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id: "reconsideration-request"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "Reconsideration Request"
language: "en"
category: "Governance and policy"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
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# Reconsideration Request

A formal request asking the ICANN Board to look again at something the Board or staff did or failed to do. Anyone who was harmed can file one. It is cheaper and quicker than an IRP, but it is ICANN itself that decides.

## related terms

- [ICANN Board](https://tldlog.com/glossary/icann-board/)
- [IRP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/irp/)
- [Ombuds](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ombuds/)
- [ICANN Bylaws](https://tldlog.com/glossary/icann-bylaws/)
- [Board resolution](https://tldlog.com/glossary/board-resolution/)