[council] Selection of International Law Advisor to the Enhancing ICANN Accountability Process

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

To view the original announcement, please see: 
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2015-01-30-en

Selection of International Law Advisor to the Enhancing ICANN Accountability 
Process

The Accountability & Governance Public Experts 
Group<https://community.icann.org/x/lIgQAw> (PEG) announces the selection of 
the 7th and final Advisor to the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing 
ICANN Accountability (CCWG).

The PEG is pleased to announce Lee Andrew Bygrave as the Advisor with 
International Law/Jurisprudence as his area of expertise.

Lee Andrew Bygrave is a Professor at the Department of Private Law at the 
University of Oslo, Norway, where he is also the Director of the Norwegian 
Research Center for Computers and Law. He is additionally an associate (former 
Co-Director) of the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at the University of New 
South Wales in Australia. Among his publications are Internet Governance: 
Infrastructure and Institutions (Oxford University Press, 2009) and, most 
recently, Internet Governance by Contract (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Bygrave will be serving in his personal capacity along with the previously 
announced<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-12-17-en> Advisors to 
the CCWG-Accountability:
·        Roberto Bissio, Executive Director of the Instituto del Tercer Mundo  
- Area of Expertise: Global Ethics Frameworks and Human Rights (for example 
consumer protection)
·        William Currie, Consultant in ICT Policy and Regulation - Area of 
Expertise: Governmental Engagement and Relations and Multistakeholder Governance
·        Valerie D'Costa, Program Manager at infoDev - Area of Expertise: 
Governmental Engagement and Relations and Multistakeholder Governance
·        Ira Magaziner, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the 
Clinton Health Access Initiative - Area of Expertise: Governmental Engagement 
and Relations and Multistakeholder Governance
·        Nell Minow, Shareholder Advocate   - Area of Expertise: Board 
Governance and Corporate Management (for example operational, finance, risk 
management
·        Jan Scholte, Professor, University of Gothenburg and University of 
Warwick - Area of Expertise: Global Accountability and Transparency - 
theoretical, practical, tools and metrics

The Advisors have begun their engagement with the CCWG-Accountability, mainly 
through the CCWG-Accountability Chairs. The Advisors roles are to contribute 
research and advice, and to bring perspectives on global best practices to 
enrich the discussion, all while engaging with a broader network of 
accountability experts from around the world.

As stated in the revised Enhancing ICANN Accountability and Governance 
Process<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-10-10-en> 
from 10 October, The Public Experts Group (PEG) was 
tasked<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-08-19-en> with selecting up 
to 7 Advisors to the CCWG-Accountability. Now, that the PEG has concluded its 
work, it will no longer be active. However, the PEG notes that the Enhancing 
ICANN Accountability Process considered that while the PEG's formal task is to 
select Advisors, PEG members could continue to be available provide additional 
assistance if there is an identified need for further independent input or 
expertise.

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The members of the PEG are:  Ms. Jeanette Hoffman, Director, Alexander von 
Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society; Ambassador Janis Karklins, Latvian 
Ambassador. Chair of the Multi-stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG); Mr. Larry 
Strickling, NTIA Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Communication and 
Information of the U.S. Department of Commerce; and Mr. Brian Cute, Chief 
Executive Officer, Public Interest Registry