The Government of Botswana has formally acknowledged Monday’s landmark court ruling that finally decriminalised homosexuality in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, Attorney General Adv.
Abraham M Keetshabe said the Court of Appeal of Botswana had “delivered a major decision affecting members of the gay community” confirming that laws banning same-sex sex “have the effect of violating gay men’s right to liberty, privacy, dignity and not to be discriminated against on the basis of their gender.” He noted that, “Since independence, Botswana has had an impressive record of the observance of human rights and the rule of law and its citizens have generally enjoyed the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.