128.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
128.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
129.57
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure education and equal rights for all citizens in its Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
128.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
- 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
- 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
128.15
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the process of ratification of international conventions to which this country is not yet a party, especially the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
128.19
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify 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
128.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure full incorporation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women into national legislation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Racial discrimination
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
128.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Create mechanisms to increase the representation of women in positions of responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
129.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide sustainable solutions to alleviate poverty and reduce high unemployment rates (20 per cent of the total of those able to work)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Poverty
- Right to development
129.17
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider abolishing the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, especially because this country [Botswana] already applies the provisions of this Convention in practice, as demonstrated by its commitment to submit a voluntary report
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as well as 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
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 15 - January 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to combat corporal punishment of children in all circumstances
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
128.22
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
128.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Discrimination in Education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Right to education
128.12
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Speed up the process of accession to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
128.14
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
128.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase women’s representation in decision-making positions, in particular in the areas of access to water and services
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
128.49
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum age of criminality
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
128.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Disseminate further the legal aid programme aimed at promoting access to justice, increase the number of offices for legal aid throughout the country and extend the mandate of the legal aid programme to include criminal issues
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Access to justice
128.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen measures to protect minorities and indigenous people living in the country
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
128.74
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend its legislation in order to grant nationality to any child born in Botswana who would otherwise be stateless, as well as to foundlings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
129.53
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Widen the scope of poverty eradication programmes and increase the budget assigned to them
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Poverty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Set a timeline for the ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 3 - December 2008
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Elevate penal responsibility to the level of international standards and delete the marital prerogative in customary and religious marriage.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Women's rights
129.4.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
128.16.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments