Cameroon was drawn up in 2013 with the support of the IOM. As part of the social management of migration flows Project for which mobilisation of additional financing is underway, the State intends to amplify the dissemination of the said procedures and the construction and equipment of reception and transit centres at the borders, and the development of existing structures26 to ensure a better management of victims of trafficking. The State further intends to draw up a national strategy to combat trafficking in persons and other relating social scourges while considering the social management and economic integration of victims as primordial concerns. While waiting for the Project to be implemented, an agreement was signed between MINAS and MINFOF to train victims of trafficking in persons in Vocational Training Centres. 61- Efforts made by Cameroon to combat trafficking in persons resulted in her upgrading from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 in the 2018 Report by the United States Department of State on Trafficking in Persons. Section 4: Right to Liberty and Security (Article 6) (REC 35, 36 Human Rights Defenders) 62- The fundamental guarantees of the right to freedom and security of the individual provided for in the normative framework and in particular in the Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code are, under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations of the Republic, applicable to all persons living in the territorial jurisdiction of Cameroon regardless of individual practices and preferences (Rec. 36). Since developments in the security situation required that measures be taken to guarantee collective security, the right to security will further be discussed in the collective rights section below. 63- This section focuses on the right to liberty. During the annual meetings of Heads of Court of Appeal and Regional Delegates of Penitentiary Administration, the way forward in guaranteeing the right to liberty was discussed. Thus, in 2015, deliberations thereon focused on overcrowding in prisons, in 2016, one of the themes dwelt on alternatives to imprisonment, while in 2018, focus was on illegal detention. The different aspects of the protection of this right including infrastructural, human and procedural aspects were examined. The effective application of the legal provisions relating to the exceptional nature of detention, the requirement of the timely treatment of cases in general and those concerning detainees in particular, and the need to constantly check places of detention were some of the measures recalled during the said annual meetings. 64- During the reference period, combating illegal detention was reflected through constant checks of places of detention by Police and Gendarmerie authorities, and judicial authorities including the different State Counsel, and the mobilisation of judicial mechanisms. With regard to the mechanisms, out of 916 applications for habeas corpus registered between 2013 and 2017 before the courts, the immediate release of 754 persons was ordered. The criminal responsibility of authors of offences was challenged during proceedings on illegal detention27. Besides, parties prayed the courts to declare proceedings null and void. Courts on their own motion, also declared proceedings null and void. Consequently, the courts annulled judicial police casefiles in situations where the rights of detainees provided for in sections 118 and 26 The Reception Centres of Children in Distress of Yaounde and of Garoua, the Centre of Ambam in South Region and the Centre of Ekondo Titi in South West Region. 27 In 2015, for example, a Warrant Officer was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison for illegal detention. 15