A/HRC/25/64
(b)
Ensure that the draft association law is amended to remove criminal
sanctions and replace the registration procedure with a voluntary notification
procedure, and ensure the concomitant review/abolition of the Act relating to the
Formation of Organizations and the Unlawful Associations Act;
(c)
Invite the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful
assembly and of association to visit the country, and ratify the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights.
79.
In relation to human rights concerns in the context of development, the
Government should:
(a)
Establish a system of individual titling and tenure rights for smallholders
to protect people against land appropriation and forced evictions;
(b)
Put in place a collective or communal tenure system for land, fisheries
and forests to protect the access of local communities to common goods and ensure
that the land can be converted to new uses only with their free, prior and informed
consent;
(c)
Abide by the basic principles and guidelines on development-based
evictions and displacement (A/HRC/4/18, annex I);
(d)
Ensure that people peacefully protesting forced evictions and land
confiscations are not subjected to excessive use of force by the police or arbitrary
detention and criminal prosecution;
(e)
Ensure that the recommendations from the Letpadaung parliamentary
commission and the environmental and social impact assessment are fully
implemented;
(f)
Make environmental and social impact assessments a legal requirement
for all large-scale development projects in Myanmar and ensure that human rights
impact assessments are incorporated;
(g)
Abide by the guiding principles on human rights impact assessments of
trade and investment agreements (see A/HRC/19/59/Add.5);
(h)
Continue the good progress in preparing for Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative candidature.
80.
The Special Rapporteur also calls on all investors and businesses to abide by
the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
81.
Regarding the situation in ethnic border areas, the Government and, where
applicable, the ethnic armed groups should:
(a)
Abide by humanitarian and human rights law in areas where armed
conflict continues;
(b)
Establish a comprehensive system for monitoring the implementation of
ceasefire and political agreements, which includes representation from civil society,
community-based groups and the international community, and guarantee the
freedom of movement of monitors;
(c)
Set a clear time frame for prompt progress towards political talks
following the signing of a national ceasefire accord, and stick firmly to that timetable;
(d)
Ensure that political negotiations abide by the principles of
participation, transparency, accountability, equality and non-discrimination, and
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