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-# Human Rights Protocol Considerations
+# Human Rights and Policy Considerations (hrpc) 
 
 ## Background
 
-The Human Rights Protocol Consideration Proposed Research Group is chartered to research whether standards and protocols can enable, strengthen or threaten human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) [0] and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) [1], specifically, but not limited to the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of assembly.
+The research group takes as its starting point the problem statement that human-rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet might be degraded if they
+are not properly defined, described and sufficiently taken into account in protocol and standarization development. Not protecting these characteristics could result in (partial) loss of functionality and connectivity.
 
-The research group takes as its starting point the problem statement that human-rights-enabling characteristics of the Internet might be degraded if they're not properly defined, described and sufficiently taken into account in protocol development. Not protecting these characteristics could result in (partial) loss of functionality and connectivity.
+Moreover it is widely accepted that technical design decisions about the Internet are not value neutral [RFC3935] and can have lasting impacts on public policy and individual rights.
 
-As evinced by RFC 1958, the Internet aims to be the global network of networks that provides unfettered connectivity to all users at all times and for any content. Open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of association. Since the Internet's objective of connectivity makes it an enabler of human rights, its architectural design converges with the human rights framework.
+As evinced by RFC 1958, the Internet aims to be the global network of networks that provides unfettered connectivity to all users at all times and for any
+content. Open, secure and reliable connectivity is essential for rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of association. Since the Internet’s objective of connectivity makes it an enabler of human rights, its architectural design converges with the human rights framework.
 
-The Internet was designed with freedom and openness of communications as core values. But as the scale and the industrialization of the Internet has grown greatly, the influence of such world-views started to compete with other values. This research group aims to explore the relations between human rights and protocols and to provide guidelines to inform future protocol development and decision making where protocols impact the effective exercise of the rights to freedom of expression  or association.
+This research group aims to explore the relations between Internet architecture and human rights and to provide guidelines to inform future protocol development and decision making where protocols impact or are informed by policies that serve the public interest and protect human rights.
 
-## Objective
+## Research question
 
-This research has two major aims:
+How are human rights and public interest policy considered in the development of the Internet?
 
-  * to expose the relation between protocols and human rights, with a focus on the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, and
-  * to propose guidelines to protect the Internet as a human-rights-enabling environment in future protocol development, in a manner similar to the work done for Privacy Considerations in RFC 6973.
- * to increase the awareness in both the human rights community and the technical community on the importance of the technical workings of the Internet and its impact on human rights.
+The Human Rights and Policy Considerations Research Group is chartered to research of protocol development that is responsible towards and mindful of the human rights of others [RFC3271] and whether standards and protocols can enable, strengthen or threaten human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) [1] and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) [2].
 
-## Outputs
-
-The research group plans on using a variety of research methods to create different outputs including (but not limited to):
+Furthermore HRPC researches how protocols can influence policy concerns, and vice versa. This research group is a discursive resource for the community to ensure the development process fully recognizes these potential public policy impacts, addresses those impacts adequately, and builds evidence and guidance for policy makers on the necessary design tradeoffs that should be made. The Global Data Protection Regulation [3], principles of necessity and proportionality of surveillance [4], are examples of policy developments that have led to rich areas of work for the IETF through the PEARG and more such regulatory actions are expected as the digital age progresses.
+    
+## Objectives
 
- * Internet drafts (some of which may be put on IRTF RFC stream), these would concern progress of the project, methodology, and would define any possible protocol considerations.
- * Policy and academic papers, for in depth analysis and discussion on the relationship between human rights and the Internet architecture and protocols.
- * Film and textual interviews with a diverse set of community members, to give an accessible insight into the variety of opinions on this topic represented in the IETF.
- * Data analysis and visualization, to research and visualize the language used in current and historic RFCs and mailinglist discussions to expose core architectural principles, language and deliberations on human rights of those affected by the network.
- * Protocol analysis. Data analysis and visualization of (existing) protocols in the wild to research their concrete impact on human rights. 
+ * To expose the relations between protocols and values, with a focus on the human rights framework.
+ * To propose guidelines to protect the Internet as a human-rights-enabling environment and a global public good in future protocol development.
+ * To increase the awareness in both the policy community and the technical community on the importance of the technical workings of the Internet and its impact on human rights and the public interest.
+
+## Outputs
+
+The research group plans on using a variety of research methods to create different outputs including, but not limited to:
+
+ * Internet drafts, some of which may be put on IRTF RFC stream. These will concern progress of the project, methodology, and will define any possible protocol considerations.    
+ * Policy and academic papers, for in-depth analysis and discussion of the values embedded in the Internet architecture.
+ * Data analysis and visualization, to research and visualize the language used in current and historic RFCs and mailinglist discussions to expose core architectural principles, language and deliberations on values of those affected by the network.
+ * Protocol analysis. Data analysis and visualization of (existing) protocols to research their concrete impact on human rights and the public interest.
 
 ## Membership
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+    
 Membership is open to any interested parties who intend to remain current with the published documents and mailing list issues.
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-[0] http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
-[1] http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx
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+[1] http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
+[2] http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx
+[3] https://gdpr-info.eu
+[4] https://necessaryandproportionate.org/principles