Acknowledgements
The partner organisations would like to thank the Governments of Denmark, Ireland,
Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and United Kingdom for their on-going support to
MCRB.
The
partner
organisations would also like to thank all those who participated in the field assessments
across Myanmar, and in the June 2015 Yangon and London consultations on the draft ICT
SWIA. They also thank the Union Government, as well as the Governments of Mandalay
Region, Sagaing Region, Yangon Region, Shan State, Mon State and Kayin State, for
their support in the research phase.
The report was written by: Margaret Wachenfeld, Donna Guest, Haley St. Dennis and
Lucy Purdon of IHRB, Vicky Bowman, Kamran Emad, Thi Thi Thein of MCRB, with
important contributions from Elin Wrzoncki and Rikke Frank Joergensen of DIHR.
The team would also like to recognise the contributions of the MCRB ICT field team:
Research Leader Kamran Emad, SWIA Manager Thi Thi Thein and researchers: Sandar
Cho Oo, Hlaing Min Oo and Kyaw Thura.
Special thanks go to Susan Morgan, who authored the Annex to the Recommendations
on Lawful Interception and Government Access to User Data, with input from Lucy Purdon
and Margaret Wachenfeld, and we would also like to thank all those experts interviewed
for this section of the SWIA. We would also like to thank Asia Law & Justice Fellow Joey
Lee of Fordham Law School and students Alison Cullen, Matthew Solomon and Jennifer
Whitman who provided detailed research on ICT laws in Myanmar. The research also
draws on background papers developed for MCRB by Kamran Emad, Delphia Lim and
Ross Wilson as well as Dr Richard Horsey of Peace Nexus.
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