06 Recommendations Based on research findings, the following recommendations are made to address Myanmar’s escalating digital repression and its gendered impacts on WHRDs and other activists. 6.1 International community (multilateral actors and states) i. Hold the military accountable for the use of repressive laws as tools of persecution: Since the 2021 coup, the junta has unilaterally enacted or amended laws to criminalise dissent, detain WHRDs and legitimise repression. These laws are not the result of a legislative process and fundamentally violate international human rights standards, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), among other instruments. We urge UN bodies and international actors to: ii. • Publicly denounce these laws as tools of political persecution. • Support investigations into how the use of these laws result in human rights abuses. • Advance accountability through international accountability mechanisms. • Call for an end to all internet shutdowns in Myanmar. Ensure accountability for actors involved in enabling shutdowns and fund alternative connectivity tools in affected areas. Take action against companies that enable surveillance: Investigate and sanction companies supplying surveillance technologies, including biometric systems and data interception tools that are enabling the junta’s digital repression. These companies are complicit in human rights violations. In line with international human 23