JUSTICE NSOA PHILIPPE

Professional Experience

Since July 1989: Magistrate
Since April 2005: Head of Training and Internship Service, Ministry of Justice
January 2001 – April 2005: Assistant Research Officer, Ministry of Justice, Department of Legislation
- Involved in updating the Cameroonian Penal Code
- Secretary of the National Commission for the Reform of Criminal Legislation
- Participated in the review of the draft Code of Criminal Procedure
- Member of the National Commission for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Application of ILO Conventions in Cameroon
- Representative of the Ministry of Justice in the Technical Committee for the Development of the MINAS Sectoral Strategy
- Associated with correcting entrance exams for the ENAM Judicial Division and as a jury member
- Head of the Magistracy Section at ENAM since October 2002
- Associate Lecturer at ENAM
February 1999 – November 2000: Judge, Court of First Instance of 1st Class of Garoua
- Responsible for hearings of flagrant offenses, social cases, the Court of First Instance, and conciliation
- Responsible for internships of trainee judges
May 1994 – December 1998: Judge, Courts of Guider
- Responsible for the Criminal Chamber of the High Court and the Civil and Social Chambers of the Court of First Instance
July 1989 – March 1994: Deputy Public Prosecutor, Courts of Kribi
- Responsible for judicial inquiries of juvenile cases, communicable cases, and correctional hearings

Experience in Human Rights

Since 2002: Responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) at the Ministry of Justice
Since 2002: Responsible for monitoring the cooperation program with UNICEF
Coordinator of technical workshops for the development of the preliminary draft law on the Child Protection Code in Cameroon (2003-2004)
Member of the National Commission for the Protection of Children in Moral Danger
Associate Lecturer at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Peace, Reconstruction, and Transitional Justice courses in Master 2)
Expert in children’s rights, particularly in juvenile justice

Publications and Communications

Numerous presentations and publications on legal and human rights topics, including:
- Abortion: legal and ethical questions
- The gendarmerie, the law, and the authority of the State
- “Popular” justice
- Responsible parenthood: legal and ethical aspects
- Legal protection of children in conflict with the law
- Legal protection of orphans and other vulnerable children in the context of AIDS
- The administration of justice for minors in the new Code of Criminal Procedure
- Violence against women: solutions in Cameroonian law
- Traditional chieftaincy and criminal law
- The death penalty: what outcome in Cameroonian law?
- The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights
- The legal status of women in Africa, the case of Cameroon
- International and national legal frameworks for combating child trafficking
- The child facing the incarceration of his parent: report prisoner – justice – family: what interest for society?
Author of several publications, including:
- Analytical Compilation of Instruments for the Protection of Children’s Rights in Cameroon
- Comparative Analysis of Cameroonian Legislation on Children in Light of the CRC
- Contribution to the development of a training manual on combating child trafficking

Seminars and Conferences

Community Involvement

Member of the Cameroonian Magistrates’ Association (Deputy Secretary General)
Member of the Diocesan Commission Justice and Peace (Diocese of Garoua)
Founding member of “GRAIL” (Reflection, Research and Action Group on Local Initiatives)