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Next review: 2023
Recommendations received by Botswana Recommendations made by Botswana

Timeline for UPR engagement in the current cycle

Review phasei
Close
From the date of the Working Group session until the Adoption outcome report (approximately 4- 6 months)
Follow up phasei
Close
Approximately 3 years starting from the Adoption of the outcome reports
National consultations and drafting phasei
Close
1 year before the next Working Group
Advocacy phasei
Close
From the submission of Other Stakeholders reports until Working group session (approximately 7 months).
UPR Working Group
01-05-2023
Adoption outcome report
10-2023
Stakeholders report deadline
11-10-2022
National report deadline
01-02-2023
Pre session
03-04-2023
UPR Working Group
01-05-2023

Civil Society Materials

Pre-session Statement

Pre-session Statement

BOFWA Presentation Pre-session 43 Botswana
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BOFWA Statement Pre-session 43 Botswana
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Cybersmart Botswana pre-session 43 Botswana
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Cybersmart Botswana Presentation Pre-session 43 Botswana
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DITSHWANELO presentation Pre-session 43 Botswana
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DITSHWANELO Statement Pre-session 43 Botswana
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Omnia Strategy presentation Pre-session 43 Botswana
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Omnia Strategy statement Pre-session 43 Botswana
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Documentation for CSOs

Factsheets

Botswana Pre-session 43
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Child Rights
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Human Trafficking
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Ratification and Domestication of human rights instruments
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Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/43/BWA/1
EN

Annex National report

A/HRC/WG.6/43/BWA/1_Annex
EN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/43/BWA/2
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A/HRC/WG.6/43/BWA/2_Annex
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Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/43/BWA/3
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

Civil society and other submissions

AI - Amnesty International
EN
CGNK - Center for Global Nonkilling
EN
ECLJ - European Centre for Law and Justice
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End Violence - Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
EN
UPR BCU - The UPR Project at BCU
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNESCO org - UNESCO
EN
UNHCR - UNHCR
EN
UNRCO Botswana - UNCT Botswana
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/29/BWA/1
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/29/BWA/2
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN
A/HRC/WG.6/29/BWA/2-Annex
EN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/29/BWA/3
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Adoption in the Plenary session

United Nations Development Programme
EN

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/38/8
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/38/8/Add.1
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/38/2
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Canada for Population and Development
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Amnesty International
EN
Center for Global Nonkilling
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Federatie van Nederlandse Verenigingen tot Integratie van Homoseksualiteit -_COC Nederland_on_botswana
EN
Rencontre africaine pour la Defense des Droits de lHomme
EN
United Nations Childrens Fund
EN

Civil society and other submissions

NGO submissions

ADF International
EN
Civil society
EN
COMEF - Community Media Foundation
EN
EN
CS - Cultural Survival
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
ODVV - Organization for Defending Victim of Violence
EN

Annex NGO submissions

COMEF - Community Media Foundation
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
EN
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/29/L.5
EN

Questions written in advance

Questions written in advance
EN
EN
EN
EN

Follow-up

Miscellaneous documents

Letter from OHCHR on Implementation in 3rd Cycle
EN

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

Mid-term report Botswana
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/15/BWA/1
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/15/BWA/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/15/BWA/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NGO submissions

CHRI - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
EN
CRIN - Child Rights International Network
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
MRG - Minority Rights Group
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/15/L.5
EN

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions
EN
EN
EN

Questions written in advance additional

Advance written questions
EN
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/23/7
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN
A/HRC/23/7/Corr.1
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FR
ES
RU
RU
AR

Corrigendum Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/23/7/Corr.1
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FR
ES
RU
RU
AR

Addendum

A/HRC/23/7/Add.1
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/23/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its twenty-third session
EN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Botswana
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Action Canada for the Population and Development
EN
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
EN
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
EN
ILGA
EN
Minority Rights Group
EN

Follow-up

State's Mid-term report

Botswana mid-term Report (2016)
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/3/BWA/1
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/3/BWA/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/3/BWA/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NGO submissions

Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
ILGA (Joint Submission)
EN
Multicultural Coalition of Botswana
EN

UN Agencies submissions

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/3/L.1
EN

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions
EN
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/10/69
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FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/10/69/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/10/29: Report of the Human Rights Council on its tenth session
EN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Botswana
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
EN

Follow-up

Mid-term Implementation Assessment

UPR Info's Mid-term Implementation Assessment
EN

News

Related documents

UNRCO Botswana - UNCT Botswana (EN)
UNHCR - UNHCR (EN)
UNESCO org - UNESCO (EN)
JS5 - Joint Submission 5 (EN)