The execution of convicted murderer Mariette Bosch,...

The execution of convicted murderer Mariette Bosch, a South African citizen, in Botswana in March 2001 did not contravene the policies of the African Commission on Human Rights, the office of the president of Botswana said. It said the commission, at its 34th Ordinary Session meeting in Gambia, ruled that Bosch's right to life had not been violated by the imposition of the death penalty. The case had been raised by UK-based NGO 'Interights' and other unnamed parties. The office said there was adequate evidence to convict Bosch and that Botswana's clemency procedure was fair. The commission had found that the murder of Maria Wolmarans, wife of a man Bosch eventually married, had been a gruesome offence.