Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. There's clearly a window for escalation of violence in anglophone regions. As I was saying, all signals are right in the country. It has been really hard for us to work on this particular issue because it's hard for us to find a partner in the international community,

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There are measures that have already been taken. There is a crisis going on, but the issue that is the origin of the crisis goes back to the independence of Cameroon in 1960. There have been small measures like nominating someone from the anglophone regions to the government. One

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Not yet. We're still waiting to see. The only initiative for now was at the UN level, but it didn't come from the African Union. We have been trained to push for it, but it hasn't happened yet that it comes from the African Union.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. From a human rights point of view, I will say it is the reign of impunity. I work in five countries in central Africa and while situations and dynamics are very different—in Chad, for example—it's absolutely the same thing. The military is above the law and above everything,

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  They're usually francophone. I have yet to meet any anglophones among them. They're usually francophones in that unit.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Ms. Chair, and members of the subcommittee on international human rights. Amnesty International is relieved that the issue in Cameroon is getting attention. Amnesty International has been working in and on Cameroon for five years now, documenting numerous human right