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Botswana: Positive reputation belies hidden violations: Amnesty International: Submission to the 43rd session of the UPR Working Group, 3 May 2023
Despite its relatively good reputation with respect to its respect for and promotion of human rights, on closer observation, Botswana has various grave human rights challenges. In this vein this submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Botswana in May 2023. In it, Amnesty...
Botswana: Submission to the UN Committee against Torture: 74th Session, 12 -29 July 2022
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the UN Committee against Torture. In this submission, Amnesty International sets out its concerns regarding the flogging of a child and the unlawful use of the death penalty under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,...
Southern Africa: Alarming rise in the number of girls experiencing sexual abuse and unwanted pregnancies during the pandemic calls on governments to take action to protect girls’ rights
Authorities across Southern Africa must immediately take action to protect girls’ rights to health, information, education, equality and to live freely from gender-based violence and discrimination, Amnesty International said today as the world continues to mark 16 Days of Activism against...
Southern Africa: Open letter to SADC: Restrictive COVID-19 regulations presenting concerning ramifications for enjoyment of human rights, including livelihoods
Amnesty International in collaboration with Advancing Rights in Southern Africa (ARISA), Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN), Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) are writing this letter to bring to your attention the worrying restrictive COVID-19 regulations presenting...
Botswana: Latest execution a devastating blow to the right to life
The latest state-sanctioned execution of a 44-year-old man, Mooketsi Kgosibodiba, by hanging, is a devastating blow to the right to life in Botswana, Amnesty International said today. With this execution Botswana has continued on a regressive path, as the only country in Southern Africa that...
Botswana: Justice can be served without the use of the death penalty
The sentencing of Kagiso Molefe to 20 years imprisonment for the murder of his ex-girlfriend by the Lobatse High Court demonstrates that justice can be served without the use of the death penalty in Botswana, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International believes this judgement upholds...
Suggested recommendations to States considered during the 33rd session of the Universal Periodic Review, 6 – 17 May 2019
This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations to be made to the twelve States undergoing their UPR during the 33rd session of the UPR Working Group.
Oral statement on the state of the death penalty in Africa at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception, regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution. The death penalty is a violation of the...
Botswana: Amnesty International calls on Botswana to step up action to promote and protect human rights
Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on Botswana
Suggested recommendations to States considered during the 29th session of the Universal Periodic Review, 15-26 January 2018
This submission contains Amnesty Internationals’ suggested recommendations to States considered during the 29th session of the Universal Periodic Review, 15-26 January 2018. Areas covered include human rights defenders, death penalty and ratification of human rights treaties.
UN Human Rights Council pledging event in New York: States set out their vision and commitments as candidates to the Human Rights Council
At an event organised and held in New York on 15 July 2015 by Amnesty International and the International Service for Human Rights together with Botswana, Brazil and the Netherlands, eight candidates to the Human Rights Council discussed their aspirations and vision of membership on the UN’s main...
Suggested recommendations to States considered in the 15th round of the Universal Periodic Review, 21 January – 1 February 2013
In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, domestic legislation and human rights violations. The abuses considered include torture and other ill-treatment, extrajudicial executions,...