"Burma continues to be a pariah state for its gross violations of human rights. The refusal of the Burmese military junta to honour the results of the May 1990 elections made its isolation complete: so much so that Burma was denied ASEAN membership for a long time. The junta has even gone so far as to abuse its own laws, including those regulating foreign investment. As there are already many international reports on the link between foreign investment and violations of human rights in Burma, this paper will mainly focus on the aspect of Burma?s investment laws itself—what kinds of investment laws there are in Burma and how these are being abused by the junta..."