Le Cameroun renforce la protection des personnes handicapées. Yaoundé 23 avril 2010 — Le Cameroun vient d’adopter une loi relative à la promotion et la protection des personnes handicapées. Cette nouvelle loi qui attend encore ses modalités d’application est reconnue pour ses avancées significatives par rapport à l’ancienne. Lire la suite ...

Human Rights Day 2009 - Report on the Centre's activities. The human rights day 09 was celebrated on the theme «embrace diversity, end discrimination». This year, in an attempt to step aside from the routine official ceremonies, the Centre took a very innovative approach which consisted of a series of activities including a field mission to convey the messages of respect for diversity and non discrimination in a conflict-prone environment at the community level, a workshop to sensitize the media professionals on their role in combating discrimination and an open door day to deliver the message of the High Commissioner. Lire la suite ...

 Women's Rights in Human Rights Systems: Past, Present and Future by NAVY PILLAY, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.  Equality includes full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms. To promote the chievement of equality, legislative and other measures designed to protect or advance persons or categories of persons, disadvantaged by unfair discrimination may be
taken… The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.  Télécharger l'article ...