The Republic of Botswana is a member of the United Nations Organisation (UN), the British Commonwealth, the African Union (AU), and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Below are listed a number of relevant international and regional covenants, conventions, agreements etc. The ones Botswana is party of are marked in green.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the African Child (ACRWC)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on Biological Diversity
Cartagena Protocol on Bio Safety
African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
The OAU (Organisation for African Unity) Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa (CGSARPA)
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous Peoples
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to the Rights of Women in Africa.
Click here to read more about each convention and covenant.
