National Assembly: Four Bills Adopted

They were adopted yesterday June 19, 2018 under the chair of the House Speaker, Hon Cavaye Yeguie Djibril.

Four bills have been adopted at the National Assembly. They were approved yesterday during a plenary sitting of the House Chamber, chaired by the Speaker, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril. The four bills include; Bill N°1024/PJL/AN, N° 1206/ PJL/AN, N°1027/PJL/AN, and N°1028/PJL/AN.

Bill N°1024/PJL/AN is to authorise the President of the Republic to accept the amendment to Article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, signed on January 1992 in New York. The Convention aims at encouraging member countries to implement all the measures designed to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination and strengthen understanding between all peoples.

To monitor its implementation, the Convention established the Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination which conducts a periodic review of reports presented by member countries.

The second bill which is Bill N°1026/PJL/AN authorises the President of the Republic to ratify the convention between the Republic of Cameroon and the Russian Federation on extradition, signed at Saint Petersburg on 28 May 2015.

The said Convention introduces a general obligation by virtue of which each party shall agree to extradite any person who is wanted in the requesting State for purposes of prosecution or execution of a sentence for an extraditable offence committed. Articles 5 and 6 makes provision for extradition procedures to be followed as well as documents and information required. It further provides for preventive detention before extradition in case of emergency (Article 7).

Meanwhile, Bill N°1027/PJL/AN seeks to authorise the President of the Republic to ratify the cooperation agreement between the Gover...