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Finding A Place For Children: The Impact Of Cameroon’S Criminal Procedure Code On Children In Conflict With The Law,, Joshua Dankoff
Finding A Place For Children: The Impact Of Cameroon’S Criminal Procedure Code On Children In Conflict With The Law,, Joshua Dankoff
Joshua Dankoff
In the face of a number of complex challenges—including lack of resources, an often oppressive neoliberal international economic system, and low salaries—the Cameroonian government has taken important steps over the last 20 years to improve its justice sector generally, and specifically in relation to children in conflict with the law. Having ratified most of the leading international and regional legal instruments, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Cameroonian government has shown an interest in bringing its police, adjudicatory, and prison justice sectors into line with international norms and practice. As an example of a mixed jurisdiction …