OSISA calls on Botswana to legalise commercial sex

The report was released on Tuesday at Phakalane Golf Estate in Gaborone. The study indicated that governments should recognise and address the relationship between laws criminalising sex work and the human rights violations that result from the laws and policies.  "Law reform must include repealing national and local laws against sex work and activities surrounding sex work," the report said.

OSISA explained that the study has found state agents to be the greatest violators of sex workers human rights in the three countries under review. The study found that sex workers cannot get protection from the state and that a climate of impunity exists in regard to rights violations against sex workers from the police and the general public.