UN Compilation >> Botswana, Review Documentation, 43rd Session, May 2023

The Special Rapporteur on minority issues recommended that Botswana undertake a further review of the kgotla and chieftaincy system, with direct public participation and consultation at the local level, focusing on the adjudication system based on the kgosi, to consider changes to address and redress grievances related to the imposition of Tswana customary law on minority tribes in civil matters. The review should also consider the kgotla and chieftaincy system in order to determine how to achieve equal recognition and representation of all ethnic groups and of women in the Ntlo ya Dikgosi, as a matter of priority. [Para 79]