Reflections of my life journey, constitutional review in Botswana and African leadership challenges Pt 2
Friday, September 22, 2023 | 410 Views |
Sharing insights: Dingake PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Secondly, in many legal systems, Constitutions are superior to all other laws, making them critical tools for overturning discriminatory legislation.
For instance, in India, in 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the traditional practice of “instant divorce” in Islamic marriages, which allowed men to legally divorce their wives by saying the Arabic word for divorce three times, violated the Constitution’s protection for gender equality.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...