Criminal Law in Cameroon: Specific Offences

Statutes and International Instruments

xvii Statutes and International Instruments African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1981…………………... 391, 549 African Charter on the Rights & Welfare of the Child, 1990……………. 549 Children and Young Persons Ordinance, Cap. 32 of 1958……………… 130 Civil Status Registration Ordinance, 1981……………………………….. 567, 568, 570, 573 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984………………………………………… 73, 74 Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, 1949……………………….. 553 Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1979……………………………………………………………………. 549 Customary Courts Ordinance, Cap 142 of 1948………………………….84 Declaration of the Family Rights, 1994………………………………… 549 Espionage Act [US]……………………………………………………. 16 Evidence Ordinance, Cap. 62 of 1958…………………………………. 2, 130, 590 Firearms Act [English], 1968…………………………………………… 223 Geneva Conventions 1949 & Additional Protocol II…………………… 29 Geneva Convention on the Suppression of International Drug Trafficking, 1936……………………………………………………………………. 549 Hague Convention on Cooperation & Protection of Children, 1993……..549 International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, 1966…………… 391, 549 International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, 1966…. 549 ILO Convention No. 138 (Permissible Minimum Age for Employment), 1973……………………………………………………………………. 549 ILO Convention No. 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labour), 1999………... 549 Land Expropriation Ordinance, 1974…………………………………… 238 Law on Maintenance of Public Order, 1990……………………………. 213 Law on Public Meetings and Demonstrations, 1990……………………. 213 Libel Act [UK]…………………………………………………………. 80 Oaths and Affirmation Ordinance, Cap 142 of 1958…………………… 130 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2000……………………………………………………………………. 549 Ordinance for the Repression of Subversive Activities, 1962…………… 93 Penal Code, 1966/67……………………………………………………. 93 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000……………… 553 Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003…………………………………………………………………… 549 Public Officers’ Protection Ordinance………………………………… 393 Public Order Act [UK], 1986………………………………………….. 213 Sexual Offences Act [UK], 2003……………………………………….. 510 Sheriffs & Civil Process Ordinance, Cap 189 of 1958………………….. 84 xviii Slavery Convention 1926………………………………………………. 553 Slavery Convention 1953………………………………………………... 553 Southern Cameroons High Court Law, 1955…………………………… 136 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade & Institutions & Practices Similar to Slavery, 1956…………………….. 553 UN Basic Principles on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, 1990……………………………………………………………………. 549 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989………………………. 549 UN Declaration of Social & Legal Principles Relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, 1985………………………………………….. 549 UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 1959………………………. 549 UN Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, 1965……………………………………………………………………...549 UN Minimum Rules Relating to the Administration of Juvenile Justice, 1985……………………………………………………………………. 549 UN Rules for the Protection of Minors under Custody, 1990………….. 549 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948…………………………. 391, 549, 568 ...