Human Rights in Cameroon: 175 Lawsuits against Law Enforcement Officers in 2016

The information is contained in a report produced by Cameroon for the UN Human Rights Council Working Group.

The Cameroonian government has taken action to combat the impunity of law enforcement personnel (gendarmes, police officers, magistrates, traditional authorities ..., Editor's note). This is reflected in its report on the human rights situation presented on May 16 before the UN body responsible for related issues. The document reveals that 175 lawsuits were filed against these public officials in 2016.

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It also states that 14 convictions were handed down by the Military Court for offenses relating to the violation of the right to life, to the physical and moral integrity of persons.

According to the Cameroonian delegation to the UN, 84 police officers were subjected to disciplinary sanctions ranging from the warning to the revocation from 2013 to 2017 for various violations of human rights. “In the same vein, a senior officer of the National Gendarmerie and a dozen NCOs were punished and immediately discharged from their duties,” says the report.

Cameroon has often been accused by non-governmental organizations for rights violations. This has particularly been the case in the last three editions of Amnesty International's annual report, which accused Cameroon's security and defense forces of arbitrary arrests, torture, especially within the context of the fight against the terrorist sect, Boko Haram.

The rights group has also made similar accusations in relation to current socio-political crisis in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon were some Anglophone activists are struggling for the creation of a state they have christened ‘Ambazonia’.

However, the government of Cameroon through its Minister of Communication who doubles as government’s spokesperson has often refuted such accusations.

But after the call for the respect of human rights launched by the United Nations in 2017, the government has put up a fight against the abuse of human rights and has been implementing measures aimed at achieving this.