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Child Related Laws
Child Related Policies
State Party Reports


Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon, 1996
Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon (Amendment), 2008
Labour Code,1992 *
Law on Orientation of Education in Cameroon, 1998 *
Act on the Protection of Abused or Morally Abandoned Children, 1989 *
Law on Protection of Children and Youth at Risk, 1958 *
Penal Code, 1967 *
Law on the Fight Against Trafficking, 2005 *
Criminal Procedure Law , 2005 *
Sumarry of Terms and Conditions for Adoption in Cameroon,Year Not Known *
Law Related to Child Labour, 1969 *
Law Relating to the Rights and Protection of Persons with Disability, 1983 *
Law on the Creation, Organisation and Function of the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms, 2004 *
Law on the Organisation of Civil Status, 1981 *


Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper, 2003
Education Sector Strategy, 2006 *
Programme for the Protection of Early Childhood Education, 2006 *
National Strategic Plan to Combat Malaria, 2001-2006 *
National Strategic Plan to Control AIDS and STDs, 2011-2015 *
National Strategic Plan for Health Sector 2016-2027, 2016

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

State Party Reports
Initial	2009
Second Periodic Report on ACRWC	December 2014

Concluding Recommendations
For initial report*

United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

State Party Reports
Initial	4 Apr 2000
Second	3 Apr 2008
Third to fifth periodic report on Convention on the Rights of the Child	6 December 2015

Concluding Observations
For Initial Report	6 Nov 2001
For Second Report	18 Feb 2010

* Available only in French