The state of treatment of files, as well as the functioning of the different Services and Units at the Head Office and the Center Branch Office of the Cameroon Human Rights Commission (CHRC) have been evaluated by the Chairperson of the CHRC, Professor James MOUANGUE KOBILA.

 The Chairperson held working sessions with all Heads of services and staff members of the institution one after another, to examine the general state of the Services and Units and to discuss the state of documents under treatment. Other issues equally examined during the working sessions included the difficulties encountered by staff members while carrying out their functions and some propositions to ameliorate the proper functioning of these Services.

From Thursday 6 to Wednesday 12 July 2023, a 30 minutes slot was allocated each to the Division for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the Center Branch Office, the Promotion Unit, the Protection Unit, the Observation Investigation and Alert Unit, the File and Statistics Unit, the Cooperation, Documentation and Research Service, the General Affairs Service, the Reception Mail and Liaison Service, the Translation and Interpretation Unit, the Communication Unit, the Security, Hygiene and Environment Service and finally the Focal Points of the CHRC respectively.

 The staff members of the Commission expressed their satisfaction for the opportunity given to them to express their worries and needs during these meetings which they described as very instructive. Meanwhile, the Chairperson who has already begun implementing some of the propositions made, promised to take into consideration all other positive suggestions in improving the functioning of the various Services and Units.

Senior Staff, CELCOM

Gwanmesia Kathleen