2.1 - Status of international instruments
A/55/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2000)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Recommendations
r) accept amendment to art. 20, paragraph 1 CEDAW, concerning meeting time of CEDAW
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 63 bis
A/55/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2000)
Recommendations
r) sign and ratify OP-CEDAW
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 64 bis
A/55/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2000)
A/56/44(SUPP) (CAT, 2001)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) initiation of process for ratification of Statute of International Criminal Court
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 63
A/56/44(SUPP) (CAT, 2001)
Observations
w) decision to make declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 CAT
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 63
A/56/44(SUPP) (CAT, 2001)
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) ratification of ILO Convention No. 138 concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment by decree of 17 April 2001
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.1 - Children: definition; general principles; protection
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 4
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Observations
w) State is party to all six UN human rights treaties and African Charter on Rights and Welfare of Child

  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • children
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 6
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.2 - Children: family environment and alternative care
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 39
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying 1954 and 1961 Conventions on statelessness
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 17 - Rights related to name, identity, nationality
  • children
  • non-citizens
  Paragraph(s) 57
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Observations
n) recent ratification (August 2001) of ILO Convention No. 138 concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 58
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying and implementing ILO Convention No. 182 concerning Prohibition and Immediate Action for Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 59
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Recommendations
r) ratify 1980 Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • children
  Paragraph(s) 61
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Observations
n) State has not ratified OP-CRC-SC and OP-CRC-AC
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • 35.5 - Children in armed conflict
  • children
  • persons affected by armed conflict
  Paragraph(s) 71
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Observations
w) State has recently accepted amendment to art. 43.2 CRC concerning expansion of CRC from 10 to 18 members
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • children
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 71
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
Recommendations
r) ratify and implement two OP-CRC-SC and OP-CRC-AC
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 35.3 - Children: protection against exploitation
  • 35.5 - Children in armed conflict
  • children
  • persons affected by armed conflict
  Paragraph(s) 72
CRC/C/15/ADD.164 (CRC, 2001)
CAT/C/CR/31/6 (CAT, 2004)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) establishment of Ad Hoc Technical Committee for Implementation of Rome Statute of International Criminal Court with view to ratification of Statute
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 3
CAT/C/CR/31/6 (CAT, 2004)
Recommendations
r) consider ratifying CAT-OP
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 11
CAT/C/CR/31/6 (CAT, 2004)
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (CEDAW, 2009)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) in January 2005 the State party ratified the OP-CEDAW.
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • general
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 5
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (CEDAW, 2009)
Observations
n) in accordance with article 45 of the State party’s Constitution, international legal instruments ratified by the State party take precedence over national laws
c) at absence of domestic legislation prohibiting discrimination against women and on sanctions for such discrimination
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 4.1 - Legal framework
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 10
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (CEDAW, 2009)
Recommendations
r) enact appropriate national legislation containing a prohibition of discrimination against women that encompasses both direct and indirect discrimination, in line with article 1 of CEDAW, and sanctions, when appropriate, in line with article 2 (b) of CEDAW
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 4.1 - Legal framework
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 11
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (CEDAW, 2009)
Observations
w) adoption in 2005 of the domestic law relating to the status of refugees by the State party and appreciates the fact that the law incorporates the refugee definitions of the 1951 Convention and the Organization of African Unity Convention
w) standard operating procedure on prevention of and response to sexual and gender-based violence established by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in collaboration with various partners, including the Directorate of National Security, Ministry of Interior
c) State party has not yet adopted the Decree required in order for key provisions of the 2005 law to be implemented
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • 34.2 - Gender-based violence against women; protection
  • general
  • refugees and asylum-seekers
  Paragraph(s) 44
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (CEDAW, 2009)
Recommendations
r) adopt as a matter of urgency the Decree in order for key provisions of the 2005 Law on the Status of Refugees to be implemented, mainly the provisions on registration, the refugee status determination procedure and the issuance of asylum-seeker and refugee certificates
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • 34.2 - Gender-based violence against women; protection
  • refugees and asylum-seekers
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 45
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (CEDAW, 2009)
Recommendations
n) states’ adherence to the nine major international human rights instruments enhances the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life
r) ratify the treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely, ICRMW, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women
  • migrant workers
  • persons with disabilities
  • women
  Paragraph(s) 54
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (CEDAW, 2009)
CRC/C/CMR/CO/2 (CRC, 2010)
Annotation Country Right Affected Person
Observations
w) the ratification by the State party of the following:
(a) international Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 182 (1999) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, on 5 June 2002
(b) the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, by a decree of 18 November 2004
(c) the 1998 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 25 July 2006
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • children
  • general
  Paragraph(s) 5
CRC/C/CMR/CO/2 (CRC, 2010)
Observations
n) the recent signing by the State party of the OP-CAT (15 December 2009)
c) about the persistence of ill-treatment of children and is deeply concerned that alleged cases of torture against children are not duly investigated and perpetrators not brought to justice
c) over the absence of compensation and rehabilitation measures for children victims of torture
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • children
  • persons deprived of their liberty
  Paragraph(s) 35
CRC/C/CMR/CO/2 (CRC, 2010)
Recommendations
r) undertake all necessary measures to prevent acts of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular through training of the police force
r) ensure that children victims of torture and ill-treatment have effective access to appropriate complaint mechanisms or procedures
r) investigate, prosecute and sanction those involved in committing acts of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment against children and young persons, bearing in mind the previous recommendation of the Committee (CRC/C/15/Add.164, para. 35)
r) provide care, recovery, reintegration and compensation for children victims of torture
r) ratify the OP-CAT
  • Cameroon
  • 2.1 - Status of international instruments
  • 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity
  • 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
  • children
  • persons deprived of their liberty
  Paragraph(s) 36
CRC/C/CMR/CO/2 (CRC, 2010)