Cameroon
The Commission shall draw inspiration from International law on human and peoples rights, particularly
from the provisions of various African instruments on human and peoples' rights, the Charter of the
United Nations, the Charter of the Organization of African Unity, the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, other instruments adopted by the United Nations and by African countries in the field of, human
and peoples' rights as well as from the provisions of various instruments adopted within the Specialised
Agencies of the United Nations of which the parties to the present Charter are members.
Article 61
The Commission shall also take into consideration, as subsidiary measures to determine the principles of
law, other general or special international conventions, laying down rules expressly recognized by
member States of the Organization of African Unity, African practices consistent with international
norms on human and peoples' rights, customs generally accepted as law, general principles of law
recognized by African States as well as legal precedents and doctrine.
Article 62
Each State party shall undertake to submit every two years, from the date the present Charter comes into
force, a report on the legislative or other measures taken with a view to giving effect to the rights and
freedoms recognized and guaranteed by the present Charter.
Article 63
1. The present: Charter shall be open to signature, ratification or adherence of the Member States of the
Organization of African Unity.
2. The instruments of ratification or adherence to the present charter shall be deposited with the
Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity.
3. The present Charter shall come into force three months after the reception by the Secretary-General of
the instruments of ratification or adherence of a simple majority of the Member States of the
Organization of African Unity.
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