A/HRC/40/64/Add.2
Annex
Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on his
visit to Botswana
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
3
II.
Visit objectives ..............................................................................................................................
3
III.
General context .............................................................................................................................
3
IV.
Ethnic, linguistic and religious minority communities ..................................................................
4
V.
Legal and institutional framework ................................................................................................
5
A.
Institutional framework.........................................................................................................
5
B.
Constitutional and legislative framework .............................................................................
5
VI.
Positive steps and developments ...................................................................................................
5
VII.
Challenges and implementation ....................................................................................................
6
A.
More comprehensive human rights architecture ...................................................................
7
B.
Education and minorities ......................................................................................................
7
C.
Political and public participation and the kgotla and chieftaincy system .............................
9
D.
Access to public health care and other public services .........................................................
10
E.
Landownership, development and access to and use of resources ........................................
11
F.
Information and communications .........................................................................................
13
G.
Disaggregated data for better and more effective policies ....................................................
13
H.
Deaf minority and sign language ..........................................................................................
14
Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
15
A.
Legal and institutional framework ........................................................................................
15
B.
More comprehensive human rights architecture ...................................................................
15
C.
Education and minorities ......................................................................................................
16
D.
Political and public participation and the kgotla and chieftaincy system .............................
16
E.
Access to public health care and other public services .........................................................
17
F.
Landownership, development and access to and use of resources ........................................
17
G.
Information and communications .........................................................................................
18
H.
Disaggregated data for better and more effective policies ....................................................
18
I.
Deaf minority and sign language ..........................................................................................
18
VIII.
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