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 <rube...@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-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. > > I wonder how ICANN would react to ISO removing RU/RUS from ISO 3166-2/3. > > > Rubens
