DITSHWANELO welcomes judgment

The lack of transparency of the clemency process in relation to those on deathrow was brought before the Court of Appeal by local Lawyer Martin Dingake, with the help of DITSHWANELO – The Botswana Centre for Human Rights.

The Court of Appeal stated that most of the issues on appeal had been settled by a consent order between the Attorney General and Dingake’s law firm. On the issues which were not settled by the consent order, the following judgment was handed down in relation to the prerogative of mercy process in Botswana: