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@gmail.com> wrote:
More or less. The Government Advisory Committee member from Ukraine has asked ICANN to: - Revoke .RU, .рф, and .SU (all Russian-managed ccTLDs)
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...), 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.
I wonder how ICANN would react to ISO removing RU/RUS from ISO 3166-2/3.
Rubens