A/HRC/40/64/Add.2 VIII. Conclusions and recommendations 70. Botswana must be commended for its efforts and achievements in the areas of development and poverty reduction and for maintaining a stable democracy that has, in general, successfully resisted the disruptive effects of corruption. Commendable policies have been developed with a view to building a nation that recognizes the human diversity of the country. 71. However, many of the country’s inhabitants still feel excluded and do not share in its relative economic wealth. This is particularly noteworthy in relation to remote communities and non-Tswana minorities. 72. Peace, stability and prosperity are best ensured when all segments of society feel accepted and included. The nation-building efforts of Botswana need to more fully reflect the diversity of its population, including its non-Tswana population. These challenges can be addressed in part by relying on the country’s fundamental national principles of democracy, development, self-reliance, unity and botho. In Vision 2036, the Government has already taken steps in this direction by committing to achieve an inclusive and equal opportunity nation, one which enables all its communities to freely live, practise and celebrate their diverse cultures, and by proclaiming the goal for Botswana to be among the “top countries in the protection of human rights”. 73. On many occasions the Special Rapporteur encountered expressions of frustration and anger from persons belonging to non-Tswana minorities who felt they were generally ignored or disadvantaged in terms of access to public services and opportunities because of their ethnicity. 74. While he was unable to establish whether all of the sources identified for the expressions of frustration and anger he encountered qualified as human rights violations, the Special Rapporteur formed the opinion that the Government should address such generalized feelings of exclusion, which, at least in part, were connected to the sense that “Botswana, the Land of the Tswana”, was also too much the “Government of the Tswana”. The Government should therefore engage in genuine and comprehensive consultations with non-Tswana communities and develop a strategy for the implementation of Vision 2036 that takes into account the wishes and interests of these minorities, provides a road map on how to become one of the “top” countries in protecting human rights and enables non-Tswana communities to be truly reflected in an inclusive and equal opportunity nation. A. Legal and institutional framework 75. Botswana is invited to ratify all the outstanding core human rights treaties, including with most urgency the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and should extend a standing invitation to the special procedure mandate holders. 76. Section 15 of the Constitution of Botswana should be reviewed and modified in order to comply with the principle of non-discrimination as expressed generally in international human rights treaties. B. More comprehensive human rights architecture 77. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the commitment of Botswana to be among the top countries protecting human rights. This will require steps towards a more comprehensive human rights framework, including a review of the Constitution with a view to aligning it more generally with the obligations enshrined in the core international human rights treaties, including by expanding the prohibited grounds of discrimination to better reflect the country’s international obligations. 78. While chapter 2 of the Constitution and some laws cover a number of human rights obligations, Botswana does not have a Bill of Rights or a comprehensive human 15