Who buys and controls the CCTV? Back to contents 07 Our report demonstrates how CCTVs are procured and deployed in Myanmar, and the human rights implications of their use. It aims to: Equip civil society with the necessary background and context on public procurement within the country to carry out further research and advocacy; Provide relevant context of Myanmar’s political reality, legal framework, and legacy of surveillance; Outline key information on current technologies of interest and entities building and supplying these technologies; Analyse the human rights implications of CCTV systems; and Highlight areas of further investigation. In particular, this report emphasises the dire need for transparency and accountability within the country’s procurement processes and technology deployment. We seek to highlight that studying traditional infrastructures like CCTV is important for digital rights activists and academics as it is these infrastructures that pave the way for ‘smart’ biometric technologies to scale rapidly further down the line in the absence of legislation, safeguards, oversight, or human rights considerations. In the pages that follow, we trace how CCTV cameras came to be normalised and adopted within three cities in Myanmar, namely Mandalay, Yangon, and