The Hague Summit for Accountability & Internet Democracy was held on 31 May and 1June 2018 in The Hague, Netherlands. It was organized by the Institute for Accountability and Internet Democracy in partnership with City of The Hague and supported by UNESCO and ITU.
The Summit was held in the historic Peace Palace, a venue which symbolized the international city of peace and justice. The Hague offered an ideal and unique global forum for ongoing dialogue among participants in the digital environment: victims, society, industry, academia, lawyers and policy-makers. The Summit focused on safeguarding the role of the internet as a tool of personal and social engagement. The summit targeted concrete steps to increase access to knowledge, transparency, global common understanding, evidence-based trust and accountability, and thus to promote maximum sustainable net benefit for people and societies worldwide.
The speakers represented a global multi-stakeholder community from national and local governments, international policy makers and institutes, NGOs, the ICT industry and platforms, as well as other relevant organizations. Delegates attended based on an invitation-only policy. It was expected to attract about 250 delegates, whose conclusions and recommendations could contribute to shaping global thinking and policy about accountability and democracy on the Internet.
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