"ICAR and ALTSEAN-Burma Launch Comprehensive Study of Business and Human Rights Laws and Practices in Myanmar," 07 December 2017

ICAR and ALTSEAN-Burma formally launched the “Shadow” National Baseline Assessment (NBA) of Current Implementation of Business and Human Rights Frameworks in Myanmar...

The NBA was the result of a year-long project between ALTSEAN-Burma and ICAR. It examines legal and policy gaps, and contains concrete recommendations for reform...

The NBA found that despite numerous legal and economic reforms since the country's transition to democracy...a number of holdover problems...remain...Discrimination and abuses against women and ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities continue.  Human rights abuses linked to business activities are routine.

The NBA is available for download here.