Cameroun
(Joined the UN on 20-09-1960)
Scope of international obligations
| Core Universal Human rights treaties | Date of signature | Date of ratification
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| ICERD | 12 Dec 1966 | 24 Jun 1971 |
| ICESCR | - | 27 Jun 1984 |
| ICCPR | - | 27 Jun 1984 |
| ICCPR-OP | - | 27 Jun 1984 |
| CEDAW | 6 Jun 1983 | 23 Aug 1994 |
| OP-CEDAW | - | 7 Jan 2005 |
| CAT |
| 19 Dec 1986 |
| OP-CAT | - | - |
| CRC | 25 Sep 1990 | 11 Jan 1993 |
| CRPD | 1 Oct 2008 | - |
| OP-CRPD | 1 Oct 2008 | - |
| ICRMW | - | - |
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| Other main relevant international instruments
| Ratification, accession or succession
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| Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | None | |
| Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court | None | |
| 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol. | Yes | |
| Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Additional Protocols thereto
| Yes, except for additional protocol relating to protection of victims of non international armed conflicts (8 June 1977) and the additional protocol relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III). | |
| ILO fundamental conventions
| Yes, except C4 Night work (Women) convention 1919, denounced on 11.04.1975, C5 minimum age (industry) convention 1919 denounced on 30.08.2001, C6 Night work of young persons (industry) convention 1919 denounced on 11.04.1975, C52 Holidays with Pay Convention, 1936 denounced on 7.08.1973 and C101 holidays with pay (Agriculture) Convention 1952 denounced on 7.08.1973 | |
Cooperation with Treaty bodies
| Treaty body
| Latest report submitted and considered | Latest concluding observations | Follow-up response
| Reporting status |
| CERD
| 1997
| March 1998 | - | Fifteenth to nineteenth reports overdue from 2000 to 2008 and submitted in November 2008. |
| CESCR | 1997
| December 1999 | - | Second and third reports overdue since 2001 and 2003 respectively and submitted in November 2008. |
| HR Committee | 1997
| November 1999 | - | Fourth report overdue since 2003 and submitted in November 2008. |
| CEDAW | 1999
| June 2000 | - | Third report submitted in 2007 and scheduled for consideration in 2009. |
| CAT
| 2002 | November 2003 | - | Fourth report overdue since 2004 and submitted in November 2008. |
| CRC | 2000
| October 2001 | - | Second report scheduled for consideration in 2009. |
Cooperation with Special Procedures
| Standing invitations issued | None |
| Latest visits or mission reports | The Special Rapporteur on the question of torture in 1999 Report E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.2: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/7/b/torture/visits.htm
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| Visits agreed upon in principle | None |
| Visits requested and not yet agreed upon | The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression (requested 2008) upon |
| Follow-up visits | None |