Victory for transpersons
Friday, September 29, 2017
Though assigned the female gender at birth, the applicant, (who cannot be named as the Court has previously issued an order that the applicant's identity remain confidential) identifies as a man.
The Court ruled that refusal to change the applicant's gender marker marker was unreasonable and violated the applicant's rights to dignity, privacy, freedom of expression, equal protection of the law, freedom from discrimination and freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...