Cameroon
Practice Relating to Rule 46. Orders or Threats That No Quarter Will Be Given
Cameroon’s Disciplinary Regulations (1975) provides that, under the laws and customs of war, it is prohibited “to declare that no quarter will be given”.
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (1992) provides:
It is prohibited to order that there shall be no survivors, to threaten the adversary therewith or to conduct hostilities on such a basis. Such a prohibition has existed since the establishment … of Christian morality, through the doctrine of International Humanitarian Law, to the recent international diplomatic conferences.
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (2006) states: “It is prohibited to order that there will be no survivors, to threaten an adversary therewith or to conduct hostilities in this sense.”
Cameroon’s Disciplinary Regulations (2007) states:
Article 32: Prohibitions
It is prohibited to soldiers in combat:
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- to refuse an unconditional surrender or to declare that no quarter will be given.