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Recommendation 10
10
Accepted
Paragraph: 35
We recommend biennial meetings of Ambassadors and Deputy Heads of Mission of ‘Five Eyes’ countries...
Recommendation
We recommend biennial meetings of Ambassadors and Deputy Heads of Mission of ‘Five Eyes’ countries in states with a record of state hostage taking to discuss live cases and lessons learnt, and to disseminate best practice.
Government Response Summary
The government states that there is already regular (at least biennial) communication amongst diplomatic and consular colleagues from ‘Five Eyes’ countries between capitals and overseas.
Paragraph Reference:
35
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
21. The Government agrees that we should work with close partners to discuss approaches, and exchange experience and best practice, while respecting obligations to protect individuals’ personal data. There is already regular (at least biennial) communication amongst diplomatic and consular colleagues from ‘Five Eyes’ countries between our respective capitals. Such exchanges also take place with other like-minded partners, and between our respective Embassies and High Commissions overseas in countries where those partners also have diplomatic representation.