Karel Douglas

Person
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Community	gac
ICANN group	GAC
Region	LAC
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Achievements

Karel Douglas is member of the Govermental Advisory Committee (GAC) as a representative for Trinidad and Tobago. He has also been an ICANN Fellow .

He was an ICANN Fellow in 2013 at ICANN 49 in Singapore , at ICANN 54 in Dublin and ICANN 50 in London.

He was also a member of the NCSG and actively involved in NCUC.

ICANN 47 in Durban was his first ICANN meeting.

Career History

Karel is an attorney at law. He is Manager, Legal and Enforcement at the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. He is also a substantive post as a Senior State Counsel at the Office of the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago. He was Head of Legal at the National ICT Company of Trinidad and Tobago from 2011 to 2013. He was also Licensing Specialist and acted as Legal Adviser at the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) from 2005 to 2008.

Education

Karel has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London (LLB) and the Legal Certficate from the University of the West Indies (LEC). He has a Masters of Law in Information Technology and Telecommunications (LLM) from the University of Strathcylde.

Latin America/Caribbean, according to the ICANN Geographic Regions (ICANN Geographic Regions).

Governmental Advisory Committee. Considers and provides advice on the activities of ICANN as they relate to concerns of governments, particularly matters where there may be an interaction between ICANN's policies and various laws and international agreements or where they may affect public policy issues (ICANN Bylaws).

Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group. Represents the full range of non-commercial entities of the Internet (ICANN Bylaws). Not to be confused with the At-Large Advisory Committee.

Non-Commercial Users Constituency. Represent(s) individuals and organizations that use the DNS for noncommercial purposes. The primary purpose of the Constituency is to protect noncommercial online communications, which includes expression for political, personal, research, educational and recreational purposes (Bylaws of the Noncommercial Users Constituency).