BOTSWANA
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.
(A607) 9/94, 20 pp., $3.00/£1.95
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