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On
July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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30 June 2022
CAMEROON
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Cameroon Administrative Map
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
31 January 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
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:
6 June 2022
Accessed Date:
10 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Country Background Note. Cameroon: Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
13 May 2021
Title:
Cameroun. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
4 November 2021
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2019.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Cameroon. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
14 April 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Présentation du Cameroun
Source:
France. Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères.
Date of Document:
23 April 2021
Accessed Date:
13 May 2021
Title:
Cameroun : traitement des maladies mentales dans les régions anglophones
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
1 July 2019
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroun : accès à des soins de santé et à une éducation spécialisée
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
15 February 2019
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroun: Rapport de situation
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
31 May 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Cameroon: North-West/South-West crisis. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Protection Update for the North-West and South-West Regions: February 2022
Source:
Global Protection Cluster and al.
Date of Document:
22 February 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Cameroun : Extrême-Nord. Violences intercommunautaires de Logone-Birni.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
1 February 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Enquête Démographique et de Santé de 2018
Source:
Cameroon. Institut National de la Statistique.; ICF. The DHS Program.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
10 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2022
Accessed Date:
28 April 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 March 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Freedom in the World 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Cameroon
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
30 November 2017
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Cameroon. World Report 2022: Events of 2021.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
7 September 2017
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
“These Killings Can Be Stopped”: Abuses by Government and Separatist Groups in Cameroon's Anglophone Regions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
19 July 2018
Author:
Jonathan Pedneault; Bede Sheppard
Editor:
Michelle Lonnquist
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Cameroon's Unfolding Catastrophe: Evidence of Human Rights Violations and Crimes against Humanity
Source:
Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa; Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Date of Document:
3 June 2019
Author:
Ntebo Ebenezer Awungafac et al.
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Compilation on Cameroon
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/CMR/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
12 March 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Cameroon
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/CMR/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
28 February 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to resolution 16/21 of the Human Rights Council: Cameroon
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/30/CMR/1
Date of Document:
5 March 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon : People with disabilities.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
23 July 2021
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Cameroun: Discrimination des personnes séropositives
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
11 February 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Information received from Cameroon on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fourth periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
25 May 2021
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
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
Title:
Law No. 1968-LF-3 of the 11th June 1968 to set up the Cameroon Nationality Code
Accessed Date:
15 November 2012
Title:
Cameroon. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
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
Title:
Cameroun: Loi n° 2011/011 du 2011 modifiant et complétant certaines dispositions de l'ordonnance n° 81/02 du 29 juin 1981
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Cameroun: Ordonnance n° 81/02 du 1981 portant organisation de l'état civil et diverses dispositions relatives à l'état des personnes physiques
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Decree n° 1968 DF-478 of the 16th December 1968 to Establish Rules of Procedure Under the Nationality Code
Accessed Date:
28 July 2020
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Cameroon
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
May 2021
Author:
Eugene Arnaud Yombo Sembe
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Republic of Cameroon. Election for President of 7 October 2018.
Source:
International Foundation of Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Rapport finale : Mission d'observation électorale de l'Union africaine pour les élections couplées législatives et municipales du 9 février 2020 en République du Cameroun
Source:
The African Union Commission
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Easing Cameroon's Ethno-political Tensions, On and Offline. Africa Report N°295.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis: How to Get to Talks?. Africa Report N°272.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
2 May 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Cameroun. Crise anglophone : situation sécuritaire. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
19 November 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon's linguistic divide deepens to rift on questions of democracy, trust, national identity. Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 283.
Date of Document:
11 March 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
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
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
Title:
The Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC), including leadership, structure, objectives, activities, requirements and procedures to become a member; relations with authorities; location and contact information; documents issued to members...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 June 2018
Accessed Date:
15 April 2019
Title:
Cameroon Court Denies Request to Release Opposition Leaders
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
15 January 2021
Author:
Ilaria Allegrozzi
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon: Election Violence in Anglophone Regions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 February 2020
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
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
Author:
Luntumbue Michel; Tsafack Delmas
Accessed Date:
5 April 2017
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Cameroon: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Membership cards of the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) and whether different versions are available; specimens (2019–September 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 October 2021
Accessed Date:
25 October 2021
Title:
Cameroun: laSouthern Cameroon Youth League (SCYL)de 2008 à 2018, et l'implication de la diaspora camerounaise dans la crise anglophone
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 March 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroun : Le Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 September 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: More than a hundred detainees from Anglophone regions and opposition party languishing in jail for speaking out
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 January 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Cameroon: Senat.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation; support services available to victims, including mental health services; the impact of COVID19; state protection (2020–April 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 June 2022
Accessed Date:
23 June 2022
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Cameroon
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
6 July 2017
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
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
Title:
Cameroon. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
27 April 2020
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
Title:
Focus Group Discussion report: Child Protection Needs in South-West Cameroon
Source:
Danish Refugee Council
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
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
Title:
FGM in Cameroon: Short report
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Cameroon. Addendum: Information received from Cameroon on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/4-5/Add.1
Date of Document:
3 May 2017
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
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
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
Title:
Cameroon: Survivors of Military Assault Await Justice
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
26 February 2021
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroun : Femmes victimes de la traite des êtres humains à des fins d'exploitation sexuelle
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
23 August 2021
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
Situation and treatment of single women and women who head their own households, including their ability to live on their own and access housing, income, education, health care, and support services, particularly in Douala and Yaoundé; impact ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2022
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon: Situation of single women in Yaoundé and Douala.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
26 January 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Rebels, Victims, Peacebuilders: Women in Cameroon's Anglophone Conflict. Africa Report No307.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 February 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Situation of sexual and gender minorities, including legislation, treatment by authorities and society, state protection and support services (2017-August 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 August 2020
Accessed Date:
23 September 2020
Title:
Cameroon. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Individuals in Cameroon
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Focus Cameroun. Minorités sexuelles.
Source:
Swiss Confederation. State Secretariat for Migration.
Date of Document:
15 October 2021
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
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:
Cameroon: Joint Stakeholder Report for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review
Source:
The Advocates for Human Rights; The National Observatory for the Rights of LGBT Persons and Their Defenders; The Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Cameroon's abusive 2017, hopes for 2018
Source:
Erasing 76 Crimes
Date of Document:
5 January 2018
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Cameroon: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
27 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon: Wave of Arrests, Abuse Against LGBT People
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 April 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2021
Title:
In Cameroon Transgender Women Given Five-Years in Prison
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
Accessed Date:
15 June 2021
Title:
Cameroun: L'homosexualité. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
28 July 2021
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
Transphobie : le visage d'une crise. Rapport annuel 2020 des violences faites aux MSG au Cameroun.
Date of Document:
16 April 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Intersex Person Victim of Horrific Attack in Cameroon
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 November 2021
Author:
Ilaria Allegrozzi
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon : LGBT people in Cameroon.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Cameroon: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
OSAC Country Security Report. Cameroon.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
28 February 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Country Reports on Terrorism 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon Corruption Report
Source:
GAN Integrity. Risk and Compliance Portal.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
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's Far North: A New Chapter in the Fight Against Boko Haram. Africa Report N°263.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
14 August 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Cameroon: Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Strike Displacement Site
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 August 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon: Victims of Boko Haram attacks feel abandoned in the Far North
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 December 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Cameroun : Situation sécuritaire dans la région de l'Extrême-Nord
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
2 August 2019
Accessed Date:
29 July 2020
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon: Trafficking in Human Beings (THB).
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
16 November 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon: Forced recruitment.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
29 June 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
“They Are Destroying Our Future”: Armed Separatist Attacks on Students, Teachers, and Schools in Cameroon's Anglophone Regions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Organised Crime Index 2021: Cameroon.
Date of Document:
2 October 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Law No 2016/007 of 12 July 2016 relating to the Penal Code
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Cameroon
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
18 December 2017
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Cameroon's Secret Torture Chambers: Human Rights Violations and War Crimes in the Fight Against Boko Haram
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 July 2017
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Law N° 2005 of 27 July 2005 on the Criminal Procedure Code
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Cameroon: Detainees Tortured
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 August 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Information received from Cameroon on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fifth periodic report
Date of Document:
1 October 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Cameroon: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon: Arbitrary detentions and military courts highlight the latest crackdown on opposition members
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 December 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Update: Researching Cameroonian Law
Date of Document:
December 2015
Author:
Charles Manga Fombad
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
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
Title:
Cameroon: Nine Killed in Army Attack
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
4 February 2021
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon: Soldiers on Rampage in North-West Region
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 February 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: New Abuses by Both Sides: Protect Civilians in Anglophone Regions, Hold Attackers Accountable
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 August 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Journalists Not Terrorists: In Cameroon, anti-terror legislation is used to silence critics and suppress dissent
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
20 September 2017
Accessed Date:
11 April 2018
Title:
Cameroon: Repression of protests and attacks against the media must be investigated
Date of Document:
24 September 2020
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. International Religious Freedom Report for 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Cameroon. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Situation of Anglophones, including returnees, in Bamenda, Yaoundé and Douala; treatment by society and by the authorities (2016-August 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
26 April 2019
Title:
Combined twenty-second and twenty-third reports submitted by Cameroon under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2017
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
15 October 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
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
Title:
Cameroon: New Attacks on Civilians By Troops, Separatists
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 March 2019
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Cameroun : La crise anglophone
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 September 2018
Accessed Date:
29 July 2020
Title:
Armed Separatists' Abuse Rife in Cameroon's Anglophone Regions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 March 2021
Author:
Ilaria Allegrozzi
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon. Latest developments on security situation in Anglophone region between 1 January 2020 and 31 May 2021
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
14 June 2021
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite images reveal the scale of devastation in Anglophone regions
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 July 2021
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. The Indigenous World 2022.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2022
Author:
Hawe Hamman Bouba
Editor:
Dwayne Mamo et al.
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Cameroon: Displacement Report, Far North Region. Round 15: 03 – 15 September 2018.
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
15 September 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Cameroun extrême-Nord: Statistiques des réfugiés et PDIs
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
31 December 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Principal Refugees, IDPs and Stateless Persons in West and Central Africa
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
12 September 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Déplacement forcé et accès au logement, à la terre et à la propriété : cas de l'extrême-nord du Cameroun
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council
Date of Document:
12 June 2019
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Cameroon: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon: Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees in Douala and Yaoundé.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
24 August 2021
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
Cameroun : Statistiques des personnes relevant de la compétence du HRC
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
“How Can You Throw Us Back?”: Asylum Seekers Abused in the US and Deported to Harm in Cameroon
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
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 29 April 2022:
Title:
Cameroon. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 November 2021
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cameroon/
Accessed Date:
19 November 2021
Title:
Cameroon. 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
March 2021
URL:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/cmr_hrp_2021_current-print.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 May 2021
Title:
Cameroun. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
14 May 2019
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/afrique/cameroun.htm
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Cameroon
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/CMR
Accessed Date:
28 July 2020
Title:
Cameroon. 2021 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
URL:
https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/cmr-hno_2021-current-print.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon: Situation Report
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
5 November 2021
URL:
https://reports.unocha.org/en/country/cameroon
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
Cameroon. Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 April 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/POL1032022021ENGLISH.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon. Freedom in the World 2021.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/cameroon/freedom-world/2021
Accessed Date:
27 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon. World Report 2021: Events of 2020.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/cameroon
Accessed Date:
13 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Cameroon.html
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroun: Situation sécuritaire liée au conflit anglophone. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
16 October 2020
URL:
https://www.cgra.be/sites/default/files/rapporten/coi_focus_cameroun._situation_securitaire_liee_au_conflit_anglophone_20201016.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 May 2021
Title:
Cameroon Country Security Report
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
20 August 2021
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/c59ef585-a9ca-42fa-92e3-1c5d88360d7c
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
Cameroon. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019/cameroon/
Accessed Date:
29 July 2020
Title:
Cameroon. International Religious Freedom Report for 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 May 2021
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-report-on-international-religious-freedom/cameroon/
Accessed Date:
18 November 2021
Title:
Open Letter Urges the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to Address Serious and Systematic Human Rights Violations in Cameroon
Source:
Human Rights Watch et al.
Date of Document:
28 October 2019
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/10/28/open-letter-urges-african-commission-human-and-peoples-rights-address-serious-and
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Preliminary Statement : African Union Election Observation Mission to the 9th February 2020 Legislative and Municipal Elections in the Republic of Cameroon
Source:
The African Union Commission
Date of Document:
11 February 2020
URL:
https://au.int/sites/default/files/pressreleases/38114-pr-aueom_cameroon_preliminary_statement.pdf
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
Title:
Republic of Cameroon. Election for Assemblée Nationale (Cameroonian National Assembly) of 9 February 2020.
Source:
International Foundation of Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/3402/
Accessed Date:
20 April 2020
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456489
Accessed Date:
28 April 2016
Title:
Cameroon. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos; Joachim Ntetmen
URL:
https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 April 2019
Title:
Protection Update for the North-West and South-West Regions: February 2022
Source:
Global Protection Cluster and al.
Date of Document:
22 February 2022
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2068362/Monthly-Protection-Update_NWSW_Feb-2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Cameroun : Extrême-Nord. Violences intercommunautaires de Logone-Birni.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
1 February 2022
URL:
https://reliefweb.int/report/cameroon/cameroun-extr-me-nord-violences-intercommunautaires-de-logone-birni-rapport-de-1
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Enquête Démographique et de Santé de 2018
Source:
Cameroon. Institut National de la Statistique.; ICF. The DHS Program.
Date of Document:
February 2020
URL:
https://www.minsante.cm/site/?q=fr/content/enqu%C3%AAte-d%C3%A9mographique-de-sant%C3%A9-v2018
Accessed Date:
10 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon : People with disabilities.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
23 July 2021
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_7_EASO_COI_QUERY_20_Cameroon_%20disabilities.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Information received from Cameroon on follow-up to the concluding observations on its fourth periodic report
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Date of Document:
25 May 2021
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/E/C.12/CMR/FCO/4
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Report on Citizenship Law: Cameroon
Source:
European University Institute. Global Citizenship Observatory.
Date of Document:
May 2021
Author:
Eugene Arnaud Yombo Sembe
URL:
https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/71404/RSCAS_GLOBALCIT_CR_2021_13.pdf?sequence=1
Accessed Date:
8 June 2022
Title:
Rapport finale : Mission d'observation électorale de l'Union africaine pour les élections couplées législatives et municipales du 9 février 2020 en République du Cameroun
Source:
The African Union Commission
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/40265-doc-rapport_de_la_mission_dobservation_electorale_de_lunion_africaine_pour_les_elections_couplees_legislatives_et_municipales_du_09_fevrier_2020_en_republique_du_cameroun.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Cameroon: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/31/basic-information/about-parliament?chamber_id=13357&election_id=69798
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroun: laSouthern Cameroon Youth League (SCYL)de 2008 à 2018, et l'implication de la diaspora camerounaise dans la crise anglophone
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 March 2021
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2103_cmr_scyl_et_diaspora_151995_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroun : Le Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
3 September 2020
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2009_cmr_mouvement_pour_la_renaissance_du_cameroun_web_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: More than a hundred detainees from Anglophone regions and opposition party languishing in jail for speaking out
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 January 2022
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/01/cameroon-more-than-a-hundred-detainees-from-anglophone/
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Cameroon: Senat.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
URL:
https://data.ipu.org/node/31/basic-information?chamber_id=13358
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation; support services available to victims, including mental health services; the impact of COVID19; state protection (2020–April 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 June 2022
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458626
Accessed Date:
23 June 2022
Title:
Situation and treatment of single women and women who head their own households, including their ability to live on their own and access housing, income, education, health care, and support services, particularly in Douala and Yaoundé; impact ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2022
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458612
Accessed Date:
21 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon: Situation of single women in Yaoundé and Douala.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
26 January 2022
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2022_01_Q2_EUAA_COI_Query_Response_CAMEROON_Single_Women.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Rebels, Victims, Peacebuilders: Women in Cameroon's Anglophone Conflict. Africa Report No307.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 February 2022
URL:
https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/307-women-in-cameroon_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
URL:
https://ilga.org/downloads/Our_Identities_Under_Arrest_2021.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Transphobie : le visage d'une crise. Rapport annuel 2020 des violences faites aux MSG au Cameroun.
Date of Document:
16 April 2021
URL:
https://healthymboa.org/download/rapport-annuel-2020-de-violences-et-violation-des-droits-des-minorites-sexuelles-et-de-genre-msg/#
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Intersex Person Victim of Horrific Attack in Cameroon
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
20 November 2021
Author:
Ilaria Allegrozzi
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/20/intersex-person-victim-horrific-attack-cameroon
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon : LGBT people in Cameroon.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
11 August 2021
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_08_Q23_EASO_COI_Query_Response_CAMEROON_LGBT.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
URL:
https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon: Trafficking in Human Beings (THB).
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
16 November 2021
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_11_Q44_EASO_COI_Query_Response_THB_CAMEROON.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Cameroon: Forced recruitment.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
29 June 2021
URL:
https://coi.euaa.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/2021_06_EASO_COI_Query_Cameroon_forced%20recruitment.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
“They Are Destroying Our Future”: Armed Separatist Attacks on Students, Teachers, and Schools in Cameroon's Anglophone Regions
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
16 December 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2021/12/cameroon1221_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Organised Crime Index 2021: Cameroon.
Date of Document:
2 October 2021
URL:
https://africa.ocindex.net/assets/downloads/2021/ocindex_summary_cameroon.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: Arbitrary detentions and military courts highlight the latest crackdown on opposition members
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 December 2020
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/12/cameroon-arbitrary-detentions-and-military-courts-highlight-the-latest-crackdown/
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Update: Researching Cameroonian Law
Date of Document:
December 2015
Author:
Charles Manga Fombad
URL:
https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Cameroon1.html
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: Soldiers on Rampage in North-West Region
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
3 February 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/03/cameroon-soldiers-rampage-north-west-region
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: New Abuses by Both Sides: Protect Civilians in Anglophone Regions, Hold Attackers Accountable
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
2 August 2021
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/02/cameroon-new-abuses-both-sides
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: Repression of protests and attacks against the media must be investigated
Date of Document:
24 September 2020
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources/cameroon-repression-of-protests/
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon: Witness testimony and satellite images reveal the scale of devastation in Anglophone regions
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
28 July 2021
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/07/cameroon-satellite-images-reveal-devastation-in-anglophone-regions-2/
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroon. The Indigenous World 2022.
Source:
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2022
Author:
Hawe Hamman Bouba
Editor:
Dwayne Mamo et al.
URL:
https://iwgia.org/en/cameroon/4635-iw-2022-cameroon.html
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
Cameroun : Statistiques des personnes relevant de la compétence du HRC
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
February 2022
URL:
https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/2067770/CMR-Stats_January_2022.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
Title:
“How Can You Throw Us Back?”: Asylum Seekers Abused in the US and Deported to Harm in Cameroon
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
February 2022
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2022/02/us_cameroon0222_web_1.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 June 2022
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