INTRODUCTION This Periodic Report is submitted pursuant to Article 43 paragraph 4 (d) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). It follows the presentation, on 28 November 2011, of the State of Cameroon’s initial report at the 18 th session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, held in Algiers from 27 November to 1 December 2011. This report which covers the period 2011-2014, reports on the measures already taken to implement the recommendations made by the Committee in 2011. The report was prepared following a participatory approach involving representatives of government services, the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms (NCHRF), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Technical and Financial Partners (TFP). In this light, an ad-hoc inter-ministerial committee was set up on 5 September 2013 by the Minister of Women's Empowerment and the Family (MINPROFF) (cf. Annex 1). During several workshops, this Committee prepared a draft report, that contained contributions from CSO, which was adopted on 23 December 2014, during an enlarged workshop of all stakeholders. The report was structured around two areas: dwelling generally on the progress made since the submission of the initial report on the country's situation in general, on the one hand, and on the other hand, the implementation of the provisions of the Charter relating to the: - general implementation measures; definition of the child; general principles; civil rights and freedoms; economic, social and cultural rights; family environment and alternative care; rights and protection of vulnerable children; harmful practices and exploitation; administration of juvenile justice; and child responsibility. 7