The Democracy and Human Rights Monitoring (DHRM) project supports PICAM’s Democracy and Human Rights programs. It is premised on the fact that the situation of democracy and human rights in Cameroon remains horrendous. The government continues to use security operatives to harass students, human rights activists, regime critics, civil society leaders, and political opponents. Muzzling of the media and the arrest, detention, and intimidation of journalists continue unabated.

Overall, human rights abuses in Cameroon continue to escalate with complete impunity. Considering the types of abuses that continue to pervade the Cameroonian society, it is clear that some type of action must be taken to rectify the situation. However, human rights violations must be identified before they can be properly addressed. Accordingly, the monitoring of the practice of human rights and democracy in Cameroon is extremely important.

The main objective of this project is to serve as a watchdog for governmental actions by monitoring, documenting, and publicizing the dad-to-day practice of democracy and human rights in Cameroon, and provide opportunities for the drafting and presentation of alternate country reports to international treaty bodies charged with scrutinizing country reports on the domestic implementation of international human rights conventions.

This project will result in the publication of an unbiased and comprehensive annual report. The report will cover the period of January 1 to December 31 of each year. A mid-year report will be published by June 30 of each year to provide the public with updates on the situation of democracy and human rights in Cameroon. The final reports will be published by the last day of February of the subsequent year.

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