International declarations and laws to mitigate gender base violence for women and men with highlights on Cameroon situation

Laws and legislation significantly influence actions in societies to control rates of gender-based violence (GBV). Most domestic laws are developed from international declarations conventions. This paper reviews declarations, policies, enacted at levels ratified national mitigate GBV a neutral perspective. countries ratify conventions levels. However, the majority these directed towards women as compared men. There is also need follow up ratification ensure full application society well conflict-stricken communities. In Cameroon, for example, there still enforce reality against GBV. Establishing an oversight committee conduct periodic monitoring evaluation on level could improve operational   Keywords: Gender, violence, laws, legislations.