Number | Date added | Template | Cycle | Session | State under Review | Recommendation | Recommending State | Action Category | Response | Issues |
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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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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Develop non-custodial alternatives in relation to the sole or primary carers of children. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Develop non-custodial alternatives, such as community service and bail arrangements. | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | 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. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Continue efforts to strengthen the institutional framework, including by providing necessary funding and personnel | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Include a gender perspective in the review follow-up process in a systematic manner. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Take measures to protect the best interests of babies and children affected by parental detention or imprisonment. | 4 - General action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Decriminalize homosexual relations and practices-consensual same-sex activities between adults. | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Consider changing legislation to expressly prohibit all forms of corporal punishment in all settings (at home, in schools and in other institutions) and conduct awareness-raising efforts to change the public's attitude to corporal punishment. | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012) | 3 - December 2008 | Consider issuing a standing invitation to special procedures of the Human Rights Council. | 3 - Considering action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Ensure full alignment of its national legislation with all obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | 5 - Specific action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Accelerate the implementation of the National Action Plan for Children for 2006-2016 | 4 - General action | Supported |
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127.29 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Renew the work towards holding a public national discussion on the death penalty | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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127.35 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Continue with efforts in the field of gender equality, especially by removing loopholes in national legislation and by encouraging participation of women in the economy and politics | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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129.30 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Establish a moratorium on executions, with a view to fully abolishing the death penalty, as previously recommended | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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129.19 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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129.41 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Abolish the practice of corporal punishment by introducing appropriate changes to legislation | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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129.42 | Mar 2, 2020 | Recommendation | Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021) | 29 - January 2018< | Explicitly prohibit corporal punishment of children in all settings, including in the home, schools and penal institutions | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue to promote human rights education | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Continue its efforts in order to reduce stereotypical approaches to the roles and responsibilities of women | 2 - Continuing action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Consider the ratification of the new third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communication procedure | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Consider extending a standing invitation to all the special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council | 3 - Considering action | Supported |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Speed up the process to explore possible solutions for mother-tongue schooling, and develop an adequate strategy to lower the failure rate before the next UPR cycle | 4 - General action | Noted |
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N/A | Sep 26, 2019 | Recommendation | Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016) | 15 - January 2013 | Impose a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty entirely, in line with the UN Assembly General resolutions 62/149, 63/168 and 65/206, commuting all death sentences to life imprisonment terms | 5 - Specific action | Noted |
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