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Botswana SADC: Adopt Gender and Development Protocol Summit Leaders Should Act on Equality for Women Southern African leaders should adopt the proposed Gender and Development Protocol at their upcoming summit after amending it to include crucial provisions deleted in 2007, Human Rights Watch said today. One of the most important provisions that should be put back in to the protocol would commit states to criminalize marital rape. August 14, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Assume hard stance on Zim By Jon Elliott, Advocacy Director, Africa Division, Human Rights Watch Published in Mmegi Online At the end of May 2008, Human Rights Watch calculated the tally of misery and abuse in Zimbabwe since its 29 March elections: at least 36 dead; hundreds tortured; thousands beaten; and tens of thousands deprived of food or displaced. June 24, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version U.S.: Access to Generic HIV/AIDS Drugs at Risk The U.S. government is threatening to obstruct low-income countries’ access to generic HIV/AIDS drugs approved by the World Health Organization (WHO), Human Rights Watch said today. The United States will convene a conference in Botswana on Monday that may challenge the WHO’s approval of generic copies of patented AIDS drugs. March 25, 2004 Press Release Printer friendly version Bush Trip to Africa The Bush Administration's human rights agenda in Africa has been primarily focused on Zimbabwe and, to a lesser extent, Sudan. The primacy of the U.S. war on terrorism has meant that the United States has given even less attention to Africa than might otherwise have been expected. In the few African countries that the administration believes are strategically valuable, particularly in the Horn of Africa, the United States has often de-emphasized human rights issues. July 2, 2003 Background Briefing Also available in 
Printer friendly version Zimbabwe: Crackdown on Opposition Condemned HRW Letter to the Southern African Development Community I am writing on behalf of Human Rights Watch to express our concern at the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe and to ask that you intervene urgently and at the highest level on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). November 21, 2001 Letter Zimbabwe: Crackdown on Opposition Condemned Human Rights Watch today called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to speak out strongly on the need to ensure that the rule of law is respected in Zimbabwe. November 21, 2001 Press Release Printer friendly version Botswana: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Key developments since March 1999: Botswana ratified the Mine Ban Treaty on 1 March 2000, the first anniversary of global entry into force. The Botswana Defense Force acknowledged that it retains a small stockpile of AP mines for training. August 1, 2001 Multi Country Report Botswana: Child Soldier Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers While there is currently no evidence of under-18s in government armed forces, the lack of formal age qualification for volunteers indicates that under-18s could be enlisted. June 12, 2001 Multi Country Report SECOND CLASS CITIZENS Discrimination Against Women Under Botswana’s Citizenship Act Recent events indicate that the government of Botswana is continuing to enforce provisions of the Botswana Citizenship Act that discriminate on the basis of sex, in defiance of a 1992 Botswana Court of Appeal decision holding those provisions unconstitutional and contrary to international human rights standards. The enforcement of the Act perpetuates discrimination on the basis of sex and undermines the authority of Botswana's highest court. HRW Index No.: A607 September 1, 1994 Report
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