Objectives of the review 'Ensuring accountability, transparency and the interests of global Internet users':

ICANN commits to maintain and improve robust mechanisms for public input, accountability, and transparency so as to ensure that the outcomes of its decision-making will reflect the public interest and be accountable to all stakeholders by:

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Integral to the foregoing reviews will be assessments of the extent to which the Board and staff have implemented the recommendations arising out of the other commitment reviews enumerated below.

Timeline of review

• First review to be concluded no later than December 31st 2010.
• Prior reviews concluded in 2010 (ATRT1) and 2013 (ATRT2); the third review (ATRT3) is scheduled to launch in early 2017.
• Future reviews shall Further reviews to be conducted no less frequently than every three yearsfive years measured from the date the previous Accountability and Transparency Review Team was convened.