Wheels in motion to establish human rights unit :: Mmegi Online

Government is currently in the process of establishing a national human rights unit under the Office of the President (OP). The unit has been envisaged in ensuring implementation of recommendations from treaty bodies and compliance with human rights treaty bodies in terms of submission of reports.

The unit comes at a time when despite its supposedly seen clean image, the country still has a barrage of human rights issues that need to be looked at. Twice in 2008 and 2013, the country was thrown into the spotlight as Botswana was served with recommendations to account to universal expectations.

However according to General Counsel from OP, Dittah Molodi the unit has been designed to ensure that at national level there was coordination in implementation of policies and programmes aimed at enhancing the enjoyment of human rights.

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