Botswana-29th Session, January 2018-Trafficking in women and / or girls

State under Review
Stakeholder Summary

Para 29) ECLJ stated that Botswana had served as a source, transit and destination country for women, men and children subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking.

UN Compilation

Para 43) The HR Committee remained concerned about: (a) the prevalence of trafficking, notably in women and children, for the purposes of economic and commercial sexual exploitation; (b) the weak implementation of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act; (c) the very low rate of investigations, prosecutions and convictions for the crime of trafficking; (d) the lenient penalties given to traffickers; and (e) the low rate of identification of victims.