2 . Joint Submission 1 ( JS 1 ) recommended ratification of the International Covenant on Economic , Social and Cultural Rights to ensure long-term poverty eradication , as well as the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel , Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment . It called on Botswana to provide a timetable for the ratification of these instruments .