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Recommendation 27
27
Accepted
Paragraph: 89
Robustly enforce adherence to mutually agreed commitments with Central Asian governments.
Recommendation
The UK Government needs to be clear-eyed and discerning in its engagement with Central Asian governments, all of which fully understand that there is international competition for their cooperation. There are likely to be many issues which the UK will not be able to cooperate on given the nature of governance and human rights records in those countries. We understand that in some cases governments may undertake significant public relations work to portray progress on human rights and corruption, for example, whilst the reality is the opposite. The UK Government should not be satisfied with unsubstantiated assurances that conditions have been met and instead be prepared to robustly enforce adherence to mutually agreed commitments.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially agrees, asserting that human rights and governance are vital to their work in Central Asia and detailing existing efforts. They highlight their current engagement, support for civil society, and programmatic work to strengthen rights and freedoms without specifying new measures for 'robust enforcement'.
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Paragraph Reference:
89
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
[Addressed below with 28] Conclusion/recommendation 28:
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