Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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93.8 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | In order to increase its capacity-building in the sphere of human rights, cooperate with the Voluntary Technical Assistance Trust Fund to Support the Participation of Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States in the Work of the Human Rights Council, bearing in mind that the Fund is mandated to support targeted training courses and capacity-building activities on the international human rights system and international human rights law as well as induction training sessions for government officials of the least developed countries and small island developing States to provide them with information on the multilateral human rights system | 1 - Minimal action | Supported |
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114.2 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Step up its cooperation with the special procedures of the Human Rights Council by responding positively to the pending visit requests and to consider extending a standing invitation to all special procedure mandate holders | 4 - General action | Supported |
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113.7 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Strengthen the mandate of the Protector of Citizens and ensure its independent functioning, in line with the Paris Principles, and by allocating sufficient financial and human resources to it | 4 - General action | Supported |
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114.17 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take the responsibility to combat impunity, address the allegations of human rights abuses committed by the security and defence forces and provide access to justice for all | 4 - General action | Supported |
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128.21 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Accede to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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127.71 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Continue conducting the situational analysis of the National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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128.23 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Ratify the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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128.37 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take the necessary steps to incorporate into domestic law those international human rights conventions that Botswana has ratified | 4 - General action | Supported |
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128.28 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Issue an open standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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128.30 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Issue a standing invitation to the special procedure mandate holders | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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128.44 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Include provisions of international human rights treaties ratified by Botswana in national legislation, in order to ensure their applicability in courts and administrative organs | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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137.119 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | 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 | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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137.121 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Investigate allegations of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, abductions and torture committed by security forces and prosecute perpetrators | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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137.168 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take measures to prevent acts of harassment and intimidation against human rights defenders and journalists | 4 - General action | Noted |
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137.211 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Repeal all discriminatory provisions and align legislation with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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137.212 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Accelerate the domestic law reforms in order to harmonize all laws in line with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and ensure their effective implementation | 4 - General action | Supported |
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137.233 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take effective measures, including strengthening the capacity of the criminal judiciary and enhancing access to legal assistance for survivors of gender-based violence, without any discrimination, in order to punish the perpetrators of rape and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls | 4 - General action | Supported |
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106.110 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take further steps to integrate children with special needs into regular educational establishments | 4 - General action | Supported |
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105.112 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Ensure that all acts of domestic and sexual violence against women and girls are promptly and effectively investigated and prosecuted | 4 - General action | Supported |
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105.113 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Ensure effective implementation of the Law on Protection against Domestic Violence, including by providing comprehensive training for relevant actors: police, prosecutors, judges, and health-care professionals | 4 - General action | Supported |
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105.114 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Ensure that all alleged cases of domestic violence are thoroughly investigated, perpetrators brought to justice and victims adequately protected and compensated | 4 - General action | Supported |
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105.121 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Continue improving the promotion and protection of children’s rights, including through strengthening the Child Rights Council | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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141.100 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Establish a moratorium on the death penalty, as the first step towards its abolition | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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141.111 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Create a comprehensive national strategy to systematically prevent and eliminate torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Eliminate practices of arbitrary detention and incommunicado detention. Ensure accountability of security staff for any acts of torture | 4 - General action | Noted |
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141.116 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take concrete measures to ensure the right to freedom of expression, and review legislation preventing the exercise of the right to freedom of expression | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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141.129 | Mar 3, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take measures to prevent acts of harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders and journalists | 4 - General action | Supported |
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115.4.2 | May 1, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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115.4.3 | May 1, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Take measures to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | 4 - General action | Supported |
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105.1.2 | May 1, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Accelerate the drafting of the law proposal leading to the ratification of the Kampala amendments | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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108.10.3 | May 18, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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