There are narrowly defined and stringent conditions yes but i must confess I fail to see your point here.  

--srs

From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
Sent: Friday, 31 July 2026 16:00:20
To: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: denis walker <ripedenis@gmail.com>; security-wg@ripe.net <security-wg@ripe.net>
Subject: Re: [Security-wg] Re: Abuse mailboxes are increasingly no longer monitored and are being replaced by (bad) forms
 
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote on 31/07/2026 02:52:
> Add that if icann sanctions can shut down a registrar, why should an LIR
> not be subject to a similar penalty?

Suresh,

Have you read the Termination of Agreement clauses in the ICANN
Registrar Accreditation Agreement, Section 5.3?

> https://www.icann.org/en/contracted-parties/accredited-registrars/registrar-accreditation-agreement/registrar-accreditation-agreement-21-05-2009-en

Specifically, under what conditions can the registrar agreement be
terminated by ICANN?

Nick