U.S. Department
of Justice
Botswana
Citizenship and Country Documents
US Government Reports
- State Department - Country Documents
Foreign Government Organization Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- BWA104042.E - Birth certificates, national identity cards, electronic passports, and driver's licenses and the names of the agencies that issue them - April 2012
- BWA41995.E - Rights (e.g., to work, study, access social assistance and return), and obligations of temporary and permanent residents, particularly for a person who lived in Botswana as a temporary resident for 10 years - November 2003
- BWA41652.E - Rights of residence or citizenship available to a man from Zimbabwe married to a female citizen of Botswana - June 2003
Children
US Government Reports
- Department of Labor - Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
Elections
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Election Guide - Recent Elections
Ethnic Groups / Race
Foreign Government Organization Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- BWA41882.E - Forced circumcision of males; tribes or ethnic groups that practise it, ages at which practised, consequences for someone who refuses to be circumcised and availability of state protection - September 2003
- BWA40997.E - The royal family of Bangwaketse in the southern part of Botswana including their chieftaincy practices and rituals - April 2003
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Minority Rights Group International - State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - 2016
- World Directory of Minorities - Overview
Ethnic Groups / Race - Basarwa
Non-Governmental Organization Reports
- World Directory of Minorities - Basarwa - 2015
Ethnic Groups / Race - Wayeyi
- World Directory of Minorities - Wayeyi - 2015
Gender
Foreign Government Organization Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- BWA103714.E - Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection, recourse and services available to victims - February 2011
- BWA102164.FE - Domestic violence, including services and protection for victims and whether victims have recourse to the courts - March 2007
- BWA41882.E - Forced circumcision of males; tribes or ethnic groups that practise it, ages at which practised, consequences for someone who refuses to be circumcised and availability of state protection - September 2003
Human Rights
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International - 2022/21, 2019, 2017/18
- Amnesty International Profiles
- Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights - Mar. 2023
- The State of African Regional Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 2019-2020 - Oct. 2020
- Death Sentences and Executions 2019 - Apr. 2020
- Human Rights in Africa: Review of 2019 – April 2020
- Freedom House - 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Justice System
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International Report
Maps
Non-Governmental Organization Reports
- University of Texas at Austion - Map Collection - Botswana
Medical Availability
Intergovernmental Organization Reports
Political Figures and Parties
Refugees
Non-Government Organization Reports
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Fact sheet on the breakdown of refugees, aslyum-seekers and IDPs in Southern Africa (as of April 2023) - July 2023
Religion
US Government Reports
- State Department International Religious Freedom Report - 2021
- U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
- Violating Rights – Enforcing the World’s Blasphemy Laws – Criminal Blasphemy Laws as of 2020 - Dec. 2020
Sexual Orientation
Foreign Government Organization Reports
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- BWA102165.E - Treatment of homosexuals by society and the government; legal recourse and protection available to homosexuals who have been subject to ill-treatment - March 2007
Speech / Press / Internet
None Available
Timeline
Media
Trafficking
US Government Reports
Updated October 4, 2023