The Central Question

What legal instrument legitimized the present arrangement?

Southern Cameroons was a UN Trust Territory. Decolonization required a legal, ratified, internationally verifiable act of self-determination. SCDF asks the world to identify the instrument — or recognize that none exists.

The Southern Cameroons question is not a grievance. It is a legal question with a yes-or-no answer:

Identify the legal instrument, process, and international basis that gave legitimacy to the present relationship between Southern Cameroons and La République du Cameroun.

If such an instrument exists, produce it. If it does not, an internationally supervised clarification process becomes necessary under the same UN principles that governed the original Trusteeship.

What SCDF asks of the international community

  • Independent legal verification of the instrument(s) cited.
  • A supervised clarification process if no instrument can be verified.
  • Protection of human rights and refusal of violence by all parties during clarification.

Read the white paper and answer the three questions →