107- Failure to comply with the law whether at the level of establishment or functioning of associations was sanctioned. In the former case, section 4 of Law No. 90/53 of 19 December 1990 on freedom of association provides: Associations the purpose of which is contrary to the Constitution, laws, and good morals, threaten security, territorial integrity, national unity, national integration and the republican form of the State shall be null and void.” 108- In application of this provision, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization signed Order No. 9/A/MINATD/CAB of 17 January 2017 to declare the nullity of the following groups and prohibit their activities: Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium (CACSC) and Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC). It should be noted that the ACHRP had already called on the SCNC to abandon secession, transform the group into a political party and undertake constructive dialogue with the State Respondent on constitutional issues and grievances and later take part in the political game. 109- In addition, the Bolifamba Cultural and Development Association formed on 30 October 2012 was dissolved on 4 October 2017 due to an internal conflict that went into recurrent excesses in the public square under conditions likely to seriously disturb public peace and order. Section 10: Freedom of Assembly (Article 11) 110- Freedom of assembly and public demonstration is guaranteed by Law No. 90/55 of 19 December 1990 to lay down regulations governing public meetings and processions as indicated in the previous Reports57. During the reference period, striking a balance between freedom and protection of collective interests characterised the exercise of freedoms under the system of declarations. 111- Restrictions in the exercise of freedoms most of the time for reasons of preserving public order, have in some cases stirred up the disapproval of some social stakeholders. Such concern that was the subject of discussions with officials of political parties 58 was on the agenda of the 2016 annual meeting of Regional Governors. During the meeting, the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization instructed administrative authorities to adopt a balanced process in the monitoring of freedoms59, and undertake dialogue with the organisers of meetings and demonstrations so as to strike a compromise that is compatible with the constraints of each context and the requirements of the Rule of Law60. 112- Such guidelines fall in line with the Directives of the ACHRP on freedom of assembly, the essence of which was passed on to administrative authorities who benefited from capacity development activities on management of public freedoms, especially a training seminar on the Rule of Law and Defending the Interests of the State before the Courts organised from 20 April to 5 May 2017 by the Ministry of Territorial Administration for Senior Divisional Officers. 57 Third Report §109-1 and 109-2. A Delegation of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement led by its chairperson was received in audience on 25 April 2016 by the Minister of Territorial Administration. 59 The Minister said: It also seems that the imperative of complying with the requirements of the law is not compatible with the necessary preservation of public power. Public power is neither an unlimited power nor absolute power. Rather, it is power that is guided by law and at the service of the State in the interest of user citizens and for the socioeconomic progress and development of our country. He added: It becomes incumbent on the administrative authority that is depository of public power in its unit of command, to abide by the law and to learn to reconcile opinions at all times, in the exercise of its duties, security requirements with those relating to the expression and promotion of freedoms inherent in the Rule of Law. 60 Dialogue sometimes resulted in suggestions on adjustment in terms of space framework or time framework. 24 58