Hi Scott,

On 10/04/2018 02:26 PM, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: regext <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Niels ten Oever
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 9:42 AM
>> To: Gould, James <[email protected]>
>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; gurshabad@cis-
>> india.org
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [regext] Human Rights Review of draft-ietf-regext-
>> verificationcode
>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 01:14:10PM +0000, Gould, James wrote:
>>> Thanks for the review, Gurshabad. I'll consider your feedback in the
>> context of technical issues with the draft.  The registration of domain
>> names in some jurisdictions may be subject to various requirements that
>> involve verification by a party other than the registry.
>>
>> Could you please be so kind to link to some of these legal requirements?
> 
> There are several examples of registry operators that require verification as 
> part of their domain registration process. Here are a few ccTLD examples:
> 
> https://www.denic.de/en/faqs/faqs-for-domain-applicants/#faq-19
> 
> https://www.nic.fr/en/resources/faq/general-faq/
> (Look for the "I am a private individual; am I entitled to file a domain name 
> under the .fr or .re TLD?" and "I represent a French or foreign company / 
> association / national or international institution; what are my rights with 
> regard to filing a domain name under the TLDs operated by AFNIC ?" questions 
> under "Choosing a domain name".)
> 
> https://www.about.us/policies/ustld-nexus-requirements
> 
> Any one of these registries could use the verification code approach if it 
> were available.
> 

Thanks for your reply. I interviewed the people from Denic and Nic.fr
and they explicitly told me they would not use external verification,
but rather do this is in house. So I am not sure how they would use this
extension.

> In addition, Section 3.7.2 of the 2013 ICANN Registrar Accreditation 
> Agreement (RAA) says, "Registrar shall abide by applicable laws and 
> governmental regulations".
> 

I have reviewed several legal framework but did not find laws or
regulation that made this obligatory. It would be great if you could
link to national laws or regulations that would demand a third party
identity verification.

Best,

Niels



> Scott
> 

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Niels ten Oever
Researcher and PhD Candidate
Datactive Research Group
University of Amsterdam

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