A/HRC/40/64/Add.2 94. The Special Rapporteur urges the Government of and members of the San communities from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve to engage in consultations to allow the San communities to continue traditional hunting, grazing or foraging activities consistent with wildlife conservation. These consultations should include future agreements on community-based natural resource management and tourism. In order to avoid further litigation, the Special Rapporteur encourages the Government to adopt a less restrictive interpretation of the High Court decision in the Sesana case and to facilitate the return of all those who were removed from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve who wish to return, along with their descendants regardless of age. G. Information and communications 95. Information and communication activities in the country, particularly awareness-raising campaigns regarding important health issues such as HIV/AIDS, should not be exclusively in Setswana or English. Since communities are most effectively reached in their own languages, local minority languages should be used as much as is practicably possible. 96. The Special Rapporteur recommends the lifting of any restriction or prohibition against the use of languages other than English or Setswana in private print, broadcasting and any other media. He urges the Government to allocate broadcasting licences for locally based community radio stations so that these can reach minorities in their own languages in the parts of the country where they live. In relation to public broadcasting and print media, the development of a national policy, based on a proportional approach to the use of minority languages in the country, including sign language, should be studied. H. Disaggregated data for better and more effective policies 97. The Government of Botswana is invited to review its national census approach and, as is the case in many other countries, collect and analyse data disaggregated by ethnicity, religion and language, in full compliance with standards of personal data protection and privacy. I. Deaf minority and sign language 98. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government initiate a national consultation process to revise and improve the effectiveness of the country’s approach to the use of sign language in education and other areas, such as the judiciary and public health, to address numerous concerns, including in relation to awarenessraising programmes and important decision-making processes. 99. It is also recommended that sign language interpretation be increased on national television to include key television information programmes, such as those on HIV/AIDS. 100. The Special Rapporteur urges the Botswana Qualifications Authority to review its accreditation procedures for sign language interpreters in consultation with organizations working with the deaf community. 18

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