POLICY PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS


Managing Cameroon's dual language, educational, and legal systems

We are pleased to share with you a publication under our Law & Public Policy Working Paper Series, entitled ‘Managing Cameroon’s bilingual and bi-jural character and its multiple heritages: analysis and proposed legislative reforms on Language use and policy, co-existence of Educational systems, and co-existence of Legal systems’. This working paper is a self-funded initiative of the Centre for Law & Public Policy, and is the outcome of five months of research, analysis, and drafting.

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Regional Normative Law and Cameroon's bilingual, bi-jural character

The challenge of regional integration and incorporation of regional normative instruments, in Cameroon’s bilingual and bi-jural context: the case for a national process for translation of regional normative laws, and a specialized Centre for the study of regional business law, in English

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Will the Municipal elections be annulled following the partial annulment of Legislative elections in the Northwest and Southwest regions

Following post-electoral litigation on the legislative elections of February 9, 2020, the Constitutional Council, on February 25 2020, rendered a historic ruling annulling the election in eleven (11) constituencies, namely ten (10) in the Northwest (Bui South, Bui Centre, Bui West, Menchum North, Menchum South, Mezam South, Mezam Centre, Mezam North Momo East, and Momo West) and one (01) in the Southwest (Lebialem)...

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Data Annex - Cameroon’s February 2020 Legislative & Municipal Elections

Data Annex - Electoral Stakes, Political system implications, and fallout from crisis in the Northwest and Southwest Regions:

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February 2020 Elections - Briefing Paper

We are pleased to share with you a Briefing Paper entitled: “Cameroon’s 9 February 2020 Legislative and Municipal Elections: Electoral Stakes, Political system implications, and fallout from crisis in the Northwest and Southwest Regions”. The Paper situates these elections along the trajectory of close to 30 years of multi-party elections in Cameroon and highlights some trends in electoral outcomes and political party systems...

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