government: presidential republic
state of civil and political rights: Not free
constitution: 20 May 1972; revised in 1996; amended April 2008
legal system: mixed legal system of English common law, French civil law, and customary law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
legislative system: bicameral Parliament (Parlement) consists of Senate (Senat) and National Assembly (Assemblee Nationale)
judicial system: Supreme Court of Cameroon (consists of 9 titular and 6 surrogate judges and organized into judicial, administrative, and audit chambers); Constitutional Council (consists of 11 members); Parliamentary Court of Justice (jurisdiction limited to cases involving the president and prime minister); appellate and first instance courts; circuit and magistrates' courts
religion: Roman Catholic 38.3%, Protestant 25.5%, other Christian 6.9%, Muslim 24.4%, animist 2.2%, other 0.5%, none 2.2% (2018 est.)
death row: 235, as of 12 October 2017
year of last executions: 0-0-1988
death sentences: 0
executions: 0
international treaties on human rights and the death penalty:International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (signed only)
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