The Report of Cameroon to the Committee 6. The Republic of Cameroon’s combined 3rd to 5th periodic report provides an overview of measures taken to implement the Committee’s previous recommendations on birth registration (CRC/C/CO/2, para.34). Paragraphs 73 to 76 of the State Report highlights legislative reform of provisions on civil registration to extend deadlines for the registration of births and the establishment of the National Civil Status Bureau (BUNEC). It also mentions increases in the number of Civil Status Centres, mobile court hearings for the establishment of birth certificates in remote and/or isolated communities and efforts to identify unregistered children. Paragraph 180 of the State Report mentions additional efforts to ensure birth registration among refugee children and the establishment of 6,000 birth certificates for refugee children through supplementary judgements between 2010 and 2013. 7. These are welcome developments, but as the report itself acknowledges further efforts are needed to ensure that all children, including those in remote and isolated communities have access to birth registration. The fact that the government is encouraging supplementary judgments for children whose birth certificates have not been established within the legal time limit is a positive development, but it is unfortunate that no information is included about the cost of such decisions for the children and how this affects the availability of such procedures for unregistered children. 8. The State Report does not include any information on the right of the child to a nationality or the measures taken in national law and practice to prevent childhood statelessness. It would therefore be particularly useful for the Committee to ask the State for information on these points in the List of Issues. 9. In light of the above information, the Committee is urged to ask Cameroon in its List of Issues and also in its review, to further elaborate on its periodic report as follows: a. What further steps does the state intend to take to ensure that the births of all children born in Cameroon are registered, and this results in all children being guaranteed their enjoyment of the right to acquire a nationality? b. What is the cost of supplemental judgments for children and how does this affects the availability of such procedures for unregistered children? c. Does the state have any information to share in relation to the child’s right to acquire a nationality? If not, why does the state not maintain adequate information on this important issue? Statelessness and the child’s right to a nationality in Cameroon 10. Statelessness is a relatively unknown and poorly understood issue in Cameroon. The group at greatest risk of statelessness in the country are those of the Bakassi Peninsula. A 2002 judgement of the International Court of Justice granted sovereignty over the disputed Bakassi peninsula between Nigeria and Cameroon, to Cameroon.13 The number of people affected 13 International Court of Justice, Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria, Cameroon v. Nigeria, 10 October 2002.