Cameroon

Constitution of Cameroon

Electronic copy of the 1972 Constitution of Cameroon, revised in 2008, and made freely available by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. There are chapters on the state and sovereignty, the executive, legislative and judicial powers, treaties and international agreements and the Constitutional Council.

Sexual and Gender Based Violence Database Project

The Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Database provides free access to legal materials dealing with SGBV in 14 African countries. It is a project of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and an extension of the African Human Rights Case Law Analyzer. The laws and cases can be searched by keyword, browsed by country and viewed in full text. The site can be viewed in English, French and Arabic.

Database of the Constitutions of Sub-Saharan Africa

Database of constitutions and constitutional documents of African countries, provided by the University of Konstanz. The contents can be searched or browsed by jurisdiction. The database was been compiled by Katharina Holzinger, Florian Kern and Daniela Kromrey of the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Documents are provided in the original language; some historical versions are available as well as recent texts. Most can be downloaded and/or accessed via links to other websites.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Cameroon

This is the official website of the Prime Minister of Cameroon. It provides a profile of the Prime Minister, copies of speeches (in French) and details of activities. Biographies are given for other members of the government and there is background information on Cameroon including an outline of the legal system, the economy and tourism. Legislation can be viewed in full text on the site in French only.

World Law: Cameroon

Section of WorldLII's World Law service covering the Republic of Cameroon. A range of browse and search features are available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to Government, legislation and Parliament and subject areas including cyberspace, telecommunications and taxation, revenue and customs. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Cameroon on all of World Law. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Cameroon Legislation

Online guide providing a compilation of links to full text Cameroon legislation made freely available by Lexadin a legal technology service based in the Netherlands. Laws provided on the site are taken from a range of sources and are organised by subject including electoral law, administrative law, criminal law, commerce, company law, employment law, banking law, mining, communications and media and environmental law. There is also a full text copy of the Cameroon Constitution. Most of the texts linked to are in French.

Researching Cameroonian law

Guide to the law and legal materials of Cameroon written by Charles Manga Fombad, Professor of Law at the University of Botswana. Last updated in 2023, the guide is available on New York University's Globalex website. The author gives an introduction to Cameroon and its history along with background information about the legal system. There is ab overview of sources of Cameroonian law including the Constitution, legislation, judicial precedent and customary law. There are also sections dealing with the court system, the role of government and the Ministry of Justice.

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