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Botswana: Indigenous San and Bayei communities fight to protect ancestral land and indigenous rights

Tawana Land Board v Botswana Khwedom Council & 10 Others The Southern Africa Litigation Centre is working with the Botswana Khwedom Council to support the San and Bayei communities in…

Staff Writer24 September 2022

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Policy brief: An opportunity for law reform on child marriage in Eswatini

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre through the support of the Hivos SRHR fund published a policy brief focusing on the harmful practice of child marriage and the opportunity for law…

Staff Writer24 June 2022

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Botswana Equality Rights Equality Rights Health Equality Rights News

Botswana: High Court awards damages against the State for negligence

On 29 March 2022, the High Court of Botswana issued a judgment awarding damages in the sum of P400 000 in the case of GMJ v Attorney General, a claim for…

Staff Writer1 April 2022

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Botswana: Accountability for violation of rights of woman seeking reproductive healthcare in state institutions

SALC supported a case in which the Plaintiff, who had undergone a total abdominal hysterectomy and developed complications, and she was later diagnosed as having a vaginal fistula. She failed…

Staff Writer29 March 2022

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The Botswana Court of Appeal’s decriminalisation judgment explained

On 29 November 2021, the Botswana Court of Appeal issued a judgment in the case of Attorney General v Motshidiemang. The Court of Appeal held that the Penal Code’s prohibition…

Staff Writer6 December 2021

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Botswana Court of Appeal decriminalises consensual sex between same-sex partners

29 November 2021, Gaborone – Today, the Botswana Court of Appeal, through Judge President Ian Kirby, issued a monumental judgment to decriminalise consensual sex between same-sex partners. In a unanimous…

Staff Writer29 November 2021

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Joint statement: Botswana Court of Appeal sets a date for decriminalisation judgment for 29 November 2021

On Monday, 29 November 2021, the Botswana Court of Appeal will issue a judgment on the decriminalisation case, Motshidiemang v Attorney General, the matter in which Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals…

Staff Writer26 November 2021

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Botswana Court of Appeal sets hearing date for decriminalisation case for 12 October 2021

On 11 June 2019, a full bench of the Botswana High Court unanimously found that the criminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual activities violates the constitutional rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual…

Staff Writer30 September 2021

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Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Botswana

On 12 August 2021, the United Nations office issued a notification (Ref: C.N.216. 2021.TREATIES-IV.15) communicating Botswana’s accession to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) with effect…

Staff Writer16 August 2021

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Botswana High Court finds compulsory acquisition of a tribe’s freehold land unlawful

21 May 2021, Gaborone – Today, a full bench of the Botswana High Court, in a judgment broadcast live on television and online, held in favour of the Ba-Ga-Malete Tribe,…

Staff Writer21 May 2021

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Botswana: Indigenous San and Bayei communities fight to protect ancestral land and indigenous rights

Policy brief: An opportunity for law reform on child marriage in Eswatini

Botswana: High Court awards damages against the State for negligence

Botswana: Accountability for violation of rights of woman seeking reproductive healthcare in state institutions

The Botswana Court of Appeal’s decriminalisation judgment explained

Botswana Court of Appeal decriminalises consensual sex between same-sex partners

Joint statement: Botswana Court of Appeal sets a date for decriminalisation judgment for 29 November 2021

Botswana Court of Appeal sets hearing date for decriminalisation case for 12 October 2021

Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Botswana

Botswana High Court finds compulsory acquisition of a tribe’s freehold land unlawful

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