BSR | Human Rights Impact Assessment: Facebook in Myanmar 8 » Instagram is a community for sharing visual stories through photos, videos, and direct messages. Instagram is also a place for people to stay connected with the interests and communities that they care about. » Messenger is a messaging application that makes it easy for people to connect with other people, groups, and businesses across a variety of platforms and devices. » WhatsApp is a fast, simple, and reliable messaging application that is used by people around the world to connect securely and privately. In mid-2018, it was estimated that there were around 20 million users of Facebook in Myanmar. While all Facebook products were considered in this assessment, Facebook and Messenger were the primary focus, as they are much more commonly used in Myanmar, compared to Instagram and WhatsApp. 2.3 HRIA METHODOLOGY In this HRIA, BSR provides analysis, reaches conclusions, and makes recommendations for the management of human rights in Myanmar by Facebook. Using a methodology consistent with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), we interviewed rightsholders and stakeholders inside and outside Myanmar, reviewed Facebook documentation, interviewed Facebook staff, and undertook two visits to Myanmar. Identification and Prioritization BSR’s HRIA methodology is aligned with the UNGPs and uses the international legal human rights framework as the basis for defining the scope of the term “human rights.” Companies today are expected to respect all human rights, and it is understood that businesses can potentially impact any of them. Human rights issues also cut across a diverse range of business activities and company functions. Therefore, our HRIA methodology uses as its baseline the universe of rights codified in the following international instruments: » » » » » » » » » » 1 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 2 The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 3 The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination4 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women5 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 6 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 7 The eight International Labour Organization (ILO) Core Conventions8 The Convention on the Rights of the Child9 ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous Peoples 10 United Nations, 1948. OHCHR, 1966. 3 OHCHR, 1966 http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx. 4 OHCHR, 1965. 5 OHCHR, 1979. 6 OHCHR, 1984. 7 OHCHR, 2006. 8 ILO, accessed August 2018. 9 OHCHR, 1989. 10 ILO, 1989. 2