[Aftld-members] [cctldcommunity] Exclusion of ccTLD policy related matters from ICANN Reconsideration and Independent Review Processes

[Barrack Otieno]

Dear Members,

Might be of interest.

Best Regards
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Subject: [cctldcommunity] Exclusion of ccTLD policy related matters from 
ICANN Reconsideration and Independent Review Processes
Date: 2022-08-01 15:21
 From: Joke Braeken <joke.braeken at icann.org>
To: ccnso-council <ccnso-council at icann.org>, 
"ccTLDcommunity at cctld-managers.org" <ccTLDcommunity at cctld-managers.org>, 
"ccnso-members at icann.org" <ccnso-members at icann.org>

Dear All,

The ccNSO Council recently clarified its position regarding the
exclusion of ccTLD policy related matters from ICANN’s Reconsideration
and Independent Review Processes.  Council sent a letter, following a
question from ICANN Legal concerning the proposed ccTLD retirement
policy (ccPDP3-RET), aiming to ensure that the Board’s consideration
process of the proposed retirement policy will be completed.  Read more
[1].

The ccNSO Council is of the view that following disputes and claims
should be excluded from ICANN’s Reconsideration Process as well as
from the Independent Review Process (IRP) for Covered Actions:

  	* all disputes and claims related to the delegation, transfer and
revocation of ccTLDs, until both ccPDP3-RM and ccPDP4-IDN have been
concluded.
	* the ccTLD retirement-related issues set-out in section 5.2 of the
proposed ccTLD Retirement policy and other disputes or claims related to
the retirement of ccTLDs

Background

Policy Development Processes (PDP) for the delegated Top-Level Domains
associated with the country codes assigned to countries and territories
listed in the ISO 3166-1:

  	* ccPDP3-RET. On 28 September 2021, the ccNSO policy recommendation
pertaining to the retirement of ccTLDs was submitted for consideration
and decision by the ICANN Board of Directors, as per Annex B, section 14
of the ICANN Bylaws [2].  Read more here [3] and here [4].

  	* ccPDP3-RM. The goal of the ccPDP3 Review Mechanism Working Group is
to report on and recommend a policy for a review mechanism with respect
to decisions pertaining to the delegation, transfer, revocation and
retirement of ccTLDs.
	* ccPDP4-IDN. The ccPDP4-IDN Working Group defines the criteria,
process, and procedures for (de)selecting IDN ccTLD strings.
	* ccNSO Council Resolution 185-04 [5] from 21 July 2022.

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

joke.braeken at icann.org



Links:
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[1] 
https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/reynoso-to-eisner-et-al-21jul22-en.pdf
[2] https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexB
[3] 
https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/reynoso-to-botterman-28sep21-en.pdf
[4] 
https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/botterman-to-reynoso-19oct21-en.pdf
[5] https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/council/decisions-resolutions/2022
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Barrack Otieno

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Africa Top Level Domains Organization

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