Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capacity of the Commonwealth Secretariat to promote human rights in Cameroon.

The Commonwealth Secretariat plays a valuable role in supporting member states, including Cameroon, to uphold the values and principles enshrined in the Commonwealth Charter, to which member states reaffirmed their "unwavering commitment" at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April (CHOGM).

At CHOGM the UK announced £0.5 million of funding to fund additional human rights advisers in the Commonwealth Secretariat's Small States Office in Geneva, to support the engagement of Commonwealth states with the UN Human Rights Council and its Universal Periodic Review process. We will continue to support the Commonwealth Secretariat in promoting Commonwealth values and principles, including through our High Commission in Cameroon, as well as across all member states through our network of High Commissions.