Online Games Providers / Internet Service Providers

WORKSHOP ON EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDELINES

6 May 2009 (morning), Council of Europe, Agora Building, Room G01, Strasbourg

Draft Agenda
09:00 – 09:15	Welcome address by Jeroen Schokkenbroek, Head of Department, Human Rights Development Department, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe
Chairpersons and session moderators:	Mr Thomas Schneider, OFCOM, Switzerland, Mr Michael Truppe, Federal Chancellery, Austria
Setting the scene (Room G01)
09:15 – 09:35	Building a Rights Engine Ren Reynolds, The Virtual Policy Network
09:35 – 09:55	Gods and governments and virtual worlds, Professor Richard Bartle, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex
09:55 – 10:15	ISPs and content blocking, Michael Rotert, Vice-President, EuroISPA

Breakaway sessions organised as two workshop groups (Rooms G01 and G06)
10:15 – 11:45

Discussions could, in particular, focus on:
- ‘Take-up’ of the human rights guidelines’
- Understanding what works and what does not work about the guidelines (e.g. precision of terms and lack of definitions in the guidelines, is there a need to dejargonise the guidelines?)
- Experiences and issues emanating from the surrounding (political) climate which affect the implementation of the guidelines (e.g. legislation)
- Understanding the roles and responsibilities of individual ISPs/games providers and of their respective regional bodies ISFE/EuroISPA
- Next steps for ‘take-up’ and further development of the guidelines and related activities (e.g. is awareness-raising and/or training necessary and, if so, in what form?)

Reporting back, conclusions and next steps (Room G01)
11:45 – 12:05	Reporting back
12:05 – 12:25	Conclusions and next steps presented by Patrice Chazerand, Secretary General, ISFE, Michael Rotert, EuroISPA, Lee Hibbard, Council of Europe
12:30	Buffet lunch offered by ISFE and EuroISPA

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