Cameroon
Practice Relating to Rule 116. Accounting for the Dead
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (1992) states that, when the tactical situation permits, the dead should be buried after identification and medical examination. It also states: “All the dead must be listed.”
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (2006) states: “If the tactical situation permits, and after identification, the dead must be buried, incinerated or buried at sea, as appropriate.”
The manual further states: “In the case of [burial] at sea, the entire double [identity] disc must be retained.”
The manual, under the heading “The Case of Deceased Prisoners of War”, also provides that “[a]ll dead must be registered”.
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (1992) states: “The graves shall be marked so that they can be easily found.”
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (2006), under the heading “The Dead”, states: “The graves must always be marked so that they can be easily found.”
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (2006), under the heading “The Dead”, states: “The identity cards and discs [of deceased persons] must be retained. In the case of double [identity] discs, one half must remain with the body.”
The manual also states that “[t]he dead … may be incinerated after identification, and their ashes must be repatriated at the same time as their identity cards or discs”.
Cameroon’s Instructor’s Manual (2006), under the heading “The Dead”, states: “The ashes and personal effects must be evacuated. A report must be written about the deceased and the measures subsequently taken.”
The manual also states: “Means of identification that have been taken from the dead or otherwise found (identity card, identity disc), must be passed through an appropriate channel (e.g. personnel channel) to the National Information Bureau.”
The manual further states: “The National Information Bureau in liaison with the responsible officer must establish exhaustive lists of all deceased prisoners of war.”
The manual also provides: “After their death, the will of a prisoner of war must be transmitted without delay to the Protecting Power and a certified copy must be sent to the National Information Bureau.”