Re: [HR-rt] Check in on process

[Mallory Knodel <[e-mail]>]

On 14/05/2019 05:40, Melinda Shore wrote:
> On 5/13/19 2:03 AM, Mallory Knodel wrote:
>> Would it be better if the work to test IETF WG drafts against RFC 
>> 8280 came back within the fold of HRPC?
> 
> Thanks for bringing this up!  Bringing these discussions back onto 
> the main mailing list would expose the discussion to all RG 
> participants, which I think is critical for trying to get a handle
> on how effective tools like RFC 8280 and draft-irtf-hrpc-guidelines
> are for forming the basis for useful HR evaluations and for writing
> HR considerations sections.  It seems to me that understanding the 
> applicability of the documents in practice is necessarily an
> activity internal to the research group and that it would be
> enormously valuable to fold the review discussions back into the RG.

I agree that evaluating the usefulness of RFC 8280 as a tool should be
brought into HRPC.

> It's also the case that the existence of this mailing list has led
> to some misunderstandings about the HR reviews themselves, so
> there's value, I think, in removing any ambiguity around that.

I'd like to hear from anyone on this list who disagrees with making
non-existent this list before that happens. Let's give it another week
for comments.

> I'd love to see some discussion about metrics or criteria for 
> evaluating 8280 and the guidelines draft.  This is outside my area
> of expertise but I do think it's part of our responsibility as an RG
> to be able to make a statement about correctness.

Maybe Gurshabad could speak to how we can collectively feed into the
guidelines draft.

On the wider process, I think people in HRPC who are using RFC 8280 to
guide their reviews could:

 * Send a message to HRPC about drafts that might be interesting because
of a) clear connection to RFC 8280, b) requests from authors or
engagement with RFC 8280 in the I-D drafting process, or c) existence of
a human rights considerations section in an I-D.

 * CCing HRPC if someone in HRPC conducts a review and cites RFC 8280,

 * Discussion on the list and in meetings about learnings gleaned from
the review process when using RFC 8280 or the guidelines draft.

-Mallory

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