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Botswana High Court strikes down male-dominated inheritance law system
October 12, 2012 by Dan Taglioli
The High Court of Botswana on Friday struck down longstanding local customary laws that prevented women from inheriting their family home. Judge Key Dingake ruled that such laws are not in line with the Botswana constitution, which guarantees gender equality. According to the legal rights group.... [more]
Botswana appeals court grants water rights to Bushmen
January 27, 2011 by Julia Zebley
The Botswana Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the indigenous Bushmen, or San, can drill wells in their village in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), reversing a lower court ruling. The court found that the Bushmen have the right to use a previous borehole, that the government must pay t....... [more]
BOTSWANA: The Bushmen Challenge Botswana's Denial of Access to Water
September 30, 2010 by Joseph Schaeffer
Joe Gonzales, University College London M.A. Human Rights '10, is a current intern with Survival International. He writes on the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve's struggle to secure water rights from the Botswanan government...
On July 21 the High Court of Botswana (the High Court).... [more]
Botswana high court rules against water rights for Bushmen
July 22, 2010 by Erin Bock
The Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the indigenous Bushmen, or San, people will not be able to reopen a water well or dig new wells in their village in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The Bushmen applied for permission to use a borehole, originally dug by diamond company De Beers in t....... [more]
Botswana tribe to bring land dispute with government to ICJ
January 20, 2010 by David Manes
Spokesperson for the First People of Kalahari (FPK) Roy Sesana announced Tuesday that his organization plans to take its land dispute case against the Botswana government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The FPK is an advocacy group representing San, or Bushmen people who were.... [more]
UN committee approves death penalty moratorium
November 16, 2007 by Jaime Jansen
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Thursday voted 99-52 to place a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty. Thirty-three countries abstained from the vote. Opponents of the resolution, including Singapore, Egypt, and Botswana, argued before the committee Wednesday that it would inf....... [more]
Opponents argue against UN death penalty moratorium
November 14, 2007 by Mike Rosen-Molina
Nations that support the use of the death penalty Wednesday criticized a UN draft resolution to impose a world-wide moratorium on the capital punishment. The UN Human Rights Committee is scheduled to vote on the resolution Thursday; if it passes, it will go to the full General Assembly later this.... [more]
Botswana high court rules government eviction of tribe unconstitutional
December 13, 2006 by Lisl Brunner
The High Court of Botswana has ruled that the government's eviction of Bushmen inhabiting the Kalahari desert is unlawful and unconstitutional. The suit was brought by 239 members of the San tribe with the aid of the First People of the Kalahari and Survival International. The so-c....... [more]
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