Report of the Ministry of Justice on Human Rights in Cameroon in 2017

Pays: Cameroun
Type: Texte juridique
Numéro: Rapport MINJUSTICE SDDH 2018
Date d'adoption: 1 janvier 2017
Juridiction: Administrative Court Douala
Organisation: Ministère de la Justice du Cameroun

RésuméCe rapport annuel du Ministère de la Justice du Cameroun présente un état des lieux des droits de l'homme au Cameroun pour l'année 2017. Il couvre les droits civils et politiques, les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels, ainsi que des questions transversales comme la crise dans les régions du Nord-Ouest et du Sud-Ouest, la lutte contre Boko Haram, la bonne gouvernance, les conditions de détention, et les droits des groupes vulnérables. Le rapport met en lumière les progrès réalisés et les…

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# REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMEROON IN 2017

Yaoundé, october 2018

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# REPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMEROON IN 2017

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MINJUSTICE

Report of the Ministry of Justice on Human Rights in Cameroon in 2017

2017

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# MINJUSTICE Report of the Ministry of Justice on Human Rights in Cameroon in 2017

SUMMARY

TABLE OF CONTENTS ... VII ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF CAMEROON ... XXIII JUDICIAL MAP OF CAMEROON ... XXIV PENITENTIARY ADMINISTRATION MAP OF CAMEROON ... XXV FOREWORD ... XXVII LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ... XXIX PREFACE ... XXXV GENERAL INTRODUCTION ... 1 PRELIMINARY CHAPTER: COOPERATION BETWEEN CAMEROON AND INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AND PROTECTION MECHANISMS ... 9 PART ONE: CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ... 33 INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE ... 35 CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO LIFE, PHYSICAL AND MORAL INTEGRITY, LIBERTY AND SECURITY, AND THE RIGHT NOT TO BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE ... 37 CHAPTER 2: RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL ... 51 CHAPTER 3: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION ... 65 CHAPTER 4: RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ... 75 CONCLUSION OF PART ONE ... 92 PART TWO: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ... 93 INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO ... 95 CHAPTER 1: RIGHT TO EDUCATION ... 97 CHAPTER 2: RIGHT TO HEALTH ... 127 CHAPTER 3: RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING ... 143 CHAPTER 4: RIGHT TO WORK AND SOCIAL SECURITY ... 171 CHAPITRE 5: RIGHT TO CULTURE AND LEISURE ... 185 CHAPTER 6: RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ... 199

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Report of the Ministry of Justice on Human Rights in Cameroon in 2017

CONCLUSION OF PART TWO ...210 PART THREE: CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND RIGHTS OF SPECIFIC GROUPS ...213 INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE ...215 CHAPTER 1: CRISIS IN NORTH WEST AND SOUTH WEST REGIONS ...217 CHAPTER 2: HUMAN RIGHTS AND COMBATTING THE TERRORIST GROUP BOKO HARAM ...231 CHAPTER 3: PROMOTION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND COMBATTING CORRUPTION ...241 CHAPTER 4: DETENTION CONDITIONS ...273 CHAPTER 5: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF SOCIALLY VULNERABLE PERSONS ...289 CHAPTER 6: PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS ...305 CHAPTER 7: PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS UNDER INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT ...323 CONCLUSION OF PART THREE ...345 GENERAL CONCLUSION ...347 APPENDIX ...353

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# MINJUSTICE Report of the Ministry of Justice on

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