It then claims that it has accepted and implemented more than 80 per cent of the recommendations. This takes no account whatsoever of the fact that the most fundamental recommendations are among the ten not accepted and implemented. The Government will claim to be doing well but the inquiry will have failed to the extent that its most important recommendations were ignored. An inquiry that makes a relatively limited number of clearly prioritised recommendations is more likely to achieve a positive result than one that produces a long shopping list of unprioritised actions. An effective strategy is sometimes to indicate which recommendations should be implemented immediately and which may be implemented in the medium-term or longer-term. KEY POINTS: CHAPTER 12 • The inquiry makes recommendations to promote full compliance with human rights obligations, through providing redress for past violations and prevention of new ones. • Recommendations must be realistic, comprehensive but as concise as possible, well targeted and directed towards the principal issues identified in the inquiry. • Recommendations should address the inquiry’s terms of reference and respond to the facts of the situation as revealed by the inquiry, measured against the requirements of international human rights law. • Recommendations should be directed to any body, organisation or even individual with a role in addressing the violations or improving human rights compliance. • Recommendations should indicate which have the higher priority and which may be implemented in the medium-term or longer-term. Chapter 12: Develop recommendations | 61