Botswana’s Court of Appeals upheld the decriminalization of same-sex relations by dismissing an appeal of a lower court ruling by the government.
According to OutRight Action International, the High Court decriminalized same-sex relations in 2019. The state appealed the decision and today (Monday, Nov.
29) the Court of Appeals upheld the High Court’s ruling. OutRight Action International works at a global, regional and national level to eradicate the persecution, inequality and violence LGBTQ people face around the world.
In its 2019 ruling, the High Court ruled unanimously to strike down sections of the penal code, which criminalized same-sex relations, or “carnal knowledge against the order of nature,” laws inherited from British