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IJSRP, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2016 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]


The Non-Repeal of Section 347 (BIS) of the Cameroon Penal Code on Cameroon’s Vis-À-Vis International Treaty Commitments Pertaining to LGBT Rights
      Barrister Atoh Walter M. Tchemi
Abstract: Exasperatingto note, pertaining to the provisions of section 347 bis of the Cameroon Penal Code, is the unchallenged and uncontroverted fact that, the application of aforesaid section in any criminal proceedings touching the LGBT domain, contravenes not only Cameroon’s international treaty commitments as enshrined in its section 45 of Law NO: 96/06 of 18th January 1996 to amend the Constitution of 2nd June 1972 but equally the preamble to the said constitution and that of the International Human Rights Charter, hereinafter referred to as the United Nations Charter and specifically, its Article 55 (c) .

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Barrister Atoh Walter M. Tchemi (2018); The Non-Repeal of Section 347 (BIS) of the Cameroon Penal Code on Cameroon’s Vis-À-Vis International Treaty Commitments Pertaining to LGBT Rights; Int J Sci Res Publ 6(11) (ISSN: 2250-3153). http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-1116.php?rp=P595957
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