128.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
128.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
128.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Finalize domestic implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
128.37
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take the necessary steps to incorporate into domestic law those international human rights conventions that Botswana has ratified
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
128.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Accelerate ongoing efforts to domesticate the provisions of the international human rights treaties to which it is a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
128.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Incorporate into domestic law those international human rights conventions that Botswana has ratified, including the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, making them directly applicable to the courts and administrative authorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
128.44
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Include provisions of international human rights treaties ratified by Botswana in national legislation, in order to ensure their applicability in courts and administrative organs
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
128.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Recognize the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive individual communications under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
129.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Hold public consultations on the use of the death penalty and consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
129.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
While welcoming the public debates on the death sentence, Namibia encourages Botswana to consider placing a moratorium on executions, commute all death sentences to other sentences and consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adhere to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take further measures to adopt legislation ensuring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular in the area violence prevention and sexual exploitation of children and ensure girls are protected from sexual abuse.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take further measures to adopt legislation ensuring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular in the area violence prevention and sexual exploitation of children.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to incorporate the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child into national legislation.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying-acceding to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to abolish the death penalty.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Their Family Members.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Provide access to land and support for the residents of the Reserve, as specified in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and work with the land boards of the various districts to ensure equity in land allocation among all applicants for residential, arable and grazing land, water sources and business sites
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- International instruments
- Right to land
- Right to water and sanitation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure full alignment of its national legislation with all obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Use temporary special measures in accordance with article 4 paragraph 1 of the CEDAW to achieve substantive equality of women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Women's rights
129.4.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
128.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider initiating the processes of ratification of the main human rights treaties that have not been ratified
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
128.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Become a party to international human rights instruments to which Botswana has not as yet become a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
128.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
128.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol, and incorporate these instruments into its national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Torture and other CID treatment
128.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
128.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and harmonize its national migration policy with the principles espoused in the Convention
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
128.8
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
128.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
129.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Second Optional Protocol thereto, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and its Optional Protocol
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments