thesis

Le respect des droits de la personne au cours de l'instruction préparatoire en droit camerounais

Defense date:

Jan. 1, 1998

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Institution:

Paris 2

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Abstract EN:

Through this thesis, we have to seize the cordination between the repression and the protection of the personal rights during the committal proceedings in cameroonian repressive law. It is demonstrated that ; till 1972 , personal rights were seriously guaranted during this phase of proceedings : primo, with cameroonian traditional criminal repressive law, through his accusatory system characterized by the solidarity, the negotiation, the mediation , the conciliation and the compensation. Secundo , with the colonial repressive law, through the french criminal instruction code of the 1808 , and his principles such as : the separation of the functions of the repressive justice , the presumption of the innocence, the legality, the equality etc. A contrario , this thesis reveals that ; since 1972 , two ordinances of the august 26 and september 28 of this year, institued the arbitrary in the repressive proceedings. This thesis is divided into three parts : in the first one, we examined the protection of the liberty according to the tradition and the texts till 1972 ; in the second one, we presented presidential ordinances of the 1972 ; in the third one , we've considered several propositions of the criminal policy. In conclusion, we realized that ; to resorb the criminal phenomenon in cameroon , it is absolutely necessary to consider both social realities and social values , including both traditional system of law, and modern system of law brought by the colonization for improve the present criminal policy.

Abstract FR:

Cette these permet d'apprehender la cordination entre la repression et la protection des droits des particuliers en droit camerounais au cours de l'instruction preparatoire. Elle demontre que jusqu'en 1972 , les droits de la personne etaient garantis au cours de cette phase du proces : primo, par le droit repressif camerounais traditionnel caracterise par son systeme accusatoire et ses principes tels ; celui de solidarite , de negotiation, de mediation, de conciliation et de reparation. Secundo, par le droit repressif colonial a travers le code d'instruction criminelle francais de 1808 et les principes de separation des fonctions de justice repressive, de presomption d'innocence, de legalite , d'egalite, etc. A contrario, elle revele que depuis 1972, les deux ordonnances presidentielles du 26 aout et du 28 septembre de la meme annee ont instaure l'arbitraire dans le proces penal. La realisation de cette these a ete concue sur un plan en trois parties : la premiere partie a consiste a examiner la protection de la liberte selon la tradition et les textes jusqu'en 1972 ; la deuxieme a presenter les ordonnances de 72 ; la troisieme a envisager les propositions de politique criminelle. En conclusion nous avons compris que une veritable resorption du phenomene criminel au cameroun, necessite la prise en consideration veritable des realites et valeurs sociales , tenant a la fois au systeme traditionnel du droit, et au systeme juridique moderne importe par la colonisation pour ameliorer l'actuelle politique criminelle.