Cameroon
Practice Relating to Rule 87. Humane Treatment
Section D. Persons deprived of their liberty
Cameroon’s Disciplinary Regulations (1975) provides: “From the moment of their capture, prisoners must be treated humanely. They must be protected against any acts of violence, insults and public curiosity.”
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (1992) provides that captured enemy combatants shall be treated humanely.
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (2006), under the heading “Rules for Conduct in Combat”, states: “Enemy combatants who surrender: treat them humanely.”
The manual, under the heading “Protection of Enemy Combatants”, also states that prisoners of war “must be spared and treated humanely … Such treatment applies only to combatants who refrain from any hostile acts.”
Cameroon’s Disciplinary Regulations (2007) states:
Article 33: Treatment of prisoners of war
From the moment of their capture, prisoners must be treated humanely. They must be protected against any acts of violence, insults and public curiosity. They are entitled to respect for their person and their honour as soldiers.