Serial Internet Governance Web-Symposium about Issues of Internet Governance under the Russia-Ukraine War
1)Internet as Sanction：the Rational and Thought about Ukraine's Request to ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
2) Internet Governance in a Real War – the Role of ICANN and Internet community
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an all-out war against Ukraine. On the 28th of the same month, Mykhailo Fedorov, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, immediately sent a request to Goran Marby, President and Chief Executive Officer of ICANN. The ask is to introduce a list of sanctions targeting the Russian Federation's access to the Internet, including revoking the domain name '.ru' and its related authentication mechanism and shutting down some of its DNS root servers. On March 2 of the same year, Goran Marby replied about being unable to realize Ukraine's request due to various technical and policy reasons. At the same time, it was pointed out that only a wide range of unimpeded Internet access can enable the public to obtain reliable information and diverse views.
The situation in Ukraine is enough to cause the global Internet community to think deeply further: What role should the existing network governance mechanism play in the war? In the face of the cruelty of war, is there a higher level of value pursuit in network governance based on the original core values? What procedures can the global Internet community use to express their opinions or consensus on this matter?
For this reason, this series of web-symposium has invited various speakers, including Ukraine, to discuss this thoughtful topic.
You are welcome to join us!
＊The events are conducted entirely in English
1. Internet as Sanction: the Rational and Thought about Ukraine's Request to ICANN
Date: June 10 (Fri), 19:00-22:00 UTC+8 (Taipei time)
Venue: Network synchronous platform (Webex online meeting)
Registration: https://reurl.cc/M09ron
Moderator: Thomas Chih-hsiung Chen, (Dean, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law, Taiwan)
Speaker: Ruslan Melnychenko (Head of The Department of Legal Support of Business Activity, Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Ukraine)
Speaker: Daria Bulgakova （Adjunct Post-Doc Researcher, School of Law, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; Visiting Scholar, Department of Law, Uppsala University, Sweden）
Speaker: Kateryna Beznoshchenko (Attorney-At-Law, Ukraine)
Speaker: Gatis Polis (Security Professional Association Member; Scholar at BA School of Business and Finance, Latvia)
Speaker: William Hsu (Professor of Law, National Dong Hwa University Department of Law, Taiwan)
2. Internet Governance in a Real War – the Role of ICANN and Internet community
DATE: June 16 (Thu), 19:00-21:00 UTC+8 (Taipei time)
Venue: Network synchronous platform (Webex online meeting)
Registration: https://reurl.cc/yroxm6
Moderator: Kuo-Wei Wu (President, Taiwan Internet Governance Forum; ex-ICANN Board Director)
Speaker: Olga Golovko (Researcher, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute at the National Technical University of Ukraine )
Speaker: Natalia Hniezdilova (Attorney-At-Law, Ukraine)
Speaker: Jānis Grasis (Dean, Rīga Stradiņš University Faculty of Law, Latvia)
Speaker: Xsing Shong Shen (Assistant Director General, National Communication Committee; Deputy Head of Taiwan GAC Delegation, Taiwan)
Speaker: Kenny Huang, CEO of TWNIC (the Taiwan Network Information Center); APNIC Executive Council Member
Organizer: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law (https://law.nycu.edu.tw/en/)
Co-organizer: Taiwan Internet Governance Forum (TWIGF)( https://www.igf.org.tw/)
Center for Digital Governance and Legal Innovation, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (https://digital.law.nycu.edu.tw/)
