Govt snubs UN advice on death penalty

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

The Botswana government is yet to implement recommendations from the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to hold a public debate on the death penalty and ensure that the executed persons’ bodies are handed over to families for burial.

This despite the fact that the country is expected to report back on progress made since the last Universal Peer Review in the UNHCR in 2018

The said recommendations passed during an interactive dialogue and sponsored by the Republic of Uruguay were examined and supported by Botswana under the representation of the then Minister of Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Dikgakgamatso Seretse.

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