Do ICANN’s policies and operations have an impact on human rights? Civil society engagement in the organisation seeks to inscribe human rights in internet infrastructure.
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Multistakeholder approach in internet governance - advantages and possible improvements
"D-day is soon approaching for internet governance," says European Commission officer Maciej Tomaszewski. Read his op-ed to gain insights on how Europe is shifting gears in the face of the great switch in internet oversight.
Trials and tribulations of changing oversight of core internet infrastructure
The whole family of internet self-governing bodies are busy preparing their takes on how to reign the future Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). As a coordinator of core infrastructure services for naming (ICANN), numbering (Regional Internet Registries) and standardisation (IETF), IANA has been in the middle of quite some fights. This one
Domain name decision-maker growing into a big machine
ICANN gets closer to presenting new domain names for the net, but discussions on safeguards and obligations for the domain industry continue.