Background
A registry operator of a top-level domain (TLD) must enter a contract (i.e. Registry Agreement - RA) with ICANN in order to operate and maintain a generic TLD (gTLD).
Registrars that offer domain name registration services with a direct access to TLD registries are also required to obtain accreditation from ICANN (i.e. Registrar Accreditation Agreement - RAA).
ICANN’s Contractual Compliance Department ensures registries and registrars are in compliance with those agreements.
The RA and RAA are also subject to changes by consensus policy developed through the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)’s bottom-up, consensus-based Policy Development Process (PDP).
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- 8 Nov 2024
ALAC Statement on the Proposed Renewal of the Registry Agreement for .COM
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, Legal/Regulatory, Public Interest
Submission
Ended on: 2024-11-08 - 23 Sep 2024
Transfer Policy Review Working Group Initial Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Legal/Regulatory, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2024-09-23 - 29 Apr 2024
Proposed Renewal of the Registry Agreement for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD)
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Legal/Regulatory, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2024-04-29 - 25 Jul 2023
ALAC Input on Transfer Policy PDP Charter Recommendations Phase 2 G3
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, Engagement, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2023-07-25 - 19 Jul 2023
Amendments to the Base gTLD RA and RAA to Modify DNS Abuse Contract Obligations
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS
SubmissionEnded on: 2023-07-19 - 14 Jul 2023
ALAC Input on Closed Generics Draft Framework
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, Engagement, Intellectual Property, Policy Processes, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2023-07-14 - 25 May 2023
Proposed Renewal of the Registry Agreement for .NET
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, New gTLDs, Public Interest, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2023-05-25 - 11 Apr 2023
ALAC Statement on Request for Early Input on GNSO-TPR PDP Phase 2 Topics
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2023-04-11 - 20 Jan 2023
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2023-01-20 - 14 Nov 2022
Proposed Updates to the GNSO Operating Procedures
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Legal/Regulatory, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2022-11-14 - 31 Oct 2022
Universal Acceptance Roadmap for Domain Name Registry and Registrar Systems
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, IDN, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2022-10-31 - 11 Aug 2022
ALAC Statement on the Initial Report on the Transfer Policy
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Legal/Regulatory, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2022-08-11 - 2 May 2022
ALAC Advice to the Board on the ICANN74 Travel Acknowledgement
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Legal/Regulatory, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2022-05-02 - 10 Sep 2021
ALAC Minority Statement on EPDP-TempSpec Phase 2A Final Report
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Legal/Regulatory, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-09-10 - 12 Aug 2021
ALAC Advice to ICANN Board on EPDP Phase 2 (SSAD)
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Legal/Regulatory, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-08-12 - 4 Aug 2021
Request for Inputs on Topics on Transfer Policy Review PDP Charter
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-08-04 - 19 Jul 2021
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Legal/Regulatory, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-07-19 - 15 Jul 2021
RrSG Draft White Paper: Registrant Protections in DNS Abuse Mitigation
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Legal/Regulatory, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-07-15 - 1 Jun 2021
APRALO Statement on GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Outputs for ICANN Board Consideration
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Legal/Regulatory, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-06-01 - 21 May 2021
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-05-21 - 22 Mar 2021
IANA Naming Function Review: Recommendation for an IANA Naming Function Contract Amendment
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, IANA, Operations/Finances, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2021-03-22 - 18 Nov 2020
Proposed Amendment 1 to the .JOBS Registry Agreement
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Operations/Finances, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2020-11-18 - 29 Sep 2020
GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2020-09-29 - 24 Aug 2020
Addendum to the ALAC Statement on EPDP (August 2020)
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Legal/Regulatory, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2020-08-24 - 29 Jul 2020
ALAC Statement on EPDP (July 2020)
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Legal/Regulatory, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2020-07-29 - 10 Jul 2020
ccNSO PDP3: Initial Proposals for Process to Retire ccTLDs
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, Legal/Regulatory, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2020-07-10 - 31 Jan 2020
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Internet Governance, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2020-01-31 - 12 Dec 2019SubmissionEnded on: 2019-12-12
- 7 May 2019SubmissionEnded on: 2019-05-07
- 2 May 2019
ALAC Statement on Registry Agreement Renewals .org, .biz and .info
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2019-05-02 - 17 Apr 2019
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2019-04-17 - 13 Oct 2018
Proposed gTLD-Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Profile
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2018-10-13 - 5 Jun 2018
Release for Registration one .COM Domain Name with a Single-Character Label: O.COM
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2018-06-05 - 2 Apr 2018SubmissionEnded on: 2018-04-02
- 7 Jul 2017
Revised ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law: Process and Next Steps
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Reviews/Improvements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2017-07-07 - 30 May 2017SubmissionEnded on: 2017-05-30
- 7 Nov 2016
The ATLAS II Recommendations Implementation Report
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, IANA, ICANN Board/Bylaws, IDN, Internet Governance, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2016-11-07 - 10 Sep 2016
At-Large Community Policy Issues - Why End Users Should Care
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, IANA, ICANN Board/Bylaws, IDN, Internet Governance, Internet Protocols, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Public Interest, Reviews/Improvements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2016-09-10 - 9 Sep 2016
gTLD Marketplace Health Index (Beta)
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2016-09-09 - 1 Sep 2016
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, Engagement, ICANN Board/Bylaws, IDN, Internet Governance, Legal/Regulatory, Public Interest, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2016-09-01 - 20 Jul 2016SubmissionEnded on: 2016-07-20
- 10 Jun 2016
Request for Input - Next-Generation RDS to Replace WHOIS PDP
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2016-06-10 - 31 Jan 2016
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2016-01-31 - 21 Dec 2015
gTLD Marketplace Health Index Proposal
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, New gTLDs, Reviews/Improvements, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2015-12-21 - 7 Dec 2015
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2015-12-07 - 6 Sep 2015
Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Services to Replace WHOIS Preliminary Issue Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, Policy Processes, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2015-09-06 - 16 Jul 2015
GNSO Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues Working Group Initial Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2015-07-16 - 12 Mar 2015
Potential Change to Registrar Accreditation Insurance Requirement
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2015-03-12 - 30 Jan 2015
Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Initial Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2015-01-30 - 23 Sep 2014
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .JETZT, .GLOBAL, .NEUSTAR, .KIWI, .BERLIN
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, New gTLDs, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-09-23 - 30 Aug 2014
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-08-30 - 30 Aug 2014
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-08-30 - 30 Aug 2014
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .SOHU, .IMMO, .SAARLAND, .CLUB
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-08-30 - 27 Aug 2014
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-08-27 - 31 Jul 2014
Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Engagement, New gTLDs, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-07-31 - 26 Jun 2014
The Second At-Large Summit (ATLAS II) Declaration - London, United Kingdom
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, DNS, Engagement, ICANN Board/Bylaws, IDN, Internet Governance, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Security/Stability
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-06-26 - 9 Jun 2014
Interim Report Internationalized Registration Data Expert Working Group
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-06-09 - 2 May 2014
Policy Development Process (PDP) on Privacy & Proxy Services Accreditation Issues
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-05-02 - 21 Apr 2014
Initial Report Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D PDP
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-04-21 - 16 Apr 2014
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-04-16 - 17 Mar 2014
Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information Working Group
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-03-17 - 7 Mar 2014
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Reviews/Improvements
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-03-07 - 26 Feb 2014SubmissionEnded on: 2014-02-26
- 31 Jan 2014SubmissionEnded on: 2014-01-31
- 9 Jan 2014
IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-01-09 - 9 Jan 2014
Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, New gTLDs, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2014-01-09 - 21 Nov 2013
Thick Whois Policy Development Process (PDP) Recommendations for Board Consideration
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-11-21 - 13 Nov 2013
Revised Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure (PICDRP)
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-11-13 - 1 Nov 2013
Draft Final Report on Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, New gTLDs, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-11-01 - 15 Oct 2013SubmissionEnded on: 2013-10-15
- 11 Sep 2013
Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, IDN, Intellectual Property, New gTLDs
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-09-11 - 9 Sep 2013
Explore the Draft Next Generation gTLD Directory Services Model
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-09-09 - 21 Jul 2013
Initial Report on Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in All gTLDs
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, New gTLDs, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-07-21 - 21 Jul 2013
Thick Whois Initial Report – GNSO Policy Development Process
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-07-21 - 5 Jun 2013
New gTLD Board Committee Consideration of GAC Safeguard Advice
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-06-05 - 4 Jun 2013SubmissionEnded on: 2013-06-04
- 11 Apr 2013
Preliminary Issue Report on gTLD Registration Data Services
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-04-11 - 11 Apr 2013SubmissionEnded on: 2013-04-11
- 11 Apr 2013
Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure (PICDRP)
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-04-11 - 25 Mar 2013
Revised New gTLD Registry Agreement Including Additional Public Interest Commitments Specification
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-03-25 - 22 Jan 2013
ALAC Statement on the Thick WHOIS PDP Working Group
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-01-22 - 15 Jan 2013
Protection of IGO and INGO Identifiers in all gTLDs (IGO-INGO)
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, New gTLDs, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2013-01-15 - 7 Dec 2012SubmissionEnded on: 2012-12-07
- 18 Oct 2012SubmissionEnded on: 2012-10-18
- 18 Oct 2012
Joint ALAC/NCSG Statement on the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) System
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, New gTLDs
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-10-18 - 8 Sep 2012
ALAC Statement on the Request for Community Input on SAC054 - Domain Name Registration Data Model
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-09-08 - 28 Jul 2012
ALAC Correspondence Endorsing the IPC's Statement on the .com Renewal and Thick Whois
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-07-28 - 25 Jul 2012
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part C Policy Development Process Initial Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-07-25 - 25 Jul 2012
Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Protection of International Organization Names in New gTLDs
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, New gTLDs, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-07-25 - 28 Jun 2012
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-06-28 - 6 Jun 2012
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-06-06 - 20 Apr 2012SubmissionEnded on: 2012-04-20
- 20 Apr 2012SubmissionEnded on: 2012-04-20
- 17 Apr 2012
Verisign Request to Implement Redemption Grace Period (RGP) for .name
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-04-17 - 13 Jan 2012
Preliminary GNSO Issue Report on the Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2012-01-13 - 30 Dec 2011SubmissionEnded on: 2011-12-30
- 15 Dec 2011SubmissionEnded on: 2011-12-15
- 17 Nov 2011
Draft Final Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-11-17 - 16 Sep 2011
Post-Expiration Domain Name Recover Recommendations for ICANN Board Consideration
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-09-16 - 16 Sep 2011
Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Proposed Final Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-09-16 - 21 Jul 2011
Preliminary Issue Report on the Current State of the UDRP
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-07-21 - 17 May 2011SubmissionEnded on: 2011-05-17
- 9 May 2011
Proposed ALAC Statement to the ICANN Board on the RAA Negotiations
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-05-09 - 31 Mar 2011
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B WG Proposed Final Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-03-31 - 28 Mar 2011
Draft Response to 2011 GAC gTLD Scorecard
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Intellectual Property, New gTLDs, Public Interest
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-03-28 - 20 Mar 2011
Interim Report of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2011-03-20 - 10 Dec 2010SubmissionEnded on: 2010-12-10
- 28 Jul 2010
Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Initial Report
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2010-07-28 - 19 Jul 2010SubmissionEnded on: 2010-07-19
- 3 May 2010
ALAC Statement on the Proposed VeriSign Domain Name Exchange Service
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2010-05-03 - 3 May 2010SubmissionEnded on: 2010-05-03
- 3 May 2010SubmissionEnded on: 2010-05-03
- 1 Oct 2009
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Engagement
SubmissionEnded on: 2009-10-01 - 4 Mar 2009
The First At-Large Summit (ATLAS) Declaration - Mexico City, Mexico
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, Engagement, ICANN Board/Bylaws, IDN, Internet Governance, New gTLDs, Operations/Finances, Policy Processes, Security/Stability, WHOIS
SubmissionEnded on: 2009-03-04 - 14 Sep 2008SubmissionEnded on: 2008-09-14
- 5 Dec 2007
ALAC "Constituency" Statement Regarding the PDP On Domain Tasting
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Policy Processes
SubmissionEnded on: 2007-12-05 - 13 Sep 2007
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements
SubmissionEnded on: 2007-09-13 - 8 Aug 2007SubmissionEnded on: 2007-08-08
- 2 Dec 2005
Statement on the Proposed VeriSign Settlement Agreement
topic(s): Accountability/Transparency, Contracted Party Agreements, Legal/Regulatory, Operations/Finances
SubmissionEnded on: 2005-12-02 - 13 May 2003
ALAC Comments on WIPO 2 Recommendations to ICANN
topic(s): Contracted Party Agreements, Legal/Regulatory
SubmissionEnded on: 2003-05-13