127.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Further improve the health-care infrastructure in Botswana and pay special attention to awareness-raising programmes among women and adolescent girls in rural areas for addressing the challenge of HIV/AIDS
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- HIV - Aids
- Human rights education and training
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
148.245
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue implementing measures to improve conditions for women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
127.171
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue effective implementation of the National Health Policy framework (2012–2020) especially by targeting the most vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
146.192
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take necessary measures to implement a coordinated programme to combat the rate of girls dropping out of school and improve the system of access to education for girls and young women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
134.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to take steps to strengthen the legal framework for the protection of children and the rights of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
115.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt legislation outlawing all forms of gender-based violence, including the traditional practice of female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
127.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen its domestic criminal legal system in order to effectively investigate and prosecute crimes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
125.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to implement the national employment policy and establish a universal social security system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
144.61
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the ongoing poverty alleviation measures, particularly the campaign against malnutrition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to food
141.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure equal access to inclusive quality education for all and guarantee free public education for a minimum of 12 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
113.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the independence of the national human rights institution further, in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
110.11
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider effective implementation of the National Strategic Development Plans
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National action plan
- Right to development
110.83
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue ongoing measures for reduction of extreme poverty, food insecurity and employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Poverty
- Right to development
- Right to food
142.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Amend discriminatory laws against women and eliminate harmful practices and gender-based violence against women and girls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
119.227
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue measures to empower women and girls through provision of equal socioeconomic opportunities and encourage their participation at the political and decision-making levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
119.27
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to intensify the efforts for implementation of the Terra Ranka Strategic and Operational Plan
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Right to development
- Right to food
119.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen the national human rights mechanism and the legislative framework thereof in accordance with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
137.189
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Further improve its health-care infrastructure in order to enhance access to health care, particularly for women from poor and rural backgrounds
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
121.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Increase health expenditure and ensure seamless access for women and girls to reproductive and sexual health care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
121.126
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Implement the right to education to its fullest possible extent by improving the school infrastructure and recruiting trained teaching staff
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to education
114.126
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Performance-based and result-oriented management in the health- care system in order to attain the goal of eradication of poliomyelitis and to increase immunization coverage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
163.295
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Promote the rights and welfare of children, particularly for those vulnerable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
129.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 27 - May 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure that the National Human Rights Council is fully compliant with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
118.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Improve the health-care infrastructure, particularly by paying special attention to enhancing access to health care for women in poor and rural areas
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
131.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
146.163
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to take concrete measures on access to drinking water and develop adequate programmes and policies for building infrastructure for the supply of water for irrigation and livestock management
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to water and sanitation
31.209
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue further measures with regard to education and capacity- building for those engaged in the rehabilitation of victims of trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Trafficking
103.166
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to address the barriers to access for women to health-care services, including sociocultural barriers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Women's rights
94.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Work towards the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
142.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking