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28 April 2017
CAMEROON
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
November 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Title:
Cameroun. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
15 November 2012
Title:
Cameroon. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
20 April 2017
Title:
Cameroun. Aperçu des besoins humanitaires 2017.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Annuaire statistique du Cameroun 2014
Volume:
Chapters 1; 2; 4; 9; 10; 13
Source:
Cameroon. National Institute of Statistics.
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroun. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
29 January 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
19 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Amnesty International Annual Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
19 April 2017
Title:
Human Rights Under Fire: Attacks and Violations in Cameroon's Struggle with Boko Haram
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
16 September 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; torture
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Information on fraudulent identity documents, including national identity cards (2007-March 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 April 2014
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
crime; document fraud; extremist/terrorist organizations; identity documents; Internet; police corruption
Title:
Law No. 1968-LF-3 of the 11th June 1968 to set up the Cameroon Nationality Code
Accessed Date:
15 November 2012
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Cameroon Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
19 April 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining passports in Cameroon and abroad (2013-March 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 March 2014
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The national identity card, including the agency that issues this card, the conditions and documents required to obtain the card, and a detailed description of the card and its use; whether a Cameroonian citizen living abroad can obtain a national...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 April 2014
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; corruption; government corruption; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces
Title:
Republic of Cameroon. Civil Status Registration.
Date of Document:
29 June 1981
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
children; family law; identity documents; legislation; marriage
Title:
Law No 2011/011 of 6 May 2011 to Amend and Supplement Certain Provisions of Ordinance No 81-02 of June 1981 to Organize Civil Status Registration and Various Provisions Relating to the Status of Natural Persons
Date of Document:
6 May 2011
Accessed Date:
18 April 2016
Keywords:
children; citizenship; family law; identity documents; legislation; marriage
Title:
The new national identity card, including the authority that issues the card, the conditions and documents required to obtain the card, and a detailed description of the card and its use; whether it may be applied for from abroad; whether the forme...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Cameroon. Election for President (President) of 9 October 2011.
Source:
International Foundation of Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
election; political organizations
Title:
The Social Democratic Front (Front social démocrate, SDF) including its current status, its organization and structure, its membership card and the treatment of its members by the state authorities
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 April 2012
Accessed Date:
15 November 2012
Keywords:
corruption; election; freedom of assembly; gender equality; minorities; police/security forces complaints; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Cameroon. National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
22 March 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroun : Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir. Briefing Afrique N°101
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
4 September 2014
Accessed Date:
28 October 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; election; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; government corruption; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Non, merci: English-speaking Cameroon rises up, wants Republic of Ambazonia
Date of Document:
16 December 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Cameroon Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
18 April 2016
Keywords:
citizenship; corruption; country overview; election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; judicial corruption; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; race; religion; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
Whether the Social Democratic Front (SDF) provides letters of attestation to asylum seekers, including who is responsible for their issuance; verification procedures used by the SDF when issuing the letters and authenticating the political party's ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 December 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
political organizations
Title:
The Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (Union des populations du Cameroun, UPC), including its structure and its importance on the political scene; the treatment of its members by the authorities (2011-August 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Pressure Groups in Southern Cameroons
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress.
Date of Document:
November 2012
Accessed Date:
16 April 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; country overview; extralegal executions/killings; political activities; political organizations; torture
Title:
The Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) and the Southern Cameroons Youth League (SCYL); organizational structures; leaders; activities; membership cards; treatment of their members by government authorities (2010-February 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 March 2014
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; election; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; identity documents; minorities; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Le Cameroun. Les élections au service du présidentialisme : les cas du Cameroun, Gabon, République du Congo et Guinée équatoriale.
Source:
Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security
Date of Document:
11 May 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais (RDPC) : Radioscopie et trajectoire d'un parti présidentiel
Source:
Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security
Date of Document:
21 October 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation; protection provided by the state and support services available to victims (2014-2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 April 2016
Accessed Date:
28 April 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender-based violence; legislation; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Cameroon. Child Marriage. Adolescents and Youth Country Profile.
Source:
United Nations. Population Fund.
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
children; marriage; statistics
Title:
2015 Statistical Yearbook: Cameroon. Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family
Source:
Cameroon. Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family.
Accessed Date:
20 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
children; family law; freedom of movement; labour; legislation; marriage; political activities; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Cameroon
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
28 February 2014
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; domestic violence; family law; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; political activities; sexual minorities; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Cameroon: Research Findings
Source:
Institut Supérieur du Sahel. University of Maroua. Association de Lutte Contre Les Violences Faites Aux Femmes.
Date of Document:
5 November 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
children; family law; gender equality; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage
Title:
Prevalence of forced marriage of women 18 years of age and older, including in the cities of Douala and Yaoundé; whether the economic situation or the level of education of women has an impact on forced marriages; protection provided to victims of...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 May 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; marriage; sexual violence; social services
Title:
New Rules to Help End Child Marriage in Cameroon
Source:
United Nations. Population Fund.
Date of Document:
6 October 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Prevalence of forced marriage in southern Cameroon, particularly in the Southwest Region, including state protection available; forced marriage as practiced by chiefs, and whether the girls or women that are forced to marry chiefs must be virgins ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 April 2013
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Keywords:
female genital mutilation; gender-based violence; marriage; police efficacy; social services
Title:
Treatment of men who father children out of wedlock, including legal, religious and social consequences; whether they may face criminal charges (2004-May 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 May 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
children; crime; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; indigenous groups; marriage; religion; statistics
Title:
Dowries in forced and arranged marriages, including whether they may be refunded; the role of the state in the payment of dowries, in particular, that of the Ministry of Finance; whether a document exists that takes into account the details of...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 November 2014
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
family law; legislation; marriage
Title:
Whether a man can obtain information on the fertility of a woman he wants to marry; infertility treatment options, through both modern medicinal and traditional practices (2011-November 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 November 2014
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; marriage
Title:
The practice of levirate marriage, including the regions of Cameroon where this tradition is widespread and the ethnic groups that practice it; the consequences if a widow refuses to take part in this practice, recourse and protection available...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 December 2014
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; marriage; police efficacy; social services
Title:
Legislation governing the estate of a man who dies intestate; who has the authority to settle his estate and how his inheritance is divided among his wives and children; whether circumstances exist in which the division of the estate is determined...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 May 2015
Accessed Date:
22 April 2016
Keywords:
children; family law; judicial efficacy; legal system
Title:
Analyse des données de l'ALVF – Cameroun sur les victims de violence
Source:
Association de Lutte contre les Violences faites aux Femmes Extrême-Nord Cameroun
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities, including legislation; treatment by government and society, including state protection and support services (2011-January 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 January 2014
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; social services; torture
Title:
Cameroon. State Sponsored Homophobia 2016: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Speaking Out 2015: The Rights of LGBTI Citizens from Across the Commonwealth.
Source:
Kaleidoscope Trust
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Status of LGBTI People in Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana and Uganda.
Source:
Finnish Immigration Service
Date of Document:
3 December 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Whether a Commissioner of Oaths or a notary public would notarize a statement or swear an affidavit regarding an individual's sexual orientation; documentation filed by police upon arrest for same-sex activity (2014-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 March 2016
Accessed Date:
28 April 2016
Title:
Guilty by Association. Human Rights Violations in the Enforcement of Cameroon's Anti-Homosexuality Law.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
March 2013
Accessed Date:
16 April 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; corruption; freedom of assembly; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; sexual minorities; statistics; torture
Title:
Cameroon. Criminalisation of Homosexuality.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
91 anti-LGBT attacks and violations: Cameroon's 2015 tally
Source:
Erasing 76 Crimes
Date of Document:
1 January 2016
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Cameroon: Homophobia and Violence Against Defenders of the Rights of LGBTI Persons.
Source:
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Date of Document:
February 2015
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; crime; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Cameroon (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. 2015 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
19 May 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; Internet; labour; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual minorities; transport infrastructure
Title:
Cameroon. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon: Overview of Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
22 April 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
La corruption au Cameroun: Perceptions publiques et moyens de lutte. Dépêche No. 94, Afrobaromètre.
Date of Document:
30 May 2016
Author:
Gérard-José Ebodé
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon: Confronting Boko Haram. Africa Report N° 241.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon and Boko Haram
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; religion
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Right Cause, Wrong Means: Human Rights Violated and Justice Denied in Cameroon's Fight Against Boko Haram
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 July 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Notices to appear issued by the General Delegation for National Security (Délégation générale à la Sûreté nationale, DGSN), including the issuing procedure; the content and appearance of the notices to appear, and whether it is the same at all police...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 October 2013
Accessed Date:
28 April 2014
Keywords:
document fraud; police/security forces
Title:
Cameroon. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon: The Threat of Religious Radicalism. Africa Report N° 229.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 September 2015
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; female genital mutilation; freedom of expression; gender equality; Internet; legislation; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; state surveillance
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Cameroon. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015: Events of 2014.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
2 July 2015
Author:
Paige Wilhite Jennings
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; indigenous groups; internal displacement; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Report of the Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák. Addendum. Mission to Cameroon (2 – 11 September 2013).
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
31 January 2014
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; citizenship; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; identity documents; indigenous groups; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; nationality; police/security forces; political activities; race; religion
Title:
The village chief's warriors, specifically in the Mbouda region; possible consequences for someone who refuses to take over the duties of his deceased father, who was a member of one of these warrior groups (2012-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 March 2015
Accessed Date:
22 April 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups
Title:
Famlà, including the objective of those who practise it, the regions where it is present and the consequences of refusing to be initiated into this practice or to practise it; the support given by the authorities to the people who practise famlà
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 April 2016
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Displacement Tracking Matrix. Round 6. Cameroon.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2017:
Title:
Cameroon. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
5 April 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cm.html
Accessed Date:
18 April 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Annuaire statistique du Cameroun 2013
Source:
Cameroon. National Institute of Statistics.
Page Numbers:
29-68, 79-88, 200-207
URL:
http://www.stat.cm/downloads/annuaire/2013/Annuaire_statistique_2013.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
country overview; crime; legislation; map; political activities; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Cameroun. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
21 December 2015
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/cameroun.htm
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
country overview; ethnic and national groups; map; minorities; statistics
Title:
Cameroon. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=265234
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Amnesty International Annual Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/africa/cameroon/report-cameroon/
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; disappeared persons; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; human rights activists; legal system; legislation; penal system; sexual minorities
Title:
Cameroon. Freedom in the World 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/cameroon
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; government corruption; identity documents; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Cameroon Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/CM.html
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Cameroon. National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
31 March 2016
URL:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2053.htm
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
election; political organizations
Title:
Cameroon. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition of Same-Sex Love.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2015
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Paoli Itaborahy
URL:
http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Cameroon. The Rights of LGBTI Citizens from Across the Commonwealth.
Source:
Kaleidoscope Trust
URL:
http://kaleidoscopetrust.com/usr/library/documents/main/speaking-out-lgbti-rights-in-the-cw.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; human rights activists; legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Cameroon (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243410.htm
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; children; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; social services; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
Cameroon. Country Reports on Terrorism 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239404.htm
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; government corruption; identity documents; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; transport infrastructure
Title:
Cameroon. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/cameroon
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police/security forces
Title:
Cameroon. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238194
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legislation; religion
Title:
Displacement Tracking Matrix. Round 1. Cameroon.
Source:
International Organization of Migration
Date of Document:
27 November 2015
URL:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/cameroon/document/iom-displacement-tracking-matrix-27-november-2015
Accessed Date:
18 April 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; map; statistics
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Cameroon
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
5 July 2013
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/CMSession16.aspx
Accessed Date:
16 April 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; election; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; minorities; penal system; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
National Report Submitted in Accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Annex to Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/16/CMR/1
Date of Document:
11 February 2013
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/CMSession16.aspx
Accessed Date:
16 April 2014
Keywords:
children; election; female genital mutilation; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; trafficking in persons
Title:
Case Study: Cameroon. Protecting the Girl Child: Using the Law to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage and Related Human Rights Violation.
Date of Document:
January 2014
URL:
http://girlsnotbrides.theideabureau.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Equality-Now-Protecting-the-Girl-Child-JAN-2014.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
children; legislation; marriage
Title:
Forced marriages; treatment of and protection available to women who try to flee a forced marriage; whether it is possible for a woman to live alone in the country's large cities such as Yaoundé and Douala
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 September 2012
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454407
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Cameroon. The State of Human Rights for LGBT People in Africa.
Source:
Human Rights Campaign Foundation; Human Rights First
Date of Document:
July 2014
URL:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/HRF-HRC-Africa-Report.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 April 2015
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; legislation; sexual minorities; statistics; torture
Title:
LGBTI life improves in homophobic Cameroon
Source:
Erasing 76 Crimes
Date of Document:
28 July 2015
URL:
http://76crimes.com/2015/07/28/lgbti-life-improves-in-homophobic-cameroon/
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; crime; extralegal executions/killings; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; statistics
Title:
Boko Haram arrests worsen Cameroon prison conditions
Source:
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Date of Document:
6 January 2016
URL:
http://www.irinnews.org/report/102333/boko-haram-arrests-worsen-cameroon-prison-conditions
Accessed Date:
11 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; extremist/terrorist organizations; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; torture
Title:
Corruption of journalists; the falsification of newspaper articles for the purpose of refugee claims
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 April 2012
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=453932
Accessed Date:
15 November 2012
Keywords:
corruption; document fraud; freedom of the press; human rights activists; judicial efficacy; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Cameroun. Aperçu des besoins humanitaires 2017.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
December 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/2017_hno_cmr.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
The new national identity card, including the authority that issues the card, the conditions and documents required to obtain the card, and a detailed description of the card and its use; whether it may be applied for from abroad; whether the forme...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457002
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
Title:
Non, merci: English-speaking Cameroon rises up, wants Republic of Ambazonia
Date of Document:
16 December 2016
URL:
https://www.irinnews.org/feature/2016/12/15/non-merci-english-speaking-cameroon-rises-wants-republic-ambazonia
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Le Cameroun. Les élections au service du présidentialisme : les cas du Cameroun, Gabon, République du Congo et Guinée équatoriale.
Source:
Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security
Date of Document:
11 May 2016
URL:
http://www.grip.org/sites/grip.org/files/NOTES_ANALYSE/2016/Notes%20DAS%20-%20Afrique%20EQ/OBS2011-54_GRIP_NOTE-30_Pr%C3%A9sidentialismes.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Rassemblement démocratique du peuple camerounais (RDPC) : Radioscopie et trajectoire d'un parti présidentiel
Source:
Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security
Date of Document:
21 October 2016
URL:
https://www.grip.org/sites/grip.org/files/NOTES_ANALYSE/2016/Notes%20DAS%20-%20Afrique%20EQ/OBS2011_54_DGRIS_NOTE-35_Cameroun.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
2015 Statistical Yearbook: Cameroon. Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family
Source:
Cameroon. Ministry of Women's Empowerment and the Family.
URL:
http://www.minproff.cm/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Annuaire-MINPROF-ANGLAIS-2015-MEP.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 April 2017
Title:
New Rules to Help End Child Marriage in Cameroon
Source:
United Nations. Population Fund.
Date of Document:
6 October 2016
URL:
http://www.unfpa.org/news/new-rules-help-end-child-marriage-cameroon
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Analyse des données de l'ALVF – Cameroun sur les victims de violence
Source:
Association de Lutte contre les Violences faites aux Femmes Extrême-Nord Cameroun
URL:
http://www.alvf-en.org/files/Analyse_des_donn%C3%A9es_de_ALVF_CAMEROUN_sur_les_victimes_de_violence.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon. Criminalisation of Homosexuality.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
URL:
http://www.humandignitytrust.org/uploaded/Map/Country_Reports/Cameroon.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon: Overview of Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Source:
Transparency International
Date of Document:
22 April 2016
URL:
https://www.transparency.org/files/content/corruptionqas/Country_profile_Cameroon_2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
La corruption au Cameroun: Perceptions publiques et moyens de lutte. Dépêche No. 94, Afrobaromètre.
Date of Document:
30 May 2016
Author:
Gérard-José Ebodé
URL:
http://afrobarometer.org/publications/ad94-la-corruption-au-cameroun-perceptions-publiques-et-moyens-de-lutte
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Cameroon: Confronting Boko Haram. Africa Report N° 241.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/cameroon/cameroon-confronting-boko-haram
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Right Cause, Wrong Means: Human Rights Violated and Justice Denied in Cameroon's Fight Against Boko Haram
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 July 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr17/4260/2016/en/
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
Famlà, including the objective of those who practise it, the regions where it is present and the consequences of refusing to be initiated into this practice or to practise it; the support given by the authorities to the people who practise famlà
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 April 2016
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456998
Accessed Date:
13 April 2017
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