On 7 Nov 2025, at 16:35, William Sylvester via ripe-list <ripe-list@ripe.net> wrote:

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Summary of Core Deficiencies

1.    The "Local Law" Supremacy Clause (Sec. 4.1(i)): The draft grants RIRs an explicit "carve-out" to ignore any global policy or draft provision if it conflicts with "any applicable law" [Sec 4.1(i)]. This single clause invalidates the entire framework, rendering it advisory rather than binding, and explicitly permits the very capture and fragmentation it was meant to prevent.

Can you please expand on this as I don’t understand your concern as it relates to Global Policies.

The 2019 ASO MoU defines Global Policy as “number resource policies that have the agreement of all RIRs according to their policy development processes and ICANN, and require specific actions or outcomes on the part of IANA or any other external ICANN-related body in order to be implemented.” (my emphasis)

So far, we only have global policies that require IANA action. They empower the RIRs to get resources from IANA.

Can you explain the kind of law and the kind of policy you have in mind?

Thanks,

Leo