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# REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMEROON IN 2023
Yaounde, November 2024
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# REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMEROON IN 2023
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# MINJUSTICE
Report of the Ministry of Justice on Human Rights in Cameroon in 2023
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# MINJUSTICE
Report of the Ministry of Justice on Human Rights in Cameroon in 2023
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...xxxv GENERAL INTRODUCTION...1 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER: COOPERATION BETWEEN CAMEROON AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS...9 PART ONE: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS...21 INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE...23 CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO PHYSICAL AND MORAL INTEGRITY AND RIGHT TO LIBERTY...25 CHAPTER 2: RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL...39 CHAPTER 3: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION...53 CHAPTER 4: RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS...63 CONCLUSION OF PART ONE...79 PART TWO: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT...81 INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO...83 CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO EDUCATION...85 CHAPTER 2: THE RIGHT TO HEALTH...105
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CHAPTER 3: RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING...125 CHAPTER 4: RIGHT TO WORK AND SOCIAL SECURITY 155 CHAPTER 5: RIGHT TO CULTURE AND LEISURE 171 CHAPTER 6: RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT 185
CONCLUSION OF PART TWO 197
PART THREE: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND SPECIFIC RIGHTS 199
INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE 201
CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO PEACE AND SECURITY AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. 203 CHAPTER 2: PROMOTION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND COMBATING CORRUPTION 213 CHAPTER 3: DETENTION CONDITIONS 233 CHAPTER 4: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF SOCIALLY VULNERABLE PERSONS 249 CHAPTER 5: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN 263 CHAPTER 6: PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF FORCIBLY DISPLACED PERSONS. 277
CONCLUSION OF PART THREE 291
GENERAL CONCLUSION 293
APPENDIX 299
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# MINJUSTICE
Report of the Ministry of Justice on Human Rights in Cameroon in 2023
# 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...xxxv GENERAL INTRODUCTION...1 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER: COOPERATION BETWEEN CAMEROON AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS...9 SECTION 1: NON-CONTENTIOUS COOPERATION...11