Taku Chambers

ADVOCATES OF THE CAMEROON BAR
SENIOR ADVOCATE:
Chief Charles A. TAKU, Esq. (Head of Chambers)
Lead Counsel, UNICTR
Lead Counsel, Special Court for Sierra Leone, Counsel ICC
Honorary Member of the Law Firm of Angus Gloag and
Jonathan Goodman and Co.
ADVOCATES
Caroline MUNGE TIME
Shufai Blaise SEVIDZEM B
Chief NJI Jerome FOTULLAH
AWUNGNJIA Tetchounkwi
Lawrence LYONGA NGANDA
Publications & Decisions
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An encomium to Barrister Chief Charles Fuatabong Achaleke Taku
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Field of Study English Private Law,
[Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Yaounde Cameroon; Master of Laws (LLM), Field of Study International Law and Legal Studies, University of London];
Erudite and highly distinguished Barrister at Law; advocate for the poor, the weak and vulnerable such as the pro bono cases he did for
exploited CDC cases; reliable and intrepid senior advocate for justice for the abuses subjected to member of the Cameroon Bar Council for man...
Read Full Post »THE PROSECUTOR OF THE TRIBUNAL Vs. AUGUSTIN NDINDILIYIMANA, FRANCOIS-XAVIER NZUWONEMEYE, NNOCENT SAGAHUTU and AUGUSTIN BIZIMUNGU
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THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA
CASE NO.: ICTR-00-56-T
CHAMBER II
THE PROSECUTOR
OF THE TRIBUNAL
v.
AUGUSTIN NDINDILIYIMANA
FRANÇOIS-XAVIER NZUWONEMEYE
INNOC...
Read Full Post »In the room: The UK's role in multilateral diplomacy.
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Multilateral organisations represent the collective resolve of nations to establish a
system based on shared values of peace, prosperity and freedom, where ideological
difference can be navigated for mutual benefit. Replacing an international system of
colonial enterprise and shifting blocs of military alliances, the UK helped to build a new
order and forums for international dialogue. This system, and the organisations that
serve it, has brought huge benefits to...
Read Full Post »The Legal and Moral Conscience of Justice in the European Collection of Colonial Provenance
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The Bangwa Quest for Restitution and Reparations
by Chief Charles A. Taku
Panel: Law versus Justice?...
Read Full Post »APRIL 14, FORTY YEARS AGO: THE EVENTFUL JOURNEY OF A HUMBLE CHAIN BREAKER.
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By Chief Charles A. Taku
On April 14, day, 40 years ago, the chain of systemic prejudice and cultural genocide broke loose and I was authorized to do pupillage to practice law in the Chambers of the legendary lawyer and politician Hon B.T.B Foretia in Victoria. I was the first in several reg...
Read Full Post »THE WAR ECONOMY, IMPUNITY AND THE CRISIS OF PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION
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By Chief Charles A. Taku
The persistent call by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and significant peace advocates, among them, Nobel Peace prize laureates for a cease-fire in the ongoing war of attrition and genocide in the Southern Cameroons, to allow peace efforts to be explored and access to victims in dire need of humanitarian assistance during the covic-19 pandemic has been ignored by the Government of Cameroun. What brazen insensitivity and impunity!
It is left t...
Read Full Post »PROFESSOR ALI MAZRUI CONFRONTED CULTURAL GENOCIDE
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December 15, 2014
By Chief Taku
A major contribution of Professor Ali Mazrui was to reawaken and affirm the humanity of the black race and the underlying liberating values that sustain this reality. An enduring effect of centuries of crimes that were perpetrated against the black race from the slave trade, to the “Berlin Baza...
Read Full Post »THE JUDGMENT OF THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA ABUJA
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UMASKING ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY: HAIL THE RULE OF LAW.
BY Chief Charles A. Taku
The judgment of the Nigeria Federal High Court in Abuja on March 1, 2019, declaring illegal and unconstitutional, the abduction and deportation to Cameroun of the President of the Interim Government of the Southern Cameroons/Ambazonia Sisiku Ayuk Tabe, members of the Interim Government and several Southern Cameroons refugees carries significant symbolic weight.
The judgme...
Read Full Post »PIERRE DESIRE ENGO JUDGEMENT
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U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/96/D/1397/2005
Communication No. 1397/2005
22 July 2009
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Ninety-sixth session
13 - 31 July 2009
PIERRE DÉSIRÉ ENGO
Rules of Engagement in Asymmetric Warfare and Security Operations: Need for Compliance with Local and International Law.
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By Chief Charles A. Taku
Introduction
Excellencies members of Government and the peoples’ representatives of the Republic of Liberia, Excellencies Ambassadors and Heads of diplomatic missions and International Organisations, the Hon President and members of the Governing Council of the African Bar Association, the Honourable President of the African Bar Association and mem...
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