Emergency regimes in Cameroon : derogations or failures of law?

dc.contributor.authorKamga, Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-14T05:24:10Z
dc.date.available2018-03-14T05:24:10Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.description.abstractThe article engages with the issue of emergency regimes in Cameroon and compliance with the international standards on that matter. Emergency regimes which entail human rights violation and infringement of the rule of law have become over the years an essential technique of government in Cameroon. Authorities are inclined to invoke such regimes more in times of democratic competition than in times of real external threat. With emergency regimes being organised by a set of international instruments mainly from a treaty-based system, the study focuses on the scale of compliance of the Cameroon emergency system with such international standards. These standards amount to a set of principles that states should comply with when confronted by emergency situations. For example, the UN Charter compels state parties to respect and protect human rights in all circumstances. With Cameroon being subject to international law and to its international commitments towards state and non-state actors, this article questions whether emergency regimes as currently designed in the country are mere derogations or failures of law.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentJurisprudenceen_ZA
dc.description.librarianhj2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.euppublishing.com/journal/ajiclen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKamga, G.E.K. Emergency Regimes in Cameroon: Derogations or Failures of Law? African Journal of International and Comparative Law, Volume 25 Issue 4, Page 519-537, ISSN 0954-8890 Available Online Nov 2017.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0954-8890 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1755-1609 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3366/ajicl.2017.0210
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64242
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherEdinburgh University Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Edinburgh University Press. All rights reserved.en_ZA
dc.subjectEmergency regimesen_ZA
dc.subjectGovernanceen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectSecurityen_ZA
dc.subjectState of siegeen_ZA
dc.subjectViolenceen_ZA
dc.subjectCameroonen_ZA
dc.titleEmergency regimes in Cameroon : derogations or failures of law?en_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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