94.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ratify all core international human rights conventions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
94.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In follow-up to the recommendation made in 2013, take urgent measures to repeal the norms and regulations that sanction and discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, as well as to investigate and sanction the perpetrators of acts of discrimination and violence towards those persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
116.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble its efforts to put an end to traditional and harmful practices, such as child and forced marriage, polygamy, humiliating and degrading practices and forced feeding
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
116.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all feasible measures to protect children from recruitment by State-allied and non-State armed groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
128.21
- 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
128.36
- 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
128.39
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
128.32
- 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
129.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider a moratorium on the death penalty, with a view to its legal and practical elimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
129.21
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the application of the death penalty, with a view to holding informed debates about its full abolition
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
129.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
129.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Agree to a moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards its ultimate abolition, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
129.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Impose a country-wide moratorium on the death penalty that immediately halts all sentences and executions, with a view toward complete abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
129.25
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider implementing a moratorium on the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
129.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- 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
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
129.58
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Lift its reservations on the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, with a view to amending the policy of holding asylum seekers and refugees in camps and to providing them with work permits and decent job opportunities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Labour rights
137.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Commit to comprehensive dialogue involving all stakeholders, as it is crucial to ensure that a free, fair and transparent presidential election is conducted peacefully in 2020
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Elections
137.45
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Explore opportunities of partnership with OHCHR with a view to benefiting from relevant assistance and support from the Office
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
137.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Resume cooperation with the mechanisms of the United Nations system on the protection and promotion of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Technical assistance and cooperation
- Treaty bodies
137.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Resume its cooperation with the United Nations in addressing human rights violations, including in relation to refugee issues
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Technical assistance and cooperation
137.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put an end to the gross human rights violations carried out in a context of impunity and the lack of independence of the judiciary, in particular violations to the right to life, extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests and detention and enforced disappearances
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Right to life
137.114
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct immediately a review of the legality of detention of arbitrarily arrested persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
137.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure due investigation into the findings of the Commission of Inquiry with regard to gross human rights violations and international crimes, and ensure that alleged perpetrators are promptly prosecuted through credible, independent and fair judicial procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
137.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake immediate and independent investigations into allegations of extrajudicial execution, excessive use of force by security forces, forced disappearance and arbitrary detention and, where there is sufficient admissible evidence, prosecute those responsible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
137.123
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate, prosecute lawfully and, if they are convicted, adequately punish those guilty of human rights violations, including those committed against human rights defenders, members of civil society and the press, as well as against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights defenders
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
137.119
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct prompt and impartial investigations into unlawful acts committed by security forces and Imbonerakure youth, such as extrajudicial execution, arbitrary arrest and torture of members of the opposition, journalists, civil society activists and persons perceived as having supported the opposition and their families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Extrajudicial executions
- Freedom of the press
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.120
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measures for the effective investigation of serious human rights violations committed by all parties in the conflict, including State authorities, and ensure that members of the armed and security forces have the necessary training to respect the rights of the population
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
137.121
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate allegations of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, abductions and torture committed by security forces and prosecute perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
137.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to investigate acts of violence and all human rights violations as well as to sanction the perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Impunity