BSR | Human Rights Impact Assessment: Facebook in Myanmar
Phase
IMMERSION
Building knowledge
of Facebook and
Myanmar
Key Questions
» What Facebook products, services, and
technologies are relevant to the HRIA?
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How is Facebook used in Myanmar?
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What is Facebook’s existing human
rights policy and management approach,
globally and in Myanmar?
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MAPPING
Identifying relevant
actual and potential
human rights
impacts
PRIORITIZATION
»
What is the human rights context in
Myanmar, such as extent of rule of law,
relevant laws and regulations, and
human rights history?
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What are the relevant actual and
potential human rights impacts, including
risks and opportunities, in Myanmar?
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What are the most vulnerable groups,
and how are they impacted?
Develop
recommendations
for mitigation
measures in the
short, medium, and
long term, in line
with prioritization
Method
» Desk-based research, using
public and Facebookspecific resources
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Interviews with relevant
Facebook staff
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Interviews with relevant
Myanmar experts
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Identification of
rightsholders and
stakeholders
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Two visits to Myanmar—
once participating in
Facebook-managed
dialogues and once
independently
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Interviews with rightsholders
and stakeholders in
Myanmar
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Interviews with Facebook
staff
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Where should Facebook prioritize
different approaches and allocate
resources?
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Use BSR’s HRIA tool to
prioritize human rights
impacts, based on severity
(scale, scope, remediability),
likelihood, attribution, and
leverage
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What action plan should Facebook
deploy?
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»
What leverage does Facebook have over
actual and potential impacts?
Provide recommendations
on how to address impacts,
risks, and opportunities
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What measures should Facebook take
over the short, medium, and long term?
Review and comment by
Facebook
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Final report
Prioritize actual and
potential human
rights impacts to
determine where
Facebook should
focus resources
MANAGEMENT
Who are the key internal and external
stakeholders and rights holders in
Myanmar?
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What can be achieved by Facebook
alone, and what should be undertaken in
collaboration with others?