Human rights in Botswana are protected under the constitution. The 2022 Human Rights Report by the United States Department of State noted that in general...
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visible and accepted among Botswana's population. The Botswana High Court has been at the forefront of LGBTQ rights in the country. In 2016, it ordered the...
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November 2024. Botswana has an above average human rights record, and it is recognised by human rights groups as one of the strongest democracies in Africa....
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Retrieved 29 May 2024. "Human Rights Defender barred from entering Botswana". Civicus Monitor. Retrieved 29 May 2024. "Botswana: Mokgweetsi Masisi takes...
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Discrimination Against Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Botswana was internationally obligated. The majority of the justices...
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Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 per...
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"All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights Council as a forum and a springboard for action." — Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General...
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Ditshwanelo (redirect from Botswana Centre for Human Rights)
for "Rights"), or the Botswana Centre for Human Rights, is a human rights organisation founded in 1993 in Botswana. It aims to improve human rights through...
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Botswana ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in August 2002. In 2010 Botswana was a source and destination country for women and children subjected to trafficking...
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Alice Mogwe (category Botswana human rights activists)
to Botswana, Mogwe began her career as a human rights lawyer, becoming a founding member of the organization Women and Law in Southern Africa. In 1993...
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William Binchy (category All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English)
and Human Rights in the Shadow of the Past, 2006, Clarus Press (with Emmanuel Quansah) Ed., The Judicial Protection of Human Rights in Botswana, 2009...
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made in favour of Unity Dow in Attorney General of Botswana v. Unity Dow.: xxxvii The Pula Fund, a sovereign wealth fund, is established. The human rights...
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Human rights in Nigeria are protected under the current constitution of 1999. While Nigeria has made major improvements in human rights under this constitution...
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Sudan's human rights record has been widely condemned. Some human rights organizations have documented a variety of abuses and atrocities carried out by...
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Human rights in Eritrea are viewed, as of the 2020s, by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as Human Rights Watch as among the worst in the world...
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Unity Dow (category Botswana women's rights activists)
human rights activist and Member of parliament for Kgatleng West since November 2024. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and...
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Contributing to the establishment of human rights system in Africa are the United Nations, international law and the African Union which have positively...
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Botswana aims to provide safety, protection and promote human rights and rule of law via the implementation of pertinent policies and programming in order...
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LEGABIBO (redirect from Lesbians, Gays & Bisexuals of Botswana)
Botswana (LEGABIBO) is a Botswana human rights advocacy group with the primary objective of seeking legal and social rights for the LGBT community in...
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Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Botswana 2013 Human Rights Report (PDF). United States Department of State. Nyati-Ramahobo, Lydia. "Minority Tribes in Botswana:...
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Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Botswana: International Religious Freedom Report 2007. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public...
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Human rights in Uganda have trended for the past decades towards increasing harassment of the opposition, cracking down on NGOs which work on election...
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The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that is intended to promote...
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Mpule Kwelagobe (category Botswana expatriates in the United States)
1997 and Miss Universe Botswana 1999, and competed in Miss World 1997. Kwelagobe has been recognized as a human health rights activist, especially for...
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of Botswana Constitution of Botswana Human rights in Botswana LGBT rights in Botswana Freedom of religion in Botswana Law Enforcement in Botswana Military...
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religion in Botswana. However, the country is officially secular and allows freedom of religious practice. Christianity arrived in Botswana in mid 1870s...
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"Impact of international mechanisms on indigenous rights in Botswana". The International Journal of Human Rights. 15 (1): 37–61. doi:10.1080/13642987.2011.529688...
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Caine Youngman (category Botswana human rights activists)
(born in Francistown) is a human rights activist and member of the LGBT rights movement in Botswana. He first gained international attention in 2011 when...
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Capital punishment in Botswana is a legal penalty, and is usually applied for murder under aggravated circumstances. Executions are carried out by hanging...
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Human rights in Libya is the record of human rights upheld and violated in various stages of Libya's history. The Kingdom of Libya, from 1951 to 1969,...
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