MMCERT
MNPED
MOST
MPT
NLD
OECD
OHCHR
PTD
SLORC
SPDC
SWIA
UNDP
USDP
VOIP
Myanmar Cybersecurity Emergency Response Team
Ministry for National Planning and Economic Development
Ministry of Science and Technology
Myanma Posts and Telecommunications
National League for Democracy
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Office of the High Comissioner for Human Rights
Posts and Telecommunications Department
State Law and Order Restoration Council
State Peace and Development Council
Sector-Wide Impact Assessment
United Nations Development Programme
Union Solidarity Development Party
Voice over Internet Protocol
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Recommendations from the OECD as part of the Myanmar Investment
Policy Review Chapter on Responsible Business Conduct
Table 2: US Reporting Requirements on Responsible Investment in Burma
Table 3: The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
Table 4: SWIA Mitigation Hierarchy
Table 5: Other Actors Involved in Myanmar’s ICT Sector
Table 6: ICT Master Plan 2011–2015 Action Items across 4 Key ICT Sector Areas
Table 7: Proposed Vision of the 2015 Draft Telecommunications Master Plan, as of
August 2015
Table 8: Myanmar’s Accession to International Human Rights Instruments
Table 9: Principal Existing Domestic Laws Relevant to ICTs
Table 10: Existing Gaps in Myanmar’s ICT Legal Framework
Table 11: Summary of Human Rights at Risk under Domestic ICT Laws
Table 12: Provisions of the 2013 Telecommunications Law with Potential to be
used to Criminalise Legitimate Expression
Table 13: Provisions of the 2013 Telecommunications Law with Potential to be
used to Arbitrarily Block or Filter User Content
Table 14: Provisions of the 2013 Telecommunications Law with Potential to be
used to Arbitrarily Disrupt or Disconnect Internet Access
Table 15: Provisions of the 2013 Telecommunications Law with Potential to be
used to Monitor User Activity and Content
Table 16: Provisions of the 2013 Telecommunications Law with Potential to be
used to Grant Government Access to User-Identifying Information
Table 17: Provisions of the Electronic Transaction Law with Potential to be used to
Infringe Freedom of Expression and Privacy
Table 18: Provisions of the Computer Science Development Law with Potential to
be used to Infringe Freedom of Expression
Table 19: Provisions of the Law Relating to the Registration of Organisations with
Potential to be used to Infringe the Right to Freedom of
Table 20: Provisions of the Unlawful Associations Act with Potential to be used to
Infringe the Right to Freedom of
Table 21: Provisions of other Domestic Laws at Risk of Infringing the Rights to
Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association and Raising Potential Liability
Table 22: Guidance for Governments on ICT Policy and Law Making
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