704- These thrusts are defined and attributed goals to be achieved as well as strategies to achieve these goals. 705- A Multisector Plan of Action for the implementation of the National Gender Policy (2016-2020) was adopted in December 2016 following a participatory approach in order to lay down guidelines for the mastery of the NGP according to sectors and its operationalisation by all stakeholders. 706- Furthermore, the adoption of global approaches did not leave out the adoption of sectoral strategies to address specific concerns regarding women. Among these is the National Strategy for the Fight against Gender-Based Violence adopted in 2011 and updated in 2016, the Five Year Action Plan to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) adopted in 2011 and revised in 2016, the National Multisector Programme to Combat Maternal, Neonatal, Infant & Child Mortality in Cameroon (2014-2018), the Support Programme for the Promotion of Female Entrepreneurship (SPPFE), and the Gender Climate Change and Agriculture Support Programme (GCCASP). - Direct Application of the Protocol and Invoking it before the Courts 707- The reception of the Maputo Protocol under Cameroonian Law may be assessed pursuant to Article 45 of the Constitution which provides that: “Duly approved or ratified treaties and international agreements shall, following their publication, override national laws, provided the other party implements the said treaty or agreement”. Evaluation of the implementation of international Human Rights Conventions by courts revealed a dual tendency. Indeed, some judges consider that these Conventions are part of the block of constitutionality and can therefore only be applied by the Constitutional Judge. Others, however, consider that these conventions are part and parcel of the legal corpus and apply them depending on whether they are self-executing or not. 708- In a bid to harmonise the practice, awareness-raising and capacity building sessions were held with legal actors on the applicability of international Human Rights Instruments. Increasingly, there is proof of mastery of the provisions of the Protocol as seen in court decisions. For example in the matter between the People and “Crédit du Sahel SA”, Mora Branch vs Mrs Apsatou SALKI BOUBA BEBE, judgement No. 36/ADD/CRIM of 19 November 2015 rendered by the Mora High Court can be cited. To order the release of the accused who was pregnant, the Judge evoked both Articles 24 and 14 of the said Protocol, recalling the obligation of the Sate to protect “the right of pregnant or nursing women or women in detention by providing them with an environment which is suitable to their condition and the right to be treated with dignity” and to guarantee that “the right to health of women, including sexual and reproductive health is respected and promoted by establishing and strengthening existing pre-natal, delivery and post-natal health and nutritional services for women during pregnancy and while they are breast-feeding”. - Brief Description of State Institutions Relevant to the Protocol and Information about their Budget Allocation 709- Structural reforms were put in place to consolidate policies adopted in the sector. One of the most important reforms was the establishment of a Ministry of Women’s affairs by Decree No. 84/95 of 26 March 1984. At the beginning, this Ministry was attributed very few assignments and had no local representation but was later maintained in the structuring of Government. Its assignments was then well refined and extended through Decree No. 2011/508 of 9 December 2011 which provides it with decentralised services and specialised technical units across the 10 Regions. These assignments concern the priority areas targeted by international instruments on the promotion of women and gender. They include: - eliminating all forms of discrimination against women; - increasing equal access for women in all fields of activity; 117