Authority: Court of Appeal of the Republic of Botswana (Botswana)

Date: 11/29/2021

Subject: The decision of the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Botswana, rejected the appeal against the decision of the High Court of Botswana of 11 June 2019, with which such Court had abolished sections 164(a), 164(c), 165 of the Criminal Code, which provided for the criminalization of sexual acts in contrast with the natural order, as well as the crime of lewd acts committed in private, pursuant to section 167, considering them in contrast with the right to freedom, dignity, privacy and non-discrimination, according to the Constitution of the State

Parties: Attorney General (in his capacity as the legal representative of the Government of Botswana) v. Letsweletse Motshidiemang

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 1 Human dignity - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Personal security - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 9 Right to found a family - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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