<\/p>\n
On December 14th, 2018, The Hague Peace Projects organized the second annual Hague Hacks to connect technology professionals, start-ups, and human rights defenders to explore and brainstorm possible technological solutions to human rights issues. Five human rights issues in particular were chosen for this year\u2019s festival: the current polarizing role of social media in Bangladesh; the potential for technology to increase security in Sudan; the freedom of the press and the safety of government critics in Rwanda; the tracking and monitoring the North Koreans slaves outside of North Korea; and the protection of personal data from the government of Pakistan. Participants were encouraged to learn as much as they could about the context and the complexities of these issues before the event.<\/p>\n
On a rainy Friday morning in December, the speakers and participants arrived at the Humanity Hub in The Hague. An atmosphere of excitement began to build as The Hague Peace Projects Director, Jakob de Jonge, welcomed everyone. Jakob presented The Hague Hacks as the \u201ckick-off\u201d event that will launch a year of planning, collaborating, meeting with experts and committees, fine-tuning, development, prototypes and implementation of these ideas to create actual and sustainable solutions. He explained that The Hague Hacks is not simply a one-time meeting that all participants can feel good and forget about the next day. On the contrary, it\u2019s a continuous, long-term commitment to connecting tech experts and human rights defenders. The Hague Hacks event is designed as a festival to celebrate these kinds of partnerships and foster an environment to stimulate new innovation and collaboration.<\/p>\n
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Jakob de Jonge addressing the crowd at The Hague Hacks Festival.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ImpactCity also took the stage. As our principle sponsor for this event, they repeatedly and demonstrably supported The Hague Hacks at every stage of the Festival. ImpactCity believes that economic success and social impact go hand in hand. As such, they try to foster a welcoming and supportive space in The Hague for Start-Ups and Scale-Ups. They also have a program called the Humanitarian Action Challenge, which aims to stimulate cooperation between business and NGOs. The winners of the Humanitarian Action Challenge were invited on stage at The Hague Hacks Festival to say a few words about their experiences developing technology to defend and promote human rights issues across the globe. Hack the Planet, Be Data Driven, and Timby were also in attendance, sharing their knowledge and inspiring participants to blend technology and human rights activism to create effective and long-term solutions.<\/p>\n A traditional Syrian lunch was served by Ya Laziz. Guests enjoyed falafels with all the fixings, and madlouka for dessert.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HHF-2018-Article-3.jpg” title_text=”HHF-2018-Article-3″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”3vh||1vh||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” locked=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.12.1″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_line_height=”1.4em” text_orientation=”justify” custom_padding=”|4vw||4vw|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″ text_text_align=”justify” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”||||false|false”]<\/p>\n A delicious traditional Syrian lunch served by Ya Laziz.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n With full stomachs, participants embarked on the first workshop: The Discovery Workshop. Here, participants were asked to gather in groups according to one of the five human rights issues that they wanted to focus on. The purpose of this workshop was to explore the issues in depth with a human rights expert for each region. Participants had the\u00a0opportunity to ask questions and learn about the context, the actors and\u00a0the challenges involved before identifying how\u00a0technology could provide\u00a0a viable and sustainable solution.<\/p>\n After a short break, everyone returned to their groups to tackle the second workshop: The Focus Workshop. It was finally problem-solving time. The Humanity Hub was abuzz with discussion. Participants collaborated together: sharing their knowledge, skills and talents to explore the potentials of technology and brainstorm innovative ideas. People of every age, gender, ethnicity, religion, background and profession were united in their conviction to create innovative tech solutions. To see such diversity and yet so much unity was heartwarming and inspiring. All groups engaged in interesting, passionate and fruitful discussions. Of the five groups tackling their respective issues, the Bangladesh and Pakistan groups succeeded in developing viable and plausible technological solutions.<\/p>\n Since the event in December, these two groups have continued to meet regularly to grow their ideas. As part of the\u00a0next step in The Hague Hacks process, they will present their ideas to\u00a0two committees. First,\u00a0they will present their idea to\u00a0a human rights\u00a0committee composed of several experts in the dynamics and complexities\u00a0of their respective human rights issues in Bangladesh and Pakistan.\u00a0Second, a business and technology committee will assess the viability,\u00a0the longevity and financial sustainability of their ideas. These\u00a0committees will provide feedback and constructive criticisms to ensure\u00a0that these ideas can transform into appropriate, respectful, long-term\u00a0and successful\u00a0technologies.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HHF-tabletalk.jpg” title_text=”HHF-tabletalk” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.12.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”3vh||1vh||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” locked=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.12.1″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”16px” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_line_height=”1.4em” text_orientation=”justify” custom_padding=”|4vw||4vw|false|true” hover_enabled=”0″ text_text_align=”justify” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”||||false|false”]<\/p>\n Th<\/em><\/span>e Bangladesh group collaborating and brainstorming possible technological solutions.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Hague Hacks would like to thank a few people and organizations without whom this event would not have been possible. An enormous thank you to our partners: The City of The Hague\/Gemeente Den Haag, Impact City, and The Hague Peace Projects. We\u2019d also like to thank our wonderful host, The Hague Humanity Hub. Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped plan, promote, organize, and execute the event. Moreover, thank you to all of the speakers and experts who donated their time and knowledge to make this collaboration between tech and human rights come true. 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Hacking. Hacker. These words are traditionally associated with gaining access to a computer system without permission. But a new generation of techies and problem solvers are re-appropriating the word. In the last few decades, \u201cHackathons\u201d have emerged as an exciting meet-up for computer programmers, coders, graphic designers, business professionals, project managers, companies, medical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n Hack. Hacking. Hacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These words are traditionally associated with gaining access to a computer system without permission. But a new generation of techies and problem solvers are reappropriating the word. In the last few decades, \u201cHackathons\u201d have emerged as an exciting meet-up for computer programmers, coders, graphic designers, business professionals, project managers, companies, medical experts\u2026 everyone under the sun. All are welcome to Hackathons, as long as individuals share their talents and expertise to achieving a common goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On December 14th, 2018, The Hague Peace Projects\n organized the second annual Hague Hacks to connect technology \nprofessionals, start-ups, and human rights defenders to explore and \nbrainstorm possible technological solutions to human rights issues. Five\n human rights issues in particular were chosen for this year\u2019s festival:\n the current polarizing role of social media in Bangladesh; the \npotential for technology to increase security in Sudan; the freedom of \nthe press and the safety of government critics in Rwanda; the tracking \nand monitoring the North Koreans slaves outside of North Korea; and the \nprotection of personal data from the government of \nPakistan. Participants were encouraged to learn as much as they could \nabout the context and the complexities of these issues before the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a rainy Friday morning in December, the \nspeakers and participants arrived at the Humanity Hub in The Hague. An \natmosphere of excitement began to build as The Hague Peace Projects \nDirector, Jakob de Jong, welcomed everyone. Jakob presented The Hague \nHacks as the \u201ckick-off\u201d event that will launch a year of planning, \ncollaborating, meeting with experts and committees, fine-tuning, \ndevelopment, prototypes and implementation of these ideas to create \nactual and sustainable solutions. He explained that The Hague Hacks is \nnot simply a one-time meeting that all participants can feel good and \nforget about the next day. On the contrary, it\u2019s a continuous, long-term\n commitment to connecting tech experts and human rights defenders. The \nHague Hacks event is designed as a festival to celebrate these kinds of \npartnerships and foster an environment to stimulate new innovation and \ncollaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ImpactCity also took the stage. As our principle\n sponsor for this event, they repeatedly and demonstrably supported The \nHague Hacks at every stage of the Festival. ImpactCity believes that \neconomic success and social impact go hand in hand. As such, they try to\n foster a welcoming and supportive space in The Hague for Start-Ups and \nScale-Ups. They also have a program called the Humanitarian Action \nChallenge, which aims to stimulate cooperation between business and \nNGOs. The winners of the Humanitarian Action Challenge were invited on \nstage at The Hague Hacks Festival to say a few words about their \nexperiences developing technology to defend and promote human rights \nissues across the globe. Hack the Planet, Be Data Driven, and Timby were\n also in attendance, sharing their knowledge and inspiring participants \nto blend technology and human rights activism to create effective and \nlong-term solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A traditional Syrian lunch was served by Ya Laziz. Guests enjoyed falafels with all the fixings, and madlouka for dessert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With full stomachs, participants embarked on the first workshop: The \nDiscovery Workshop. Here, participants were asked to gather in groups \naccording to one of the five human rights issues that they wanted to \nfocus on. The purpose of this workshop was to explore the issues in \ndepth with a human rights expert for each region. Participants had the \nopportunity to ask questions and learn about the context, the actors and\n the challenges involved before identifying how technology could provide\n a viable and sustainable solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a short break, everyone returned to their \ngroups to tackle the second workshop: The Focus Workshop. It was finally\n problem-solving time. The Humanity Hub was abuzz with discussion. \nParticipants collaborated together: sharing their knowledge, skills and \ntalents to explore the potentials of technology and brainstorm \ninnovative ideas. People of every age, gender, ethnicity, religion, \nbackground and profession were united in their conviction to create \ninnovative tech solutions. To see such diversity and yet so much unity \nwas heartwarming and inspiring. All groups engaged in interesting, \npassionate and fruitful discussions. Of the five groups tackling their \nrespective issues, the Bangladesh and Pakistan groups succeeded \nin developing viable and plausible technological solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the event in December, these two groups \nhave continued to meet regularly to grow their ideas. As part of the \nnext step in The Hague Hacks process, they will present their ideas to \ntwo committees. First, they will present their idea to a human rights \ncommittee composed of several experts in the dynamics and complexities \nof their respective human rights issues in Bangladesh and Pakistan. \nSecond, a business and technology committee will assess the viability, \nthe longevity and financial sustainability of their ideas. These \ncommittees will provide feedback and constructive criticisms to ensure \nthat these ideas can transform into appropriate, respectful, long-term \nand successful technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nThe Hague Hacks would like to thank a few people and organizations \nwithout whom this event would not have been possible. An enormous thank \nyou to our partners: The City of The Hague\/Gemeente Den Haag, Impact \nCity, and The Hague Peace Projects. We\u2019d also like to thank our \nwonderful host, The Hague Humanity Hub. Thank you to all \nof the volunteers who helped plan, promote, organize, and execute the \nevent. Moreover, thank you to all of the speakers and experts who \ndonated their time and knowledge to make this collaboration between tech\n and human rights come true. Finally, thank you to all of the \nparticipants who engaged with our speakers and experts, expressed \nunrestrained passion for helping solve these humanitarian problems, and \ncontinue to create and problem-solve viable technological \nsolutions. See you all again next year.\n\n<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[17,16,7],"tags":[22,19,21,24,20,25,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26251"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28484,"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26251\/revisions\/28484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehaguepeace.org\/haguehacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2022 More\u00a0 Articles<\/span><\/h3>\n
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