US SR637

Secretary of State must submit a statement on Cameroon's human rights practices to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee within 30 days of adoption, prepared in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser

Statement must include credible information on alleged human rights violations by Cameroon's government, including arbitrary arrest, detention, torture, due process violations, enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and human trafficking—with specific attention to non-citizens removed to Cameroon by the U.S.

Statement must describe U.S. government steps to promote human rights in Cameroon, discourage violations, and assess how Cameroon would treat individuals removed there by the U.S., including whether they receive legal status or meaningful opportunity to contest persecution claims

Statement must assess whether U.S. security assistance could support detention or imprisonment of non-citizens removed to Cameroon, evaluate conditions in Cameroonian detention facilities, and describe any U.S.-Cameroon agreements or financial transactions related to such removals

Statement must include information on all individuals sent to Cameroon by the U.S. in 2025-2026, any assurances received regarding their treatment, actions to facilitate return of wrongfully removed individuals, and a summary of all 2025-2026 meetings between U.S. and Cameroonian officials