Cameroon
Practice Relating to Rule 136. Recruitment of Child Soldiers
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (1992) states that children under the age of 15 “should not be recruited into the armed forces”.
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (2006) states: “Parties to the conflict are obliged not to engage children under the age of fifteen in direct participation in hostilities and, in particular, not to recruit them into the armed forces.”