3 December 2020
Legislative Advocacy Brief : to criminalize grave crimes under international law
Dear Legislators, Policymakers, and Stakeholders:
At a time when Cameroon’s crisis unfolding in the Northwest and Southwest regions has witnessed some of the most egregious acts of violence (such as deadly attacks against schools), we considered it important to bring to your attention, through the attached Advocacy Brief, that Cameroon’s criminal laws currently do not sanction the gravest international crimes linked to periods of armed violence or conflict, namely war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Some of the above-mentioned acts of violence could constitute these crimes, hence it is important that legislative action be taken, to include these crimes within Cameroon’s national criminal laws.
Author: Constitutional Options Project