INTERIGHTS - Good v Botswana

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Good v Botswana

Forum: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
INTERIGHTS' role: Co-representative
Keywords: Freedom of expression, due process

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held a hearing on this case at its 42nd Session in November 2007 in Brazzaville. Although argument focused primarily on additional preliminary objections raised by the Government of Botswana, the Commission announced that it would be handing down a decision in the shortly.

The case concerns the expulsion of a foreign academic who has been critical of the Botswana government. It raises violations of due process guarantees during the expulsion of non-nationals and highlights the importance of academic freedom as a form of protected speech.

INTERIGHTS, together with South Africa-based lawyers Anton Katz and Max du Plessis, is a co-representative of the applicant in this matter.

INTERIGHTS contact: Judith Oder, Lawyer, Africa Programme