Cameroon's minister delegate, Felix Mbayu, presented the government's account of its human rights record at a public session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in Dakar, and said the government will defend its single report under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights at the commission's next public session.
Mbayu told the session that the international scene is "marked by flagrant failures of international law", and listed the challenges he said Cameroon faces: rising cases of femicide, continuing security crises, population displacement and climate change. He reaffirmed the government's commitment, which he attributed to President Paul Biya, to "the search for answers reconciling the protection of persons, respect for rights and freedoms and the imperatives of security".
He said the defence at the next session will cover the single report and four other African instruments, on the rights of women, of persons with disabilities, of older persons and on internal displacement.
The commission's next public session is the scheduled point at which the government's account of its record will be examined under the charter.