Cameroon
Article 10
1. Every individual shall have the right to free association provided that he abides by the law.
2. Subject to the obligation of solidarity provided for in Article 29 no one may be compelled to join an
association.
Article 11
Every individual shall have the right to assemble freely with others. The exercise of this right shall be
subject only to necessary restrictions provided for by law in particular those enacted in the interest of
national security, the safety, health, ethics and rights and freedoms of others.
Article 12
1. Every individual shall have the right to freedom of movement and residence within the border of a
State provided he abides by the law.
2. Every individual shall have the right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his
country. This right may only be subject to restrictions, provided for by law for the protection of national
security, law and public order, public health or morality.
3. Every individual shall have the right, when persecuted, to seek and obtain asylum in other countries in
accordance with the laws of those countries and international conventions.
4. A non-national legally admitted in a territory of a State party to the present Charter, may only be
expelled from it by virtue of a decision taken in accordance with the law.
5. The mass expulsion of non-nationals shall be prohibited. Mass expulsion shall be that which is aimed
at national, racial, ethnic or religious groups.
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