other

UNGA

UN Guidelines for the regulation of computerized personal data Instrument - Other
files (14 December 1990)
UN Resolution on Privacy in the Digital Age (2014)
Instrument - Resolution

UNESCO

Global survey on Internet privacy and freedom of expression

UN Human
Rights Council

Resolution which appoints a new UN Special Rapporteur on Instrument - Resolution
“The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age” which appoints a new
UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Privacy.
Report on online privacy
Instrument - Other

UN Human
Rights Council
and UN
OHCHR
ITU

Process - Monitoring

Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Discuss

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a

n/a

Members (governments)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss

n/a

Instrument - Other

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Other

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

ISO/IEC

Guideline for management of personally identifiable information
for telecommunication organizations
Guideline on anonymous authentication for e-commerce
services
Regional capacity building projects on Harmonisation of ICT
Policies, Legislation and Regulation for the Caribbean (HIPCAR)
and Sub-Saharan Africa (HIPPSA) and Pacific region
(ICB3PAC)
ISO/IEC 29100 Privacy Framework

ISO/IEC

ISO/IEC 29101 Privacy Architecture Framework

Instrument - Other

OECD

Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Data Instrument - Other
Flow of Personal Data (1980; revised in 2013)

ITU
ITU

OLD

Open - full participation

Digital signatures

4.1.

4.2.

Implement

OECD

4

OLD

Programme - Capacity
development

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Programme - Capacity Implement
Members (governments)
development
observers

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

11

Policy

Gap concerning the global compatibility and interoperability of legislative approaches.

Policy, knowledge

Gap in policies in terms of balancing between rights and their limitations, insufficient
consideration, data and research of freedom of expression in other Internet public policy
contexts.

Policy, knowledge

Gap in addressing online privacy and data protection in an intersectoral way in other Internet
public policy contexts. Gap in data and research on the topic.

OLD

OECD

OLD

OECD

OLD
OLD

OLD

The Declaration on Transborder Data Flows (1985)

Instrument - Other

Ministerial Declaration on the Protection of Privacy on Global Instrument - Other
Networks (1998)
OECD
Recommendation on Cross-Border Co-operation in the Instrument - Other
Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy (2007)
Conference on Madrid Resolution: International Standard on the Protection of Instrument - Standard
Data Protection Personal Data and Privacy (adopted in 2009 at the International
and Privacy
Conference on Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners)
International
Conference on
Data Protection
and Privacy
Council of
Europe
Council of
Europe
Council of
Europe

Resolutions

Instrument - Resolution

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)

(legally non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

(legally non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

(legally non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

(legally non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Members (governments) +
observers
(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Members (civil society)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments) +
observers
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Regional
Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide (legally nonbinding)

Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Instrument - Convention Decide
Automatic Processing of Personal Data (1981)
binding)
Modernisation of Resolution 108
Process - Monitoring
Discuss

OLD

OSCE

Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Instrument - Convention Decide
Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal
binding)
Data (2001)
Special Representative on Freedom of the Media
Process
Discuss

OLD
OLD

APEC
APEC

APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System
Process
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Privacy Framework (2004_ Instrument - Other

APEC-EU

Common Referential on the APEC CBPR system and the EU
BCRs
APC Internet Rights Charter

Instrument - Other

APC
OLD

IETF

RFC 6973 ‘Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols’

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

OLD

RFC 6280 “An Architecture for Location and Location Privacy in
Internet Applications”
IETF
RFC 6772 “Geolocation Policy: A Document Format for
Expressing Privacy Preferences for Location Information”
IETF
RFC 6973 “Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols” (In
final approval process for BCP) draft-farrell-perpass-attack-05
“Pervasive Monitoring is an Attack”
W3C
Guidance for Web standards - Privacy Interest Group
European Court Digital Rights Ireland Case
of Justice
European Court ECJ judgement in the case of Google (Spain and Inc.) v.
of Justice
Spanish Data Protection Authority and M.C. Gonzales
European Court ECJ judgement on the EU Data Retention Directive
of Justice
OAS
Pact of San Jose - The American Convention on Human Rights
(1978)
Intern-American Monitoring application of Pact of San Jose
Commission on
Human Rights
Inter-American Court cases
Court of Human
rights
African Union
African Commission on Human and People's Rights

OLD

African Union

OLD
OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD

Convention on the Confidence and Security in Cyberspace
(signed; to be ratified in 2014)
European Union Article 29 Working Party on Data Protection
GSMA
Privacy Design Guidelines for Mobile Application Development
by GSM Association (2012)
ISTPA
International Security, Trust & Privacy Alliance: Privacy
Principles
Kantara Initiative Discussion on digital identity

OLD

OASIS

OLD

ICC

OLD

4.3.

OLD

Instrument - Other

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

Members (governments) +
observers

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Other
Discuss
Instrument - Judgement Implement

Members
Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Implementation

Instrument - Judgement Implement

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Instrument - Judgement Implement

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Process - Monitoring
Discuss

(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Instrument - Other

(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Regional
Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide
binding)

Members
observers

(governments)

Process

Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Instrument - Convention Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Process
Discuss
Members
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Process
Discuss
Open - full participation

OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) Instrument - Standard
standard
International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for Process
the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Discuss
Members (business)

Ad hoc coordination

Policy,
implementation,
knowledge

Rights of people with disabilities and the Internet

UN Human
Rights Council
IGF

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Instrument - Other

Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility and Disability (DCAD)

Process - Event

United Nations

United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Process
Disabilities (CRPD)

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Open - full participation
Decide
binding)

(legally Members
observers

(governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Full
intersectoral Global
coverage
+ Ad hoc coordination
Global

12

Gap in the policies and in the implementation of measures to increase online accessibility.
Insufficient data and research on the accessibility needs of people with disabilities.

WIPO

Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Instrument - Convention Decide
Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print
binding)

UNESCO

UNESCO

UNESCO and G3ict developed a World Report on ‘Opening Instrument - Other
New Avenue for Empowerment’ (support for implementation of
the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP)
Programme

UNESCO

IFAP IFLA Manifesto for libraries serving persons with a print
disability
Instrument - other

ITU

ITU Accessibility Guidelines

Instrument - Other

ITU

ITU Resolution 80 (rev Dubai, 2012) Telecommunication/ICT
accessibility for persons with disabilities
ITU-T Study Group 16 Multimedia (accessibility for people with
disabilities); Study Group – encourage ‘universal design’ and
increase accessibility and usability.
The Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
The Program of Action for the Decade of the Americas for the
Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (PAD).
APC Internet Rights Charter

Instrument - Resolution

ITU

OAS
OAS
APC
WWW
ISOC

Process

(legally Members (governments)

Discuss

Ad hoc coordination

Members
observers

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Implement

Members
observers

(governments)

+

Discuss

Open - full participation

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Discuss
Members (governments)
sectoral members

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Global
Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Instrument - Standard
Decide (legally non- Members
Notes ver 4.0 (2010)
binding)
Disability and Special Needs Chapter
Instrument - Other
Discuss
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
+ n/a

Global
Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
+ n/a

Global
Global
Global

4.4.

Women's rights online
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Instrument - Other

OLD

UN Human
Rights Council
IGF
UN

Dynamic Coalition on Gender and Internet Governance
UN Commission on the Status of Women

Process - Event
Process

OLD

UN

UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW)
UN Women 2015 Commission on the Status of Women (at
Beijing +20)
UN Women Watch
Coordination
Framework for action, activities and contacts, statements,
resources

Process

Gender Equality Action Plan 2014-2011

Instrument - Other

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Gender eLAC2015WG

Process

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

UN

OLD

OLD

UN
UNWomen
UN Human
Rights Council
and UN
OHCHR
UNESCO
UN ECLAC
Council of
Europe
APEC
OAS
OAS
APC
APC

Policy,
implementation

Process
Process - Monitoring
Process - Coordination
Process

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Open - full participation
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
discuss
Members (governments)
observers
discuss
Members (governments)
observers
discuss
Open - full participation
Discuss
Members (governments)
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally Members (governments)
violence against women and domestic violence
binding)
APEC Ministers Statement on advancing gender equality
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Inter-American Commission of Women
Process
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Organisation of Women of the Americas
Process
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Global Information Society Watch 2013 - Women's rights, Process - Monitoring
Discuss
Open - full participation
gender and ICTs
APC Internet Rights Charter
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

4.5

Other human rights

OLD

UN

OLD

UN Human
Rights Council
UN

OLD

UN

OLD

UN

OLD

UN

OLD

UN

OLD

UN

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Process
(CERD)
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Instrument - Other
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders

Process

UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the
right to freedom of opinion and expression.
A Working Group on the issues of human rights and
transnational corporations and other business enterprises
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Process
Process

Process
Process
Process

Ad hoc coordination

regional

n/a

regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

regional

+
Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Members (governments)
observers
(legally non- Members (governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Members
observers
(legally non- Members
observers
(legally non- Members
observers

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)

13

Insufficient addressing of online aspects of gender equality at policy level. Insufficient
coordination among various initiatives.

OLD

Council of
Europe
OAS

Venice Commission

Process

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Process

APC

APC Internet Rights Charter

Instrument - Other

Reed Elsevier

Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative

Process

Internet Rights
and Principles
Coalition
UNESCO

The IRPC Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Instrument - Other
Internet

Resolution on Internet related issues: including access to
Instrument - Resolution
information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy and
ethical dimensions of the information society
Internet Rights & IRPC Ten Internet Rights and Principles
Instrument - Other
Principles
Coalition
5

LEGAL CLUSTER

5.1.

Jurisdiction

HCCH

Conventions dealing with international private law issues

UNCITRAL

OLD

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International
Sale of Goods
European Union The Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual
Obligations
CITEL
Expert consultations
American Law Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and
Institute
Judgements in Intellectual Property in Transnational Disputes
(2007)
European Max Principles on Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property - European
Planck Group
Max Planck Group on Conflicts of Laws in Intellectual Property
(2011)
European Court eDate case
of Justice
Princeton
Princeton Principles on Universal Jurisdiction (2001)
University

5.2.

Arbitration

OLD

UNCITRAL

Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments) +
observers

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide (legally nonbinding)

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

(legally Members (governments)

Exclusive
(legal)
Exclusive
(legal)

(legally Members (governments)

Implementation,
policy

Gap in ensuring efficient and cost-effective jurisdictional approaches. Gap in addressing
tensions that rise from the cross-border nature of the Internet and jurisdictions that are
mostly national.

Knowledge, policy

Insufficient research on the applicability of traditional arbitration to Internet public policy
issues and vice versa.

Policy, capacity

Gap in ensuring appropriate balance between the protection of authors' rights and the public
interests. Insufficient coverage of non-IPR aspect in the protection of copyright.

Global

coverage Global
coverage Regional

Members (experts)
Members (experts)

Instrument - Judgement Implement

Members (governments)

Instrument - Other

Open - full participation

Instrument - Other

Discuss

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide
(legally Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (diverse)
binding)

Decide
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)

(legally Members (governments)

OLD

WIPO

WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement

Process

OLD

WIPO

OLD

WIPO

Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Programme - Capacity Implement
development

OLD

WTO

OLD

OECD

OLD

UN ECLAC

WIPO Treaties on Copyright and the Performances and
Phonograms (1996)
Technical assistance and capacity building: “Emerging Issues in
Copyright and Related Rights for Developing Countries and
Countries with Economies in Transition.”
WTO Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property (TRIPS)
Activities in the field of copyright and other intellectual property
rights
eLAC 2015WG (Digital content)

Process

Discuss

OLD

ITU

ITU Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); ITU Patent Roundtable; Process
ITU TSB Director’s Ad Hoc IPR Group

Discuss

Members (governments)
observers
Open - full participation

OLD

Alianza contra
Piratería de
Televisión Paga
Alianza contra
Piratería de
Televisión Paga
APEC

Aim at combating piracy and enforcing IP rights

n/a

n/a

Initiate court actions; Provide training for public officials and n/a
authorities on IPR in Latin America
Intellectual Property Rights Expert Group (IPEG)

Discuss

Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Process
Discuss

Process

Ad hoc coordination

Ad hoc coordination

Members (governments)
observers
(legally Members (governments)
Members
observers

(governments)

(legally Members (governments)
Members (governments)

Global

Global

Exclusive
coverage Global
(legal)
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Ad hoc coordination

(legally Members (governments)

Copyright

OLD

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Decide (legally nonbinding)

5.3.

OLD

+ Ad hoc coordination

Members (experts)

The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement Instrument - Convention
of Foreign Arbitral Awards
ICANN + WIPO Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP),
Process
+ Other UDRP
Arbitrations
HCCH
Conventions dealing with international private law issues
Instrument - Convention
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards (the "New York Convention")

Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments)
observers
Members (civil society)
observers
Members
(various)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members
(various)
binding)
observers

Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Process - Coordination Discuss

UN

UNCITRAL

Decide
(legally
binding)
Decide
(legally
binding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Discuss

Global
Global

+ Exclusive
coverage Global
(legal)
Exclusive
coverage Global
(legal)
+ Ad hoc coordination
Global

Exclusive
coverage Global
(trade)
Ad hoc coordination
Pan-regional
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a

n/a

Regional

n/a

n/a

n/a

Regional

Discuss

Members
observers

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

14

Regional

OLD

OLD

APEC

APEC Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Initiative (2005)

Process

Discuss

APEC

Training activities

Programme - Training

Implement

Center for Safe
Internet
Pharmacies
Credit Card
Voluntary Best
Practices for
Infringing Sites
Transatlantic
Economic
Council (TEC)
Interpol

Provide a forum for sharing relevant information about illegal n/a
Internet pharmacies

n/a

Members
observers
Members
observers
n/a

Voluntary best practice to withdraw payment services for sites Process
selling counterfeit and pirated goods.

Discuss

Members (business)

Exclusive
(economic)

IPR Working Group

Discuss

Members (diverse)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Interpol International Crime Investigator’s college (IIPCIC) – Process
training programs to support international efforts to prevent,
detect, investigate and prosecute transnational organized IP
crime. Discuss
Annual International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference
Process - Event

Discuss

Members
observers

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Discuss

Global

Implement

Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Operation Pangea (June 2013): focused on online sales of
counterfeited medicines shutting down 13,700 website
trafficking counterfeited medicine.
Policy coordination
RFC 3905 “A Template for IETF Patent Disclosures and
Licensing Declarations”.
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Interpol

Process

OLD

Interpol

OLD

Europol
IETF

OLD

ACTA

OLD
OLD

CAS
FTA

OLD

G8

OLD
OLD

CAS

Copyright Alert System
Principles of User Generated Content Services

Process - Monitoring
Instrument - Other

OLD
OLD

SNB-React

Training in copyright
Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) - IPR Working Group

Programme - Training
Process

US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT)
US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
IETF Trust
Copyright Alert System

Process
Process
Process
Process

OLD
OLD
OLD
OLD
5.4.

IETF
CAS

Process

Process - Coordination
Instrument - Standard

Implement
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally
binding)
Copyright Alert System
Process - Monitoring
Implement
Free trade agreements: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Instrument - Convention
Partnership (TTIP) + Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
(TPP)
Deauville Summit Declaration (May 2011)
Instrument - Other

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

n/a

Members (governments)
Open - full participation

n/a

coverage Global

Ad hoc coordination
Regional
Full
intersectoral Global
coverage

Members (governments)
Members
Members (governments)

Members (governments)
observers
Implement
Members
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Implement
Members
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments)
Discuss
Members (governments)
Open - full participation
Implement
Members

+

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+

Knowledge, policy

Trademark

WIPO
WIPO

WIPO

WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement
Process
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Instrument - Convention
Marks
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Instrument - Convention
Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of
Marks
Trademark Law Treaty
Instrument - Convention

WIPO

Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol

WIPO

Discuss
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)

Decide
binding)
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
WIPO
Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
WIPO
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Article Instrument - Convention Decide
6ter of this Convention covers State Emblems, Names,
binding)
Abbreviations and Emblems of International Intergovernmental
Organizations]
WIPO
Technical assistance and capacity building: “Emerging Issues in Programme - Capacity Implement
Copyright and Related Rights for Developing Countries and development
Countries with Economies in Transition.”
WTO
WTO Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Instrument - Convention Decide
Property (TRIPS)
binding)
ITU
ITU TSB Director’s Ad Hoc IPR Group
Process
Discuss
ITU Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); ITU Patent Roundtable;
ITU TSB Director’s Ad Hoc IPR Group
Alianza contra Aim at combating piracy and enforcing IP rights
Process
Discuss
Piratería
de
Televisión Paga
APEC
Intellectual Property Rights Expert Group (IPEG)
Process
Discuss
APEC

APEC Anti-Counterfeiting and Piracy Initiative (2005)

Process - Coordination

Discuss

Members (governments)
(legally Members (governments)
(legally Members (governments)

(legally Members (governments)
(legally Members (governments)
(legally Members (governments)
(legally Members (governments)

Members
observers

(governments)

(legally Members (governments)

Exclusive
(legal)
Exclusive
(legal)

coverage Global

Exclusive
(legal)
Exclusive
(legal)
Exclusive
(legal)
Exclusive
(legal)

coverage Global

coverage Global

coverage Global
coverage Global
coverage Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Open - full participation

Exclusive
coverage Global
(legal)
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Members
observers
Members
observers

Global

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

15

Insufficient research and mechanisms for dealing with competing claims which involve trade
marks and other important international names.

APEC

OLD

Training activities

ICANN + WIPO Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP),
+ Other UDRP
Arbitrations
ICANN
Trademark Clearing House
5.5.

Process - Coordination

Fair Labor
Association
UN ELAC
EICC

World Development Report: Life at Work in the Information Instrument - Other
Economy (2001)
Code of Conduct
Instrument - Other
Telework eLAC2015 WG
Process - Coordination
Code of Conduct regard labour rights, environmental impacts Instrument - Other
and ethics in the electronics manufacturing context

5.6.

Intermediaries

OLD

OECD

OLD

Process

Members
observers

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Discuss

Regional
?

Discuss

Members
(various)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (diverse)
binding)

+ Full
intersectoral Global
coverage
Ad hoc coordination
Global

Discuss

Members (diverse)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Discuss

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide (legally non- Members
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)
Decide (legally non- Members
binding)

OECD

Role of intermediary is covered by one of OECD’s 14 basic Instrument - Other
principles for Internet policymaking
Principles for Internet Policy Making (2011)
Instrument - Other

WIPO

Discussion on role of intermediaries in the context of trademark

ITU

Regional capacity building projects on Harmonisation of ICT Programme - Capacity Implement
Policies, Legislation and Regulation for the Caribbean (HIPCAR) development
and Sub-Saharan Africa (HIPPSA) and Pacific region
(ICB3PAC)
ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR)
Process - Coordination Discuss

ITU

European Court Court Case of Delfi vs. Estonia (10 October 2013)
of Justice

Process

Instrument - Other

6

ECONOMIC CLUSTER

6.1.

E-Commerce

OLD

OECD

OECD’s Committee on Digital Economy Policy

OECD

OECD High Level Meeting on the Internet Economy: Generating Process - Event
Innovation and Growth (2011)
Seoul Declaration
Instrument - Other

OLD

Implement

Labour law
ILO

OLD

Programme - Training

Center for Safe Provide a forum for sharing relevant information about illegal Process
Internet
Internet pharmacies
Pharmacies
ICANN
The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory services
Process

OECD
OECD

Process

OLD

WTO

Guidelines on Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic
Commerce (1999)
Recommendation on Consumer Dispute Resolution and
Redress (1999)
Information Economy Report (2005, 2006, 2007-2008,
2009,2010, 2012, 2013, 2015
Guidelines for Protecting Consumers from Fraudulent and
Deceptive Commercial Practices across Borders (2003)
The declaration on global electronic commerce (1998)

OLD

WTO

WTO Work Programme for Electronic Commerce

WTO

USA/Antigua Online Gambling case (WTO dispute resolution)

OLD

WTO

OLD

APEC

OLD

ITU

OLD

UNCTAD

OLD
OLD
OLD

Other
Other
CEPAL

Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Process
Competition Policy (WGTCP)
APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) - Process
Paperless Trading Initiative
X.500 certificate
Instrument
Recommendation
Support for developing countries
Programme - Capacity
development
UN DESA
Process
UN ECE
Process
Action Plan ELAC2015WG
Process

OECD
UNCTAD
OECD

UNCITRAL

Instrument - Other
Instrument - Resolution
Instrument - Other

Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Discuss

Implement

Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments) +
observers
Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments)
observers

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments)

Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
observers
Discuss
n/a

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Discuss

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Discuss

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Instrument - Other

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Process
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Instrument - Judgement Implement
Members (governments)

Model Law on Electronic Commerce and the United Nations Instrument - Other
Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in
International Contracts

+ Ad hoc coordination

Discuss

Members (governments)

Discuss

Members (governments)

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Implement
Members (governments)
Discuss
Discuss
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)

n/a

n/a

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Exclusive
coverage
(trade)
Exclusive
coverage
(trade)
Exclusive
coverage
(trade)
Exclusive
coverage
(trade)
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global
Global
Global
Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)
Members (governments)
Members + observers

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

16

Knowledge

Insufficient data and research on the impact of Internet on labour-related public policy
issues.

Knowledge, policy

Lack of data and research on the role of intermediaries in dealing with international Internet
public policy issues. Insufficient harmonization of laws and regulation concerning the role of
intermediaries.

Policy

Gaps in legislation that is relevant to enhancing trust in online transactions. Gaps in the
international compatibility and interoperability of existing legislation relevant to e-commerce.

6.2.

E-Money and virtual currencies

BIS
GSMA
ECB

The Basel Committee E-Banking Group.
GSMA's global Mobile Money for the Unbanked initiative
European Central Bank Report on characteristics of virtual
currencies
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) prepared a discussion
paper on virtual currency (February 2013)
Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI)

Process
Process
Instrument - Other

Discuss
Discuss
Discuss

Process
Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other

BIS

Report: Non-banks in retail payment (September 2014)
Report: Innovation in retail payment (May 2012)
Survey of developments in electronic money and internet and
mobile payments (March 2004)
Survey of electronic money developments (November 2001)

BIS

Survey of electronic money (August 1996)

Instrument - Other

FATF
BIS
BIS
BIS
BIS

6.3.

Instrument - Other

Members (governments)
Members (business)
Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global
Global

Discuss

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Decide
binding)
Discuss
Discuss
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)

(legally non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a
n/a
(legally non- Members (governments)

n/a
n/a
Ad hoc coordination

n/a
n/a
Global

(legally non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

(legally non- Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Consumer protection

United Nations

The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection

Instrument - Other

OLD

OECD

OECD Guidelines for Protecting from Fraudulent and Deceptive Instrument - Other
Commercial Practices Across Borders (2003)
OECD Consumer Policy Committee
Process

OLD

UN ECLAC

eLAC 2015WG (Consumer protection)

Process

OLD

ITU

Instrument - Other

OLD

ITU

ITU Report on Regulation and consumer protection in a
converging environment (2013)
ITU-D Study Group 1 work on consumer protection in
converging environment and its Questions
APEC Voluntary Consumer protection Guidelines for the Online
Environment
Awareness building, policy coordination, research

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Discuss
n/a

Council of
Europe
OECD

Human Rights Guidelines for Online Games Providers

Instrument - Other

Process

Discuss

Instrument - Other

Discuss

APEC
OLD

Consumer
International
IPCEN

Asia Pacific
Consumer and
Competition
Facility
ICANN
6.4.

Coordination, capacity building, awareness building

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

n/a
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Process

Discuss

Members
observers

(various)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Consumer protection in dealing with the core internet resources Process

Discuss

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ottawa Taxation Framework Conditions

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Instrument - Other

Insufficient data and research on the impact of e-money and virtual currencies on Internet
public policy issues, in particular related to e-commerce, taxation and consumer protection.
Lack of mechanisms that could coordinate policy approaches to e-money and virtual
currencies.

Policy, capacity

Insufficient harmonization of relevant legislation and coordination among policy initiatives
and processes. Lack of representation of consumer interests (in particular from developing
countries) in international bodies dealing with relevant Internet public policy issues.

Knowledge, policy

Insufficient data and research on taxation on the Internet. Lack of mechanisms where best
practices could be shared and policy coordination could be ensured.

Implementation,
policy

Gap in the implementation of measures to increase access. Weaknesses in monitoring and
measurement of access. Insufficient coordination and intersectoral approach which would
take into account all policy perspectives.

n/a

Members (governments)
sectoral members
Members (governments)
observers
Members
(various)
observers
Members + observers

Taxation
OECD

6.5.

Programme - Capacity Implement
development
Best practice, awareness building and coordination by IPCEN Process - Coordination Discuss
(International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network)

Ad hoc coordination

Knowledge, policy

Other mechanisms related to economic activities, including competition policy, liberalization, privatization and regulations
UN ECLAC

Technological waste eLAC2015

Process

Discuss

OLD
OLD

ITU
ITU

ITU Global Regulators-Industry Dialogue (GRID)
ITU Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR)

Process
Process - Event

Discuss
Discuss

OLD
OLD

ITU
ITU

ITU ICT Regulation Toolkit
ICT Regulatory Decisions Clearinghouse (ICTDec)

Instrument - Other
Process - Coordination

Implement
Discuss

7

DEVELOPMENT CLUSTER

7.1.

Access

OLD

WSIS

Geneva Plan of Action

Instrument

Decide

OLD

ITU/UNESCO
OAS

Broadband Commission for Digital Development
Global Broadband and Innovations Programme

Process
Process

Discuss
Discuss

Members (governments)
observers
Open - full participation
Members (governments)
sectoral members
Open - full participation
Members (governments)
sectoral members

Members (governments)
observers
Members (diverse)
Members (governments)
observers

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

Ad hoc coordination
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

+ Structured coordination Global
Ad hoc coordination
+ Ad hoc coordination

17

Global
Global

OLD

Internet Society Cooperation with African Union on developing IXP
Process
ITU
ITU-T Study Group 2 Operational aspects, Study Group 15 Process
Networks, Technologies and Infrastructures for Transport,
Access and Home, and Study Group 16 Multimedia
ITU
Resolution 70 (Rev. Dubai, 2012)
Instrument - Resolution

OLD

ITU

World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC)

OLD

ITU/UNESCO
ITU

OLD

Process - Event

Implement
Discuss

Members (various)
Members (governments)
sectoral members

Ad hoc coordination
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Discuss
Members (governments) +
sectoral members
Discuss
Members (diverse)
Members (governments) +
sectoral members
Members (governments) +
sectoral members
Discuss
Members (governments) +
sectoral members

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Discuss

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

(governments)

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

OLD

UN ECLAC

Broadband Commission for Digital Development
Process
Intersector Rapporteur Group on Audiovisual Media Accessibility
(IRG-AVA)
Joint Coordination Activity on Accessibility and Human Factors
(JCA-AHF0
ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 2/1 Broadband Access Process
technologies, including IMT, for developing countries and
Question 5/1 Telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote
areas
Access and infrastructure eLAC2015 WG
Process

OLD

UNESCO

Awareness building and training

Process

Implement

OLD

UNGIS

Instrument

Discuss

OLD

IETF

Instrument - Standard

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

OLD

IETF

UNGIS Joint Statement on the Post-2015 Development
Agenda. UN Secretary General’s report on the MDG’s and post2015 goals. ‘A Life of Dignity for All’ (centrality of science and
technology, including ICTs).
RFC 5012 ‘Requirements for Emergency Context Resolution
with Internet Technologies’
RFC 5069 ‘Security Threats and Requirements for Emergency
Call marking and Mapping”
RFC 6881 “Best Current Practice for Communications Services
in Support of Emergency Calling”
RFC 6988 “Requirements for Energy Management”

OLD
OLD

W3C
Alliance for
Affordable
internet
ICC
APEC

Web Accessibility Initiative
Process
Multistakeholder coalition aimed at sharing expertise, best Process
practices and success stories.

Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Decide
binding)
Discuss
Discuss

Business Action to Support the Information Society
APEC – Telecommunications project

Process
Process

Discuss
Discuss

OLD

World Bank

Development Programmes

Programme

Implement

OLD
OLD
OLD

WSIS Forum
Other
Other

Process - Event
Process
n/a

Discuss
Discuss
n/a

OLD

Other

n/a

n/a

OLD
OLD
OLD
OLD
OLD

Other
Other
Other
Other
Other

Workshops and Forums
Broadband Partnership of the Americas
Cooperation Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas (Red
Clara)
Enabling Use of TV White Spaces for Delivering Broadband Google
Integra
Google - Project Loon
Observatoria Regional de Banda Ancha (ORBA)
TechGirls - U.S. Department of State Exchange Programme
TechWomen - U.S. Department of State Exchange Programme

Members (business)
Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments)
observers
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

OLD

Other
UNESCO

Nethope
Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP)

Process - Coordination

Discuss

UNESCO

Moscow Declaration on Digital Information Preservation

Instrument - other

ISOC

Assessment of the impact of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) – Instrument - other
empirical study of Kenya and
Nigeria

ISOC

Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Role of
Instrument - other
Internet Exchange Points (2013)
Analysis Mason report for the Internet Society: Lifting barriers to Instrument- other
Internet development in Africa: suggestions for improving
connectivity (2013)
Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Process - Coordination
Policy report: “International Cables, Gateways, Backhaul and
International Exchange Points”

ITU
ITU

ISOC

OECD

7.2.

Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

Members
observers
Members
observers
Members
observers

(legally non- Open - full participation

Exclusive
coverage Global
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Exclusive
coverage
(technical)
Ad hoc coordination
Global
Ad hoc coordination
Global

(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
(legally non- Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global
Regional

+
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
n/a

Global
Regional
n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a

Members (governments) +
observers
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Discuss
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Discuss

n/a

n/a

n/a

Discuss

n/a

n/a

n/a

Discuss

Members (governments) +
observers

Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional

Implementation,
policy, knowledge

Digital divide

UNGIS

UNGIS Joint Statement on the Post-2015 Development Instrument - Other
Agenda.

Discuss

Members
organisations)

(international Ad hoc coordination

18

Global

Weaknesses in the implementation of measures to reduce digital divide and in the
mainstreaming of issues concerning digital divide in international development strategies.
Insufficient data and statistical measurement concerning the impact of policy mechanisms
and actions.

UN

WSIS

UN Secretary General’s report on the MDG’s and post-2015 Instrument - Other
goals. ‘A Life of Dignity for All’ (centrality of science and
technology, including ICTs).
WSIS Outcome Documents
Instrument - Other

Discuss

Members
organisations)

Decide

Members
observers

(international Ad hoc coordination

(governments)

Global

+ Structured coordination Global

7.3.

Capacity development

OLD

ITU

ITU-D numerous capacity building and training programmes and Programme - Capacity Implement
initiatives in developing countries such as the join ITU-WHO development
Mobile Health for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Initiative

Open - full participation

OLD
OLD

ITU
UN ESCWA

ITU Academy
Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders

Programme - Training
Programme - Training

Global
Regional

OLD

World Bank

Capacity development programmes

Programme - Capacity Implement
development
Instrument - Other
Discuss

Open - full participation
Ad hoc coordination
Members (governments) + Ad hoc coordination
observers
Members (governments) +
observers
Members
(international Ad hoc coordination
organisations)

Programme - Capacity Implement
development
Programme - Capacity Implement
development

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Programme - Training

Implement

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Programme - Training

Implement

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Programme - Training

Implement

Members (governments)
observers
Open - full participation
Open - full participation

UNGIS

OLD

UNGIS Joint Statement on the Post-2015 Development
Agenda. UN Secretary General’s report on the MDG’s and post2015 goals. ‘A Life of Dignity for All’ (centrality of science and
technology, including ICTs).
DiploFoundation Capacity development, online and in situ courses on Internet
governance
Regional
Capacity development and training programmes
internet
Registries
African School Provide training in Internet governance for African officials
on Internet
Governance
Escuela Virtual Online training
Mercosur Digital
en Comercio
Electronico
UNCTAD
TrainForTrade Programme

OLD
OLD

UNIDO
UN ECE

OLD
OLD

ICANN
ISOC

OLD
OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD

OLD
OLD
OLD
OLD
OLD
8

Training programmes
European Cooperation and Integration Division (ECID) capacity
building for policymakers to meet legal challenges related to
ICTs
Learn project
Next Generation Leaders (NGL) Programme

Implement
Discuss

Programme - Training
Implement
Programme - Capacity Implement
development

Programme - Training
Implement
Programme - Capacity Implement
development
ISOC
Training for Internet engineers in emerging economies and Programme - Training
Implement
developing countries (e.g. network administration, advanced
routing, wireless network).
ISOC
Training in cooperation with AfriNIC, AfNOG, RIPE-NCC, Programme - Training
Implement
APNIC, LacNIC, MENOG, SANOG, WALC, AfCHIX, OAS and
CITEL.
Internet Society Training, best practices and technical programmes in developing Process
Implement
countries
Other
American-English Mobile Application (no available info)
U.S. Aid Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)
US State Department West Africa Cybersecurity and
Cybercrime Workshop
Google’s support: Infrastructure and non-infrastructure support Process
Implement
for NREN’s in Africa

Ad hoc coordination

+ Ad hoc coordination

Implementation

Lack of funds and other resources to ensure sustainable capacity development. Inadequate
focus in institutional capacity development.

Policy

Gap in addressing the tension between national regulation and transborder nature of the
Internet

Policy,
implementation

Insufficient mainstreaming of Internet policy in existing mechanisms dealing with cultural
diversity. Gap in the protection of online artifacts as part of global cultural heritage.

Global

Global

Global

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
regional

Open - full participation
Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

SOCIO-CULTURAL CLUSTER

8.1.

Content policy

OLD

European Court
of Justice
Council of
Europe
OECD
ISOC-OECDUNESCO

The CoJ’s judgement in the case of Google (Spain and Inc.) v.
Spanish Data Protection Authority and M.C. Gonzales
Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
(2003)
Research on relationship between local content and internet
development
The Report on Relationship Between Local Content, Internet
Development, and Access Prices

8.2.

Cultural diversity

OLD

UNESCO

OLD

UNESCO

OLD

UNESCO
UNESCO

Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage (2003)

Instrument - Judgement Implement
Instrument - Convention Decide
binding)
Programme - Research Discuss
Instrument - other

(legally Members (governments)

Discuss

Instrument - Other
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Instrument - Convention Decide
(legally
Cultural Expressions
binding)
Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001)
Instrument - Other
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP) - the Programme
Discuss
strategic priority on multilingualism

Members (governments)
observers
Members (governments) +
observers

+ Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Pan-regional
Global

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members (governments)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Members
observers

(governments)

19

UNESCO
UNESCO

IFAP - Lena Declaration on Linguistic and Cultural diversity in Instrument - other
Cyberspace
IFAP - Sakhalin Declaration on Internet and Socio-Cultural Instrument - Other
Transformations

8.3

Multilingualism

OLD

ITU/UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO

OLD

ITU

OLD
OLD

ICANN
IETF
W3C

Broadband Commission for Digital Development
The Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of
Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace (2003)
Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP) - the
strategic priority on multilingualism
IFAP - Lena Declaration on Linguistic and Cultural diversity in
Cyberspace
IFAP - Sakhalin Declaration on Internet and Socio-Cultural
Transformations
ITU Resolution 133 (Rev. Guadalajara, 2010), on the Role of
administrations of Member States in the management of
internationalized (multilingual) domain names
Fast Track process or Internationalized Domain Names
DINA and Indaba's protocols for use of native languages and
scripts
Web standards

Process
Instrument - Other
Programme
Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other
Instrument - Resolution

Process
Instrument - Standard
Instrument - Standard

OLD

UNESCO/ICAN UNESCO/ICANN/ISOC partnership on multilingual Internet Process
N/ISOC
Governance Glossary

8.4

Online education

UNECA
OLD

UNCTAD
ISO/IEC
IEEE
International
Digital
Publishing
Forum
IMS
UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO

8.5

JTC1 Subcommittee 36 - standardisation in the field of IT for Instrument - Standard
learning, education and training (30 technical standards)
Learning Technology Standards Committee
Process
EPUB - a distribution and interchange format standard for digital Instrument - Standard
publications and documents (used for e-readers and digital
books)
IMS Global Consortium standards of technology-enabled
learning systems
Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP) strategic priority on Information Literacy
IFAP-IFLA Recommendation on Media and Information Literacy
Promotion
Moscow Declaration on Media and Information Literacy

Instrument - Standard
Programme
Instrument - other
Instrument - other

Discuss
Members (diverse)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
sectoral members
Discuss
Members (diverse)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Members (diverse)
binding)
Discuss
Open - full participation

Discuss

Open - full participation

Discuss

Members (governments)
observers
Decide (legally non- Members (diverse)
binding)
Discuss
Members (diverse)
Decide (legally non- Members (diverse)
binding)

Decide (legally non- Members (diverse)
binding)
Discuss
Members (governments)
observers
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
+ Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

CoE

Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers recommendation to Instrument - Other
member states on the protection and promotion of the
universality, integrity and openness of the Internet
ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of
Instrument - Other
human rights, fundamental freedoms and
democratic values

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
Discuss

Members
observers

(governments)

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Internet and ethics
UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO
UNESCO

Intergovernmental Information for All Programme (IFAP) Information ethics as strategic priority
IFAP Code of Ethics for the Information Society.
IFAP - Riga Guidelines on Ethics in the Information Society
IFAP - Sakhalin Declaration on internet and Socio-cultural
Transformation
IFAP - St. George’s Declaration and Action Plan for Building
Caribbean Knowledge Societies

Programme

Discuss

Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other
Instrument - Other

Discuss
Discuss
Decide (legally nonbinding)
Decide (legally nonbinding)

Instrument - Other

Members (governments)
observers
Open - full participation
Open - full participation
Open - full participation

+ Ad hoc coordination

Global

Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination
Ad hoc coordination

Global
Global
Global

Open - full participation

Ad hoc coordination

Regional

Full
coverage
Full
coverage
Full
coverage

OTHER ISSUES (NOT CLASSIFIED IN THE MAIN GROUPS)
OLD

IGF

IGF annual meeting

Process

Discuss

Open - full participation

IGF

Regional IGF initiatives

Process

Discuss

Open - full participation

ITU, UNESCO,
UNCTAD,
UNDP

WSIS Forum

Process

Discuss

Open - full participation

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Implementation,
policy, knowledge

Gaps in increasing multilingual content on the Internet. Weaknesses in quantitative
measurement. Insufficient structured approaches to addressing multilingual aspects in the
development of standards and technical solutions.

Knowledge,
implementation

Insufficient research and data of the impact of online learning on international aspects of
educational policies. Gaps in coordination and exchange of best practices among institutions
dealing with policy aspects of online education.

Knowledge,
implementation

Gaps in research and data as well as in the exchange of experiences and practices from
other policy fields relevant to global public goods.

Knowledge

Insufficient awareness, capacity building, research and exchange of information on ethical
dimensions of the Internet.

Regional

+ Ad hoc coordination

Internet as global public good
CoE

8.6

Access to Scientific and Socio-economic knowledge in Africa Process
(ASKIA)
Digital development in education
Process

Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)
Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

intersectoral Global
intersectoral Regional
intersectoral Global

Brazilian Internet NETmundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Process and Instrument Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
Steering
Internet Governance and its Declaration
binding)
Committee and
1net

Full
coverage

intersectoral Global

WEF

NETmundial Initiative

Process

WSIS+10 High Level Event and its outcome documents

Process and Instrument Decide (legally non- Open - full participation
binding)

Full
coverage
Full
coverage

intersectoral Global

ITU, UNESCO,
UNCTAD,
UNDP
UNESCO

Information document: Reflection and Analysis by UNESCO on
the Internet
UNESCO
Towards Knowledge Societies for Peace and Sustainable
Development - First WSIS+10 Review Event and its outcome
documents
Internet Society Global Internet Report
Different
Cyberspace Conferences (London - Budapest - Seoul - Hague)
organizers
ITU
World Telecommunication/Policy Forum (WTPF)

Instrument -publication

Discuss

n/a

n/a

n/a

Instrument

Decide (legally nonbinding)

Open - full participation

Full intersectoral
coverage

Global

Instrument - publication
Process

Discuss
Discuss

n/a
Open - full participation

Process

ITU

Process

Decide (legally non- Members (governments)
binding)
observers
Discuss
Members (governments)

Instrument -publication

Discuss

Process

Decide (legally non- Open- full participation
binding)
Implement
Open - full participation

ITU
UNESCO
ITU
CSTD
OLD
OLD
OLD

ELAC

Council Working Group on International Internet related public
policy issues
Annual brochure Identifying Emerging Trends and a vision
beyond 2015
Connected the Dots Options for Future Action multistakeholder
conference and its outcomes
WSIS Stocktaking Database

Instrument - other

United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Process - Coordination
Development (CSTD)
Plataforma Regional sobre Residuos Electrónicos en
Latinoamérica y el Caribe (RELAC)
Red de Gobierno Electrónico de América Latina y Caribe
(RedGEALC)
ELAC ICT and Health eLAC2015 WG

Discuss

Open - full participation

n/a

n/a
Full
coverage
+ Ad hoc
coverage
Ad hoc
coverage
n/a

intersectoral Global

n/a
intersectoral Global
intersectoral Global
intersectoral Global
n/a

Decide (legally non- Members
binding
observers

(governments)

Ad hoc intersectoral Global
coverage
Full intersectoral
Global
coverage
+ Ad hoc coordination
Global

Members
observers

(governments)

+

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Gaps submitted by different stakeholders to the Correspondence Group of the Working
Group on Enhanced Cooperation
These suggestions for gaps were submitted by different stakeholders to the Correspondence
Group (CG) of the Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (WGEC) as it reviewed the
international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet from November 2013 - May 2014.
They don't represent the views of the CSTD secretariat. See the background concerning WGEC
and the CG on pages 2-3 of the report.
Issue
1. Technical
standards

2. CIR management
(including IP
addresses, DNS and
the root zone)

3. Fostering a
sustainable and
innovative Internet
for future
generations

4. Internet and
security

Gaps
One of the key organizations, ICANN, is under unilateral oversight of one government, the
US. Appropriate interfaces to assert global public interest do not exist with most
organizations Public participation especially pertaining to marginalised sections needs
improvement in all.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
Gaps and areas of improvement:
1. Broaden representation of stakeholder groups to ensure inclusion of stakeholders relevant
to the subject matters.
2. Wider participation of countries (at present 131) in active participation in GAC
3. Effective participation of stakeholders of developing and least developed economies in the
policy development process.
ICANN is under unilateral oversight of the US. The public policy interfaces with CIR
management tasks is rather poor (being ad hoc where it exists) to non existent.
There is no international mechanism to deal with this public policy issue.
While on international mechanism exists , non-globally representative plurilateral bodies like
OECD's Committee on Computers, Information and Communication Policies (CCICP) does a
lot of work in this area, and such policies get applied by default or economic and political
strength based 'arm twisting' on the whole world.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
There is no global mechanism to look at issues under this area in a holistic manner. And such
matters related to the Internet needs a holistic examination and dealing, even while they may
also be party be attended to by existing domain related bodies
Pluri lateral treaties like the Council of Europe's agreement on Cybercrime get 'foisted' on the
whole world, which is very undemocratic. Other countries often have little option but to sign
on to such an agreement was developed without they being on the table, if they have to avoid
falling off the global economic and social grid. Most cannot afford it and so submit to such
undemocratic governance regimes.
Increased participation of technical experts from the governmental community and other
stakeholders in IETF and other standards work.
My response to this question will be typical with regard to many other issues below. There
are mechanism looking at the subject outside the Internet space, but not in an Internet related
manner, which (1) can be unique enough to require separate consideration and (2) in any case
has to be often seen along with many other Internet-related public policy issues in a holistic
manner.
There is no international mechanism to deal with this public policy issue.
Global agreement to cooperate to improve cybersecurity. For sure there are many agreements,
but none are global, and developed countries are not yet signatories to the 2012 International

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5. Cybercrime

6. Child online
protection
7. Privacy and data
protection

8. Human rights

9. Competition
policy,
liberalization,
privatization and
regulations

Telecommunications Regulations, which would have been a first step towards such an
agreement.
Pluri lateral treaties like the Council of Europe's agreement on Cybercrime get 'foisted' on the
whole world, which is very undemocratic. Other countries often have little option but to sign
on to such an agreement was developed without they being on the table, if they have to avoid
falling off the global economic and social grid. Most cannot afford it and so submit to such
undemocratic governance regimes.
There is no body looking at this issue in an Internet centred manner, and cyber crime is a
whole kind space and kind of crime that needs treatment in a special way, and in conjunction
with other Internet related policy issues, like human rights, technical standards, cross border
data flows and so on.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
There is no international mechanism to deal with this public policy issue.
There is no body looking at this issue in an Internet centred manner.
Data protections frameworks are being enforced through bilateral frameworks or even
through commercial contracts. There is no global mechanism to look into this issue, do
studies and research, and develop consensus, principles and policies.;
There is no international mechanism to deal with this public policy issue ;
Mechanisms that allow effective collaboration of countries that are opposed to pervasive
surveillance, to the effect of effectively preventing pervasive surveillance of their citizens'
communications and/or metadata (for example by foreign powers).
The modalities of participation for in UNHRC processes can be quite restrictive for NGOs,
with heavy accreditation requirements (e.g. ECOSOC status).
Human Right Council is not able to deal with all Internet related HR issues in an adequate
manner. So many of these issues have very unique kind of dimensions. More importantly,
they are of such a cross border nature that existing frameworks of understanding and action
may not be adequate.
Human rights bodies tend to deal with issues on a case by case basis or as they fall within the
scope of their mandate. The result is that new norms are emerging or under discussion, but
these take time and are not yet fully agreed.
The freedom of expression that made the Internet possible in the first place is unprotected.
Now those freedoms have been slowly whittled down and in cases extinguished, even in
societies professing to protect free expression. Only when a communication medium – here,
the global Internet – can perform its function, namely to flow information freely, can citizens,
around the world, in their many roles, reap the most manifold benefits that could be on offer
This latter gap, the failure to insure free flow, is counterpoint to the first gap. While
governance controls and directs, free flow – in a tension with governance – opens to
uncontrolled change and the better living standards that innovation can bring. Not to mention,
free flow is also bedrock for the successful operation of democratic governance itself, in the
first place
There is no international mechanism to deal with this public policy issue .
Democratic arrangements to set policy for Internet governance and then to see to its ongoing
execution, including to-be-newly-instituted regional and global mechanisms that are
democratic.
Mechanisms to guarantee protection of freedom on expression on the Internet.
Competition policy mechanisms at national and regional levels vary widely
Internet business is uniquely global, in a manner that no other business is global. Without
having an 'real' presence in a country or jurisdiction, an Internet company can have a
extremely significant role in social, political, economic and cultural process of a country.
There is a very strong tendency of monopolisation in Internet business. But because of its
global nature, it is difficult to apply pro competition policies or any other kind of public
interest regulation.

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10. E-commerce
and trade

11. Intermediary
liability

12. Consumer
rights

A country like the US where most global Internet business is head-quartered can apply its
economic law on these business. To a lesser extent, a powerful economic block, like the EU,
can also force application of its policies and law. But for most countries they simply have to
accept things as they are and they are not able to apply their own policy preferences on these
businesses.
Bodies like the WTO deal with e-commerce in manner that does not adequately connect with
other uniquely Internet-related public policy issues, like cross border data flows, jurisdiction
over global Internet businesses, problems with tax computation and distribution reg ecommerce, technical standards, and so on.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
There is absolutely no mechanism dealing with this very important public policy space. It
should be recognized that many Internet based platforms/ businesses have become a very
potent new kind of social mediators with a huge amount of social, economic, political and
cultural power, often exercised in a monopolistic fashion. Such economic structures are
precisely the kind which needs maximum regulation (like traditional media and telecom).
However due to global nature of these platforms they escape regulation which is greatly
hurting public interest.
Internet Intermediary platforms based Internet business are law unto themselves (except with
respect to the US and to a lesser extent the EU) and, given their enormous social, political,
economic and cultural power, this is an entirely unsustainable model.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
Internet business is uniquely global, in a manner that no other business is global. Without
having an 'real' presence in a country or jurisdiction, an Internet company can have a
extremely significant role in social, political, economic and cultural process of a country.
There is a very strong tendency of monopolisation in Internet business. But because of its
global nature, it is difficult to apply pro competition policies or any other kind of public
interest regulation.
There is absolutely no mechanism dealing with this very important public policy space. It
should be recognized that many Internet based platforms/ businesses have become a very
potent new kind of social mediators with a huge amount of social, economic, political and
cultural power, often exercised in a monopolistic fashion. Such economic structures are
precisely the kind which needs maximum regulation (like traditional media and telecom).
However due to global nature of these platforms they escape regulation which is greatly
hurting public interest.

13. Intellectual
property rights
(IPR)

14. ICT4D

Consumers are absolutely at the mercy of global Internet businesses that consider themselves
immune from local and national, there being few means to enforce them.
Bodies like the WIPO deal with Internet related IP and access to knowledge issues in manner
that does not adequately connect with other uniquely Internet-related public policy issues,
like cross border data flows, jurisdiction over global Internet businesses, problems with tax
computation and distribution reg e-commerce, technical standards, and so on.
Increased multistakeholder participation, representation of end user-organisations.
Some have argued that the current global intellectual property regime needs reforms to foster
the global dissemination of innovation and achieve sustainable development goals.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
UNDP does not pay enough attention to ICTD, which it should. However, the problem is also
that ICTD requires unique competencies of understanding ICTS in their social impact in a
uniquely cross cutting manner which has not been easy for UNDP to do, whereby it has more
or less given up this area. Especially how the issue of governance and architecture of the

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15. Capacity
building

16. Access,
accessibility and
affordability

17. Net Neutrality

Internet impacts development issues like education, access to public services, democratic
participation, and so on, is something UNDO will need help from a body which has expertise
in Internet issues.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
Most capacity building initiatives emanate from developed countries and, however well
meaning they may be has strong geo-political bias which does not serve the interests of
developing countries.
The gap is of a global institution which can do background research, provide analysis and do
capacity building in this very important emerging area of IG – where knowledge is really
deficient - in a manner that really serves the best interests of developing countries –
somewhat like UNCTAD does, however hum-strung it is being rendered.
ITU need to reduce its reliance on the telecom industry and become a truly global public
interest body, with wide public/ civil society participation.
Diverse goals for internet access across stakeholders; extensive monitoring across
stakeholders.
Access has to be seen together with what has been called as 'effective use' that implicates not
only the telecom layers but also higher layers, of applications, content and also capacity
building. These all need to be seen holistically, which is what the development related part of
a new UN based body on Internet-related policies must do.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
Updating existing national policy frameworks in support of access, choice and transparency.
Net Neutrality is a very important, even paradigmatic policy issue of Internet governance and
there is no body dealing with it. (especially since ITU has been refused an Internet related
mandate with respect even to the physical layer.)

18. Multilingualism
and cultural
diversity on the
internet
19. Legal &
regulatory
frameworks

There being no global policy framework for net neutrality, not any body that can develop it,
the nature of the global Internet is fast changing away from its promised end-to-end and
egalitarian character.
There is no international mechanism to deal with this public policy issue
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.

No body that looks at legal and regulatory issues with respect to the Internet. And with
Internet's uniquely global nature, it is important to visit this area of regulatory and legal
frameworks from a completely new perspective. The gap is related to the fact that there either
exist nothing in this space, or it is filled up by unilateral agreements, or even worse,
commercial arrangements and undemocratic arbitration systems.
So far there is an absence of democratic arrangements to set Ig policy and to see to its
ongoing execution. Democratic governance means governance by democratic states. Since Ig
must be global, that means governance by regional and global democratic mechanisms. That
means democratic governments, together and in concert, regionally and globally, exercise
policy discretion and then execute policy. These mechanisms do not exist. As has been the
case across the history of democracy, citizens – in roles such as consumers, businesses,
academics, and so forth – input into the democratic decision-making. But only governments,
duly elected and faithfully responsive to their citizens, enjoy legitimacy to govern
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.

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20. Applicable
jurisdiction, cross
border coordination

21. Media
convergence

22. Internet uses
and applications

23. Stakeholders
and governance

Mechanisms to discuss the interplay between democracy and multistakeholder processes.
Mechanisms to provide oversight on internal stakeholder processes to ensure probity of their
processes as to procedures for inclusion/exclusion, internal decision making, and
transparency of funding and other elements.
Mechanisms that allow an international multistakeholder process to compile information on
different public policy options, and provide this information to national parliaments for their
consideration.
Mechanisms that allow stakeholders to discuss, in their respective roles as outlined in the
Tunis Agenda, the structure, supervision, and accountability of ICANN and IANA. At present
all such discussions take place in ICANN itself, and governments have a purely advisory role,
even for public policy issues.
The UNCITRAL model of arbitration should be adapted to reflect disputes occurring in the
Internet and facilitate Internet-related transactions.
Determining and enforcing jurisdictions on the Internet has become a very difficult if not an
impossible task .
The resulting lawlessness over and through the Internet can be very detrimental to public
interest. In default of legitimate mechanisms, the law of the powerful – whether politically or
economically – applies.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
One of the challenges is to make sure that all interested parties are informed and take the
opportunity to participate.
Very soon all media will be IP/Internet based... It has major public policy implications. Due
to global nature of the Internet these implications will be of a global nature. There is currently
no body capable of looking into this issues in the manner it is required to be looked into
(UNESCO has been doing some work here, which has been rather weak.)
There is simply no legal framework or regulation over global media, which can become very
dangerous, with kind of important social , political and cultural role that media plays in our
lives.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
Further outreach is underway to secure broader and more active participation by governments
in this important Committee (GAC).
Lack of developing countries’ representation.
Wider multistakeholder engagement on this concept.
The gap is a global democratic policy and regulatory approach and means to apply/ enforce it.
This is too generic a policy area. But obviously it is very important, as new and new uses of
the Internet, going to the very heart of social interactions, keep coming up. There is no body
at all to look into this at present.
Right now this area is largely dealt by the law of the countries where a commercial
application is registered as a business, or through the device of 'terms of services', which are
rather useless to protect public interest.
There are domain specific mechanisms for this public policy issue. However, they have not
evolved and/or have only a limited mandate to address challenges arising because of internet.
Financial and political support to allow the IGF to reach its full potential.
In line with Action Line C1 of the Geneva Plan of Action on the role of governments and all
stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development, governments should initiate, at the
national level, a structured dialogue involving all relevant stakeholders, including through
public/private partnerships, in devising e-strategies for the Information Society and for the
exchange of best practices. Such a dialogue should include Internet-related public policy
issues. Implementation of Action Line C 1 b) and d) would not only enhance democratic
participation at the national level, but would also contribute to fostering more efficient and
legitimate policies. As a general rule, governments should consult with all parties that would
be affected by the results of policy decisions. This includes the academic and technical

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