REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN PAIX-TRAVAIL-PATRIE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND
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# REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMEROON IN 2022
Yaounde, December 2023
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# REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMEROON IN 2022
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Report Of The Ministry Of Justice On Human Rights In Cameroon In 2022
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# Summary
SUMMARY...v TABLE OF CONTENTS...vii FOREWORD...xxv ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF CAMEROON...xxvi JUDICIAL MAP OF CAMEROON...xxvii PENITENTIARY ADMINISTRATION MAP OF CAMEROON...xxviii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS...xxix PREFACE...xxxiii GENERAL INTRODUCTION...1 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER: COOPERATION BETWEEN CAMEROON AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS...7 PART ONE: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS...19 INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE...21 CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO PHYSICAL AND MORAL INTEGRITY AND RIGHT TO LIBERTY...23 CHAPTER 2: RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL...37 CHAPTER 3: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION...51 CHAPTER 4: RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS...61 CONCLUSION OF PART ONE...81 PART TWO: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT...83 INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO...85 CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO EDUCATION...87 CHAPTER 2: THE RIGHT TO HEALTH...103 CHAPTER 3: RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING...121 CHAPTER 4: RIGHT TO WORK AND SOCIAL SECURITY...149 CHAPTER 5: RIGHT TO CULTURE AND LEISURE...163
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CHAPTER 6: RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ...177 CONCLUSION OF PART TWO ...189 PART THREE: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND SPECIFIC RIGHTS ...191 INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE ...193 CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO PEACE AND SECURITY ...195 CHAPTER 2: PROMOTION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND COMBATING CORRUPTION ...205 CHAPTER 3: DETENTION CONDITIONS ...225 CHAPTER 4: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF SOCIALLY VULNERABLE PERSONS ...239 CHAPTER 5: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS ...257 CHAPTER 6: PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF FORCIBLY DISPLACED PERSONS ...273 CONCLUSION OF PART THREE ...285 GENERAL CONCLUSION ...287 APPENDIX ...293
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# TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUMMARY...v TABLE OF CONTENTS...vii FOREWORD...xxv ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF CAMEROON...xxvi JUDICIAL MAP OF CAMEROON...xxvii PENITENTIARY ADMINISTRATION MAP OF CAMEROON...xxviii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS...xxix PREFACE...xxxiii GENERAL INTRODUCTION...1 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER: COOPERATION BETWEEN CAMEROON AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS...7 SECTION 1: COOPERATION IN NON-CONTENTIOUS MATTERS...9 §1: Assessment of Cooperation during Ms Bachelet's Term of Office...9 §2: Cameroon's Contributions to Requests from Various Thematic Mandate-Holders...10 §3: CERD's Concluding Observations...10 A: General Recommendations...10 C: Other Recommendations...13 §3: Selection of Cameroonians for positions in International Bodies...13 A: Chair of the Forum on Minorities...13 B: Election to the United Nations Appeals Tribunal...14 C: Appointment of an Expert to a Special Mechanism of the ACHPR...14 SECTION 2: COOPERATION IN CONTENTIOUS MATTERS...14 §1: Opinion of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention...15 A: Opinion No. 59/22, AYUK TABE and others...15 2) Opinion No. 63/2022: Maurice KAMTO and 15 others...16 B: Decisions of Treaty Bodies on Communications...16
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