GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE COMBINED REPORT
1- Cameroon presents its 7th, 8th and 9th periodic reports under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) as a combined Report. This Report equally stands for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd periodic Reports under the Protocol to the ACHPR on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) and for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd periodic Reports under the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Protocol). This Report also accounts for the initial Report under the Protocol to the ACHPR on the rights of persons with disabilities in Africa and the initial Report under the Protocol to the ACHPR on the rights of Older Persons.
2- This combined Report covers the period from 2019 to 2024 for the first 3 reports mentioned, the period from 2022 to 2024 for the Report under the Protocol on the rights of persons with disabilities in Africa and Protocol to the ACHPR on the rights of Older Persons. The issues already addressed in previous reports and that did not change during the period under review are not repeated in this report.
3- After Cameroon defended its Report under the aforementioned instruments, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AcomHPR) issued its Final Observations.
4- This Report highlights the main measures taken by the State of Cameroon since the said defence, in accordance with the commitments reiterated during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and for the defence of its report under the 3rd cycle of the UPR.
5- This Report which is drafted by the Ministry of Justice (MINJUSTICE) results from collaboration with other Ministries, institutions, national and international organisations and well as civil society organisations. They took part in the whole process, from data collection to various validations. In fact, this Report underwent a first validation in January 2025, then a validation by civil society organisations under the supervision of the Cameroon Human Rights Commission on 27 February 2025. This activity was coordinated by the Interministerial Committee for monitoring the implementation of recommendations and/or decisions of international and regional mechanisms tasked with promoting and protecting Human Rights. The said Committee has its headquarters at the Prime Minister’s Office.
6- This Report comprises several parts, each of them concerning one of the aforementioned instruments. These parts are preceded by this general introduction to the combined Report and by a preliminary chapter. A general conclusion comes at the end.
