At Tajikistan's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the United Kingdom welcomed the country's recent adoption of legislation aimed at promoting equality and reducing discrimination and violence, including ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The statement, published on 6 November 2026, urged the relevant Tajik authorities to fully implement the legislation and protect the rights of women, children, the LGBT community, and religious and minority groups.

The UK made several recommendations. It called on Tajikistan to criminalise all forms of domestic and intimate partner violence and to amend the Family Code to prohibit all forms of child marriage without exception. It also urged that all media outlets and journalists be able to operate freely, online and offline, through legal protections, and that the Criminal Code be brought in line with Articles 19 and 20 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including precise definitions of crimes relating to extremism, terrorism and national security so that peaceful dissent and media freedom are not punished.

Finally, the UK recommended that Tajikistan ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and establish an independent national preventative mechanism.