N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further seek international financing and cooperation for judiciary and police reform and for the provision of care and support for victims of sexual violence.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek international assistance to combat child labour, such as through the International Labour Organization
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek the assistance of ILO to combat child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek international cooperation in order to improve its electoral system, prior to the presidential and provincial elections due in 2014, and the election due in 2015
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Elections
124.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 32 - January 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully cooperate with the Group of Eminent Experts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 12 - October 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek the cooperation of UN agencies, such as ILO, to combat child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
137.46
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cooperate with the United Nations Commission of Inquiry, as well as with OHCHR, with a view to improving the human rights situation on the ground and promoting accountability
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek assistance from delegations that are materially capable of assisting Botswana in its endeavours with regard to treaty body reporting, human rights education and training, components of the national statistical system and the system to monitor development.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek technical and financial assistance from the international community to implement the recommendations from the periodic review
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek the assistance of the ILO to combat child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek the technical advice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness, protect stateless persons and address the statelessness situation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek cooperation with the United Nations human rights mechanisms, including special procedures and treaty bodies with regards to Voluntary Goals on Human Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Treaty bodies
- UPR process
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 11 - May 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek the assistance of ILO to combat child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take advantage of the cooperation that the international community, particularly the Human Rights Council, can offer in order to pursue the consolidation of its national institutions, an indispensable step for the promotion and protection of human rights on the ground
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek technical assistance from OHCHR and from the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on possible ways to adjust the Press Law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Special procedures
- Technical assistance and cooperation
105.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to make efforts to promote tolerance and inter-ethnic dialogue within the country, including by strengthening the Minority Councils
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts aimed at eradicating poverty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening its reforms programmes in all sectors to guarantee the human rights and freedoms enshrined in its Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- General
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 9 - November 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to pursue police and justice reforms aimed at reducing crime and impunity, while fully respecting human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 13 - May 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to strengthen its efforts to support women victims of domestic violence and to bring offenders to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in the field of women's rights in order to, amongst other things, enforce the 2007 Domestic Violence Act and laws prohibiting harmful practices against women, including trokosi and female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to improve the birth registration figures, having in mind that considerable improvement has already been achieved, as birth registration increased from around 30 per cent in 2000 to over 60 per cent in 2010
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to eliminate gender stereotypes and to repeal all discriminatory legislation against women, in the labour, civil and penal codes
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 14 - October 2012
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its effort to combat discrimination and promote equality in accordance with international treaties establishing guarantees of fundamental human rights and freedoms, and equality in the enjoyment of such rights, without privileges or restrictions based on race, colour, political, religious or other belief, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, property status, place of residence, language or other grounds
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts with the view of the prompt approval of the legislation in the area of the protection of the rights of the child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to implement the Brasilia rules regarding accessibility for persons with disabilities to the justice system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Give continuity to efforts undertaken to implement measures of care, assistance and comprehensive reparation to the victims of the internal armed conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in fighting and preventing torture, with emphasis on criminal legislation to guarantee the absolute nature of the prohibition of torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to formulate, implement and enhance public policies aimed at raising awareness of discrimination-related issues in society and ensure effective remedies to victims of discrimination and statelessness
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
116.107
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further improve the investigation of allegations of torture and ill-treatment, as well as of disproportionate use of force by security personnel, and ensure the prosecution of perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment