PRIVACY: Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights (20/09/2007)

The Italian Government, in the framework of the Internet Governance Forum process, and in cooperation with the UN and the IGF Secretariat, will organize a “Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights”, to be held in Rome on 27 September 2007.

The Government of Italy invites all stakeholders - Governments, private sector, civil society, academic and technical communities, and international organizations - to attend the meeting.

In order to facilitate the public debate a dedicated online forum is also available. The Forum will remain on line after the conference in order to stimulate the discussion on these issues and also to gather comments in view of the next Internet Governance Forum of Rio de Janeiro.


This initiative aims at facilitating the international multistakeholder debate on the opportunity of defining shared rights, that guarantee the open and multilateral character of the Internet.

The Forum represents a follow up to the international debate and the specific workshop on “Internet Bill of Rights” organized by Italy at the first Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in October 2006 in Athens. This issue will be further elaborated during the next IGF in Rio de Janeiro on 12-15 November 2007.

Luigi Nicolais
Minister for Public Administration Reform
and Innovation