Cameroon

Is selling sex criminalised?
Selling sex itself is illegal in Cameroon as is soliciting in a public place. (art 343 penal code)
Is buying sex criminalised?
Article 343 of the Penal Code can also be used to criminalise the buying of sex.
Is organising/managing criminalised?
Yes, procuring defined as "causing, aiding or facilitating the prostitution of another" is criminalised. Living on the earnings is also criminalised. (Art 294 of penal code)
Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing?
No
Is there mandatory registration?
No
Is sex work recognised as work?
No
Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation?
No
Sources/further reading
Anyangwe, C. (2011). Criminal Law in Cameroon: Specific Offences. African Books Collective. Penal Code of Cameroon - https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/cm/cm014en.pdf Violence Against Women in Cameroon - http://www.omct.org/files/2004/07/2409/eng_2003_03_cameroon.pdf Universal Periodic Review of Cameroon, 30th Session April/May 2018, Joint Stakeholder Submission by the African Sex Workers Alliance, Coaltiion of African Lesbians and the Sexual Rights Initiative, available at https://uprdoc.ohchr.org/uprweb/downloadfile.aspx?filename=5263&file=En…
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