§1. Request for information on Cameroon’s human rights practices
This section requests that the Secretary of State submit to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, not later than 30 days after adoption of this resolution and pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), a statement on Cameroon's human rights practices prepared in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser. Section 502B generally prohibits security assistance to governments engaging in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights unless the President certifies extraordinary circumstances.
The required statement must include (1) all available credible information on alleged violations by the Government of Cameroon, including arbitrary arrest and detention, torture, enforced disappearances, killings, and trafficking in persons—particularly of non-citizens removed to Cameroon by the United States, along with their due process rights and legal status; (2) U.S. government steps to promote human rights observance in Cameroon, discourage violations, disassociate from them, and assess treatment of U.S.-removed non-citizens prior to removal (including individualized assessments and assurances of humane treatment or legal status); and (3) other information, such as assessments of the potential misuse of U.S. security assistance for rendition or detention of such individuals, conditions in Cameroonian prisons, compliance with U.S. court orders for returns, protective actions against risks of detention or torture, safeguards against unlawful removal to Cameroon, relevant U.S.-Cameroon agreements or transactions, details on U.S.-sent individuals in 2025 and 2026, and actions to facilitate releases or returns.