43- In a concerted approach18, PANETEC was adopted in October 2017 for the period 20182025 19. Its goal is to eliminate the worst forms of child labour by 2025, while consolidating
the institutional framework and mechanisms20. In addition, a Coordination and Monitoring
Committee of strategies against trafficking in human organs and ritual crimes was also formed
following Order No. 12/CAB/PM of 31 January 2013.
44- More globally, the Interministerial Committee on Prevention and Combating Trafficking in
Persons formed in 2010 and referred to in the previous Report (§83) was reorganised in 2017 and
known henceforth as the Interministerial Committee for the Supervision of Actions to combat
Trafficking in Human Beings. Most of the main aspects of the plan of action of the first Committee
adopted in 2010 were maintained by the reorganised Committee. The new orientation includes care
of victims and collaboration with CSOs, in addition to previous thrusts on the knowledge of the
phenomenon, the normative framework, prevention, detection and repression of trafficking in
persons and slavery21.
45- With regard to the legislative framework, provisions of Law No. 2011/24 of 14 December 2011
relating to trafficking in persons and slavery have been incorporated into the new Penal Code
adopted in 2016 under Section 342-1.
46- In a bid to have proper understanding of the phenomenon, the new guideline included the
conduct of two national surveys one on the scope of trafficking in persons, and the other on
the existence of hereditary slavery in the northern Regions of Cameroon.
a)
all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt
bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labour, including forced or compulsory recruitment of
children for use in armed conflict;
b) the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography or for
pornographic performances;
c)
the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and
trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;;
d) work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health,
safety or morals of children.
18
PANETEC was drawn up in collaboration with representatives from Government institutions concerned,
social partners (employers and workers organizations), Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and development
partners.
19
It is as part of the implementation of Declarations from World Conferences on the elimination of child labour,
in particular the Brasilia Declaration from the 3rd World Conference on the Sustainable Elimination of Child
Labour held from 8 to 10 October 2013 in Brazil, and the Buenos Aires Declaration on Child Labour, forced
labour and employment of youth from the 4 th World Conference on the Sustainable Elimination of Child Labour
organised in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 14 to 16 November 2017.
20
PANETEC comprises the following 6 strategic thrusts: Legislation and application of the law, Education, Social
Protection, Labour Marker Policy and Corporate Liability, Cross-cutting Policies, and Cordination of Management and
Monitoring of PANETEC. PANETEC comprises the following 6 strategic thrusts: legislation and the application of the
law, Education, Social Protection, Labour Market Policy and Corporate Responsibility, Cross-cutting Policies and
Coordination of Management and Monitoring of PANETEC.
21
Order No. 35/CAB/PM of 1 March 2017 to reorganise the Interministerial Committee for Supervision,
Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Persons. The Committee adopted a plan comprising the following
actions: Action 1: Increase efforts geared towards prevention, detection and suppression of acts of slavery,
trafficking in persons and forced labour; Action 2: Consolidate training of stakeholders involved in prevention
and combating slavery and trafficking in persons and monitoring reintegration of victims; Action 3: Disseminate
the legal framework on prevention and combating slavery and trafficking in persons; Action 4: Build partnership
with NGOs involved in prevention and combating slavery and trafficking in persons; Action 5: Conduct a survey
on the existence of hereditary slavery in the northern part of Cameroon.
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