Laws

The Act includes orders, rules and regulations that concern criminal offences committed against the state and or persons, including sexual offences, rape indecent assault, child abuse and defilement. Download the […]

Act 6 of 1997 An Act to provide for protection from domestic violence which include, physical injury, intimidation, harassment, ill-treatment, brutality, sexual coercion, confining or detaining the spouse or the other person, […]

Contains laws that prohibit same sex relationships. Download the resource

Abortion only legalised in certain circumstances. Download the resource

An Act to amend and clarify the law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners; and to provide for related matters. Download the resource

An Act to amend and clarify the law relating to termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners; and to provide for related matters. Download the resource

Provisions on abortion in the Botswana Penal Code. Download the resource

To make provision for the solemnization and registration of marriages. Download the resource

Penal Code; repeal of Section 151 on sodomy; Employment Act 1995 amended 2016 to reflect the need for nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation in the workplace. Download the resource