Ukraine request yikes

Wed Mar 2 03:58:43 UTC 2022

China has worried that the root server operators would do such a thing to them, and I have argued that it is contrary to our published principles (RaSSAC055) and or practice. “We have never done so; what would that serve?”

I have the same question here.

Sent using a machine that autocorrects in interesting ways...

> On Mar 1, 2022, at 12:28 PM, Rubens Kuhl <rubensk at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> More or less.  The Government Advisory Committee member from Ukraine has asked ICANN to:
>> - Revoke .RU, .рф, and .SU (all Russian-managed ccTLDs)
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>> As the GAC member undoubtedly knows, that’s not how ICANN works. Barring a court/executive order in ICANN’s jurisdiction (and even then, it gets a bit sticky see https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/11/13/dc-court-rules-that-top-level-domain-not-subject-to-seizure/), ICANN essentially treats ccTLDs as national sovereign resources. A third party, no matter how justified, requesting a change of this nature will not go anywhere. Simply put, ICANN is NOT a regulator in the forma sense, it is a private entity incorporated in California. The powers that it has are the result of mutual contractual obligations and it’s a bit unlikely the Russian government has entered into any contracts with ICANN, particularly those that would allow ICANN to unilaterally revoke any of the Russian ccTLDs.
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> I wonder how ICANN would react to ISO removing RU/RUS from ISO 3166-2/3.
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> Rubens