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DCA Trust v. ICANN (.AFRICA)

This page collects documents from the Independent Review Proceeding filed in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws. They are arranged by initial filing date in descending order.

9 July 2015
Procedural Order No. 10 [PDF, 627 KB] 25 June 2015
23 May 2015
22 May 2015
Procedural Order No. 9 [PDF, 4.74 MB] 18 May 2015
Letter from ZA Central Registry to IRP Panel [PDF, 766 KB] 11 May 2015
Procedural Order No. 8 [PDF, 4.17 MB] 4 May 2015
Procedural Order No. 7 [PDF, 1.10 MB]

Neither party was available at the date and time the panel suggested for the call, so it has been changed to 1 May 2015 at 1:30 p.m. Montreal time, 10:30 a.m LA time and 7:30p.m. Paris time.

27 April 2015
Third Panel Declaration of IRP Procedure [PDF, 609 KB] 20 April 2015
Letter from ICANN to IRP Panel, with Cited Materials [PDF, 2.10 MB] 8 April 2015
Procedural Order No. 6 [PDF, 992 KB] 1 April 2015
Procedural Order No. 5 [PDF, 1.20 MB] 24 March 2015
Declaration on ICANN's Request for Revisiting of the 14 August 2014 Declaration on the IRP Procedure Following the Replacement of Panel Member [PDF, 826 KB] 24 March 2015
Response to ICANN's Request to Rehear the Proceedings [PDF, 464 KB] 5 March 2015
Letter from ICANN to IRP Panel, with Cited Materials [PDF, 18.9 MB] 26 February 2015
3 December 2014

The hearing scheduled for 19 December 2014, has been continued to a date to be determined. The continuance is the result of one panelist resigning for personal reasons not related to the matter at issue.

 
3 November 2014
Procedural Order No. 4 [PDF, 672 KB] 25 September 2014
Procedural Order No. 3 [PDF, 664 KB] 5 September 2014
Panel Declaration on the IRP Procedure [PDF, 1.39 MB] 14 August 2014
Decision on ICANN's Request for Partial Consideration [PDF, 293 KB] 4 June 2014
ICANN's Supplemental Letter Brief [PDF, 276 KB] 2 June 2014
DCA's Supplemental Letter Brief and Exhibit [PDF, 185 KB] 29 May 2014
DCA's Response to ICANN's Request for Partial Reconsideration and Exhibits [PDF, 2.00 MB] 28 May 2014
Procedural Order No. 2 [PDF, 700 KB] 27 May 2014
ICANN's Response to the Panel's 12 May 2014 Decision and Request for Partial Reconsideration [PDF, 393 KB] 20 May 2014
DCA's Response to the Panel's Questions on Procedural Issues [PDF, 51 KB] 20 May 2014
ICANN's Further Memorandum Regarding Procedural Issues; Exhibit in support of Memorandum [PDF, 1.40 MB] 20 May 2014
Decision on Interim Measures of Protection [PDF, 7.8 MB] 12 May 2014
DCA's Submission on Procedural Issues [PDF, 103 KB] 5 May 2014
ICANN's Memorandum Regarding Procedural Issues and Exhibits [PDF, 2.48 MB] 5 May 2014
Procedural Order No. 1 [PDF, 3.82 MB] 24 April 2014
ICANN's Response to DCA's Request for Interim Relief; Exhibits in support of Response [PDF, 4.23 MB] 4 April 2014
DCA's Request for Interim Relief; Annexes in support of Request [PDF, 2.15 MB] 28 March 2014
ICANN's Response to Claimant's Amended Notice; Declarations of Cherine Chalaby and Heather Dryden; Exhibits [PDF, 3.72 MB] 10 February 2014
Amended Notice of Independent Review Process [PDF, 100 KB] 10 January 2014
Notice of Independent Review [PDF, 892 KB] 24 October 2013
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