Compilation of all recommendations made by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, to the
Government of Myanmar, armed organizations, the UN Security Council, Member States, UN agencies, the business
community and others in English
To international financial institutions:
131. Support and encourage investment only in the non-Tatmadaw linked private sector
to support the growth of alternative economic actors to the Tatmadaw and associated
businesses (A/HRC/42/CRP.3);
132. Implement and deliver development projects in keeping with the human rights-based
approach to programming, including participation, empowerment, local ownership, and
sustainability (A/HRC/42/CRP.3);
133. Support and deliver development, investment, and reconstruction in a fair, equitable,
non-discriminatory, sustainable and non-politicized manner; for this reason, not undertake
any economic or development activity, other than emergency humanitarian assistance, in
Rakhine State until and unless all restrictions on the remaining Rohingya populations are
lifted (A/HRC/42/CRP.3);
134. Follow a human rights, community and protection approach when planning and
implementing development projects, especially with regard to where and how development
projects and programming are carried out or assistance provided. Projects or assistance
must not provide economic or other benefit to parties where there is reason to suspect they
were unlawfully involved in acts that constituted crimes under international law, including
war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide (A/HRC/42/CRP.3);
135. In development projects in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, do not support or
engage in activities that destroy or contaminate crime sites or other evidence for the
purposes of accountability (A/HRC/42/CRP.3);
136. Ensure that any direct budget support to the Myanmar Government contributes to
the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals and the economic and social rights of
the entire population in Myanmar in a non-discriminatory manner, to ensure that no one is
left behind (A/HRC/42/CRP.3).
VII. Facebook and other social media1
137. All social media platforms active in Myanmar, including messenger systems, should
apply international human rights law as basis for content moderation on their platforms. In
doing so, they should respect the rights of their users to freedom of expression and to
privacy. The Basic Principles on Business and Human Rights provides a baseline approach
that companies should adopt. They should engage with the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Human Rights and existing human rights mechanisms, in particular
the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to
freedom of opinion and expression (A/HRC/39/CRP.2).
138. Facebook and other social media platforms, including messenger systems, should
support the existing research of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion
and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on online content
moderation. The Mission encourages the Special Rapporteur to explore further the
responsibilities of social media companies as carriers of expression that incites violence or
discrimination based on race, ethnicity, nationality or religion (A/HRC/39/CRP.2).
139. Facebook and other social media platforms, including messenger systems, should
allow for independent and thorough examination of the use of their platform to spread
messages inciting to violence and discrimination in Myanmar. The extent to which posts
and messages on its platform have led to real-world discrimination and violence should be
part of such examination. Their experience in Myanmar should be examined as a situation
of great concern in itself and as a case study for their global operations (A/HRC/39/CRP.2).
140. All social media platforms active in Myanmar, including messenger systems, should
open themselves up to public accountability and transparency. They should actively track
1
For updates on this issue, see A/HRC/42/50, paras. 71-74.
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