Page 12 II. GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES Cameroon has methodically pursued efforts to ensure an enabling environment for the development of the child, through: A. Legislative and Regulatory Measures Per the recommendations of the committee on the rights of the child, and in light of the specific circumstances of the country, over the period under review, Cameroon adopted legislative and regulatory measures on the rights of the child and embarked on procedures, which are now far advanced, to introduce others. The measures are as follows: - Adoption of act 06 of 18 January 1996 on the revision of the preamble of the 2 June 1972 Constitution, which guarantees the freedom and security of every individual, with special focus on the protection of children and the youth; - Adoption of act 67-LF-1 of 12 June 1967 on the institution of the Penal Code, which has provisions that can be invoked to punish child labor cases. These are sections 292 on forced labour; 293 on slavery; 294 on proxenitism; 342 on slavery and pledging; 343 on prostitution; 344 on corrupting the youth; 345 on moral danger; 349 on blackmail or exploitation of weakness; 352 and 353 on child abduction; 355 on representation of minors, 358 on abandonment of household; - Adoption of act 92/007 of 14 August 1992 which sets the minimum age of admission to employment at 14 (article 86) and bans the employment of children in dangerous work or work beyond their strength (section 87); - Adoption of act 97/12 of 10 January 1997 setting entry, stay and exit conditions for foreign nationals in Cameroon, and its implementing decree 200/286 of 12 October 2000, which requires prior parental authorization for children to be issued a travel document; - Adoption of act 2005/015 of 29 December 2005 on combating slavery and child trafficking - Ongoing finalization and adoption of the Child Protection Code will contribute to ensuring better protection for children against risks such as work, trafficking, trade and exploitation and all forms of abuse and violence, by way of specific punishment, regulating delegation of parental authorization and setting up specific mechanism for psychosocial care and social reintegration of child victims.

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