Protecting Children’s Rights : Judicial Actors Update Skills

Protecting the rights of children, a vulnerable social group of the population, either as victims or witnesses in a judicial process remains a priority for government. Considered to be the base for humanity and the future of the country, protecting their rights is paramount for a morally upright society. It is against this backdrop that the Ministry of Justice organised a two-day capacity building workshop to update the legal skills of those in the judicial process. The opening ceremony was presided at by the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Justice, Jean de Dieu Momo on August 2, 2023 and brought together 35 participants, comprising Magistrates, officials of the penitentiary administration, General Delegation for National Security, National Gendarmerie and staff from the Ministry of Social Affairs. The objective of the seminar is to abreast stakeholders with existing institutional judicial mechanisms and operational strategies that better coordinate the rights of children. 
In his opening statement, Minister Jean de Dieu Momo said the goal is to draw the attention of judicial stakeholders on the protection of children. “You know that children are of the vulnerable population. We naturally love them but some of them take that for granted and go overboard. However, children have rights that are to be protected and Cameroon has ratified certain international instruments that envisage the protection of these rights. Children are often traumatised by violence in families and by neighbours,” he stated, adding that the workshop is therefore to ...