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THE TIME LAW FIRM TREASURY STREET, P.O.BOX 244 , DIVISION, SOUTH WEST REGION- . CELL PHONE: (00237) 677 62 73 08/ 652 28 71 40

E-mail: [email protected] /[email protected]

ATOH WALTER MIKPHIBOSHIENE TCHEMI;

BARRISTER, SOLICITOR AND NOTARY PUBLIC OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CAMEROON.

MEMBER: Human Rights Commission of the Cameroon Bar Association, (MINDFUL OF ‘DECISION N0:031/BOA/06/15 ‘PORTANT NOMINATION DES MEMBRES DE LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME’)

Date of Birth: 03/03/1974, at: Kumba, Sex: Male, Nationality: Cameroonian

CENTRE EUROPÉEN DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALS ET STRATÉGIQUES (CERIS) BRUSSELS-BELGIUM. 2008–2009 (Expected). Master Of Arts In International Politics. Dissertation: ‘Why Ceded The Bakassi Peninsula To Cameroon’. Supervisor: David Travers, University Of Lancaster. Total Received Grade: 71/100 Classification: cum laude. Contact: Rue de Stassart, 117 - B- 1050 Bruxelles Tel/fax: +32 (0) 2 537 40 75 Email: [email protected] www.Ceris.be

UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG – WEST REGION, REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON 1997–2001, Bachelor Degree in Law and Political Science. Total Received Grade: 11.5/20 Classification: passed.

GOVERNMENT BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOL (G.B.H.S) LIMBE, SOUTH WEST REGION, CAMEROON.

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1995 – 1997. General Certificate of Education ‘A’ Levels Passed in three (3) subjects, Economics ’ E’ Grade, English literature ‘E’ Grade, History ‘D’ Grade Total Received Grade: N/A Classification: N/A

CAMEROON COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (C.C.C) KUMBA 1989 - 1994 General Certificate of Education ‘O’ Levels Passed in six (6) subjects, Economics ‘A’ Grade, English literature ‘B’ Grade, History ‘A’, Commerce ‘A’ Grade, English Language ‘B’ Grade, Geography ‘C’ Grade.

NGENKO LAW FIRM, COMMERCIAL AVENUE KUMBA 2001 – 2006: Paralegal

ACTIVITIES AS A PARALEGAL;

- Legal research on pending cases in the Law Firm

- Legal drafting and conveyancing

- Taking down statements from clients and determination of possible causes of action

- Writing submission on matters on appeal

- Writing solicitor’s letters amongst others.

BARRISTER-AT-LAW (Human Rights Activist)

2008-2011: AMBO-ESAH LAW CHAMBERS, COMMERCIAL AVENUE KUMBA

2011- present: THE TIME LAW FIRM (Founder and Head of THE TIME LAW FIRM)

Handled between 2008 – 2013

- Appeal Courts, 5 matters; 3 civil and 2 criminal

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- High courts, 15 matters; 5 civil and 10 criminal.

- First instance courts, 20 matters; 3 civil and 17 criminal.

- Supreme Court, I matter

- With many withdrawals (via Alternative Disputes Resolution), drafting and conveyancing amongst others.

Specialized in,

Human Rights Law, Insurance Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, and Family Law etc

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND FOUNDER OF PRO BONO GROUP

PRO BONO GROUP; is a registered Non-Governmental, Non-Political and Non Profit making organization that renders pro bono legal services to persons who cannot afford for defence counsel.

PRO BONO GROUP works in Partnership with THE TIME LAW FIRM-Kumba, INTERIGHTS-London and HUMAN RIGHT WATCH-Nairobi-Kenya.

Registration N0: Ref: 39/D14/5/506 Of 08/11/2011 at Kumba, Meme Division, South West, Republic of Cameroon.

SOUTH WEST REGIONAL LEGAL ADVISER - CAMNAFAW (Cameroon National Association For Family Welfare)

1. THE PEOPLE OF CAMEROON VS. NGWE AUGUSTINE ALIAS OMEGA , CHARGE N0: HCK/06C/2009

2. THE PEOPLE OF CAMEROON VS. GIDEON MAI KEBI & THREE OTHERS, CR06/2012

3. THE PEOPLE OF CAMEROON VS. FONYA CORNELIUS, CHARGE NO: CFIL/702C/2012.

4. PRO BONO GROUP

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CAMEROUN WATER UTILITIES CORPORATION & CAMEROUN DES EAUX read page 8, ‘THE POST’ Weekly Newspaper, N0: 01397, Monday, December 10, 2012, www.thepostwebedition.com

Some of such files were withdrawn via negotiations with the prosecution and same were initiated by me for the supreme interest of justice.

14-17 November 2011

1. Training working, ON THE REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES AND COMMERCIAL COMPANIES UNDER THE OHADA UNIFORM ACT, organized by Cameroon-European Cooperation, at Kribi- Cameroon.

19-22 December 2011,

2. Training working, ON SIMPLIFIED RECOVERY PROCEDURE AND MEASURE OF EXECUTION UNDER THE OHADA UNIFORM ACT, organized by Cameroon-European Cooperation, at Limbe- Cameroon.

26-29 March 2012

3. Training working, ON LEASES AND RECOVERY OF PREMISES UNDER THE OHADA UNIFORM ACT, organized by Cameroon-European Cooperation, at Limbe- Cameroon.

14-17 May 2012

4. Training working, PRACTICE OF COMPANY LAW UNDER THE OHADA UNIFORM ACT, organized by Cameroon-European Cooperation, at Kribi- Cameroon.

5-8 June 2012

5. Training working, ON EDUCATION OF THE GIRL CHILD IN CAMEROON AND TORTURING OF DETAINEES BY SECURITY OFFICERS, organized by Global Conscience Initiative (N.G.O) in Kumba.

30th June 2012

6. Training working, ON THE EFFECT OF FORCEFUL MARRIAGES, GENITAL MUTILATIONS WITHIN OUR TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, organized by Global Conscience Initiative (N.G.O) in Kumba. 4 | Page

28 Oct – 1st November 2013

7. Training working, ON MANAGEMENT OF A LAW OFFICE, organized by Cameroon-European Cooperation, at Kribi- Cameroon.

22 November 2013

8. Training working, ON ‘ ACCÈS UNIVERSEL POUR LA PTME, LA PRISE EN CHARGE GLOBALE DES PVHIV ET LA PRÉEVENTION DU VIH AUPRÉES DES POPULATIONS LES PLUS EXPOSÉEES AU CAMEROUN’, organized by CAMNAFAW, at - Cameroon.

Barrister ATOH WALTER M. TCHEMI, is a Legal Critic and Researcher.

AUTHOR of:

INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION(S)

1) LGBT Rights are Human Rights (Let’s Repeal Our Anti-gay Laws) - Paperback – May 23, 2017 - Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (May 23, 2017), Germany

- Language: English

- ISBN-10: 3330320044

- ISBN-13: 978-3330320048

- Atoh Walter M. Tchemi (Author)

INTRODUCTION OF BOOK:-

LGBT rights are human rights, is a compendium of two qualitative in-depth research papers that are completely interwoven in all ramifications pertaining to the subject matter. The papers/ studies have expressed grave concern about human rights violations and abuses sustained by LGBT people and others accused of participating in consensual same-sex activity in Cameroon, driven by the application of section

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347 bis of the Cameroon Penal Code, as read with sections 165 and 336 amongst others of the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code. LGBT rights are human rights, propounds that, the moral force of our criminal justice system is predicated upon the conviction that, criminal justice should not be diluted by a standard of proof that leaves people in doubt when innocent men are being condemned. That, the court, whose function is to dispense justice with impartiality both to the parties and to the community which it serves, should not permit its processes to be employed in a manner which gives rise to unfairness.

BOOK COVER PAGE,

2) Barrister Atoh Walter M. Tchemi, ‘CRITICQUE ON SECTIONS OF THE CAMEROON CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE’- published at, ‘ International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications ( IJSRP), Volume 6, Issue 9, September 2016 Edition’ [ISSN 2250-3153]

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September Edition Link: http://www.ijsrp.org/research-journal-0916.php

Download Cover Page for this Edition: http://ijsrp.org/print-journal.html

3) Barrister Atoh Walter M. Tchemi - THE NON-REPEAL OF SECTION 347 (BIS) OF THE CAMEROON PENAL CODE ON CAMEROON’S VIS-À-VIS INTERNATIONAL TREATY COMMITMENTS PERTAINING TO LGBT RIGHTS - published at: "International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP), Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2016 Edition".

Paper link: http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-1116.php?rp=P595957

November Edition Link: http://www.ijsrp.org/research-journal-1116.php

Download Cover Page for this Edition: http://ijsrp.org/print-journal.html

4) CAMEROON LAWYER: IT’S TIME TO REPEAL OUR ANTI-GAY LAW

(AN OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT PAUL BIYA)

https://76crimes.com/2016/03/.../cameroon-lawyer-its-time-to-repeal-our-anti-gay-law.

NATIONAL PUBLICATION(S)

1. ‘AN OPEN LETTER TO CONAC CHAIRMAN’, contained at page 4, ‘THE POST’ Weekly Newspaper, N0: 01396, Friday, December 7, 2012, see www.thepostwebedition.com

2. ‘FAIR TRIAL, A NIGHTMARE IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN CAMEROON’, contained at page 4, ‘THE POST’ Weekly Newspaper, N0: 01353, Monday, June 25, 2012, see www.thepostwebedition.com

3. ‘OPEN LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION’ ( CONAC)’, contained at page 4, ‘THE POST’ Weekly Newspaper, N0: 01374, Friday, September 14, 2012, see www.thepostwebedition.com

4. ‘ HARMONIZATION: A WEAPON OF OPPRESSION/SUPPRESSION, Page 4, Monday, October 24, 2016, ‘THE SUN’ Weekly Newspaper, NO:0405, see www.thesuncameroon.cm

5. ‘CAMEROON: A DECENTRALIZED UNITARY STATE AND OR A FEDERATED STATE? , Page 4, Monday, November 28, 2016, ‘THE SUN’ Weekly Newspaper, NO:0409, see www.thesuncameroon.cm

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6. ‘CAMEROON: A DECENTRALIZED UNITARY STATE AND OR A FEDERATED STATE?’, contained at page 8, ‘THE POST’ Weekly Newspaper, N0: 01779, Monday, November 28, 2016, see www.thepostwebedition.com

7. RIGHTS ACTIVIST URGES BIYA TO RELEASE ANGLOPHONES DETAINEES, PAGE 4, THE SUN NEWS PAPER,N0: 0437, MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017;

8. EXTRAJUDICIAL ARRESTS AND DETENTIONS IN CAMEROON… EMBOLDENED BY SECTIONS OF THE CODE, PAGE 5, THE SUN NEWS PAPER,N0: 0426, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017; 9. ZERO POSITIVE IMPACTS OF BASTARDISATION OF COMMON LAW IN SOUTHERN , PAGE 5, THE POST NEWSPAPER, N0; 01821, FRIDAY, MAY 2017,WEBSITE: www.thepostwebedition.com 10. AN OPEN LETTER TO H.E. PRESIDENT PAUL BIYA, PAGE 5, THE SUN NEWS PAPER,N0: 0411, MONDAY, December 12, 2016; WEBSITE: www.thesuncameroom,cm 11. DUPLICATIVE LEGISLATION: ‘GO FOR BEFORE, FOR BACK. PAGE 5, THE VOICE N0: 066,JULY 12, 2017 12. THE CONCEPT OF CHANGE AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN CAMEROON (http://cameroon-concord.com/7497-the-concept-of-change-and-the-people-of-southern- cameroons%20by%20Barrister%20ATOHWALTERMtchemi )

Has knowledge in both English and French but best in the former.

- Excellent communication skills,

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- Remarkable ability to collect, organized and interpret data

- Very able to work with minimal supervision or as part of a team.

- Great potential for leadership, and highly focused

- Well informed about contemporary issues in Cameroon and the world at large

REFERENCE(S)

1) BARRISTER NGENKO DANIEL LISSOCK

BARRISTER – AT - LAW

LECTURER UNIVERSITY OF BUEA -CAMEROON

FOUNDER AND HEAD OF NGENKO LAW FIRM

P.O.BOX 459 KUMBA, CAMEROON

TEL (mobile): (00237) 677 73 35 90

2) BARRISTER AMBO DANIEL AMOMBI

BARRISTER – AT- LAW

FOUNDER AND HEAD OF AMBO-ESAH LAW CHAMBERS

KUMBA, CAMEROON

TEL (mobile): (00237) 677 60 81 15

3) BARRISTER BISONG DERICK TABI

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BARRISTER – AT- LAW

THE TIME LAW FIRM

P.O.BOX 244 KUMBA, CAMEROON

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL (mobile): (00237) 677 40 80 25

WEBSITE: www.thetimelawfirm.com

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