"Burma: Address Rights Impact of New Investment Law", 26 March 2015

Burma’s government has failed to engage in meaningful public consultation on a draft investment law that could have a profound impact on human rights in the country. The government should extend its March 26, 2015 deadline for public comments and engage in genuine consultations with civil society organizations before submitting the draft law to parliament...During the minimal consultation that did take place with independent groups, local community members raised concerns about the government’s regulation of major international investments. They noted that local people often have no means for redress when an investment goes wrong. Other groups have raised concerns that provisions that would ensure the government’s ability to implement regulations to protect human health and the environment had been removed from the most recent draft...