Recommendations Back to contents 80 A rights-respecting framework for developing smart cities in Myanmar would require: 1. Banning mass surveillance in public and publicly accessible spaces. 2. Banning the design, development, and use of emotion recognition technologies. 3. Subjecting the design, development, deployment, and use of technologies that impact human rights in the territory of Myanmar to the strict tests of legality, necessity, and proportionality. 4. Placing a moratorium on the procurement and deployment of technologies described in this report until there is adequate public debate on the implications of such systems on societies, and until adequate legislative safeguards are put in place. 5. Putting in place accountability structures and independent oversight measures and a legislative framework for the design, development, and deployment of CCTV and related infrastructures in compliance with international human rights standards. 6. Putting in place comprehensive data protection legislation in line with international law, and in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, including civil society. 7. Ensuring that the design, development, and use of CCTV infrastructure, and all other smart city infrastructures, are subject to a transparent, open, and public debate even before the procurement stage. 8. Ensuring the transparency and public oversight of procurement processes for the acquisition, development, and deployment of smart city infrastructures including CCTVs and biometric technologies. 9. Repealing laws that restrict access to information, like the Official Secrets Act (1923), adopting a right to information law, and ensuring access to information in accordance with international human rights