Bonela condemns government in voting against a UN resolution

Botswana Government was punitive in disapproving the resolution put forward by the UN Human Rights Council displaying lack of commitment to human rights and also contradicting itself as the Domestic Violence Act of 2008 stands to protect any person in a domestic relationship. 

Botswana’s action also violates and contradicts its own national roadmap as espoused in Vision 2016 development strategy, specifically the Pillar 3 which calls for “A Free and a Tolerant Nation”. The denial by government to accede to and voting against this resolution demonstrates government‘s intolerance of LGBTI persons. It is appalling that such an important international resolution was shunned by the government. On the contrary, the government of Botswana passed the Domestic Violence Act in 2008 which seeks to provide victims of domestic violence with protection and empowers courts to pass on orders which will immediately protect victims and survivors of violence.