Botswana Decriminalizes Same-Sex Intimacy
Botswana has removed colonial-era provisions from its Penal Code that criminalized same-sex intimacy. This action aligns the country's statutes with court rulings from 2019 and 2021, which had previously declared these laws unconstitutional.
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“Botswana has formally deleted colonial-era provisions criminalising same-sex intimacy from its Penal Code, aligning statute with court rulings in 2019 and 2021 that found them unconstitutional.”
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