Editing Foreign relations of Cameroon (section)

==International disputes==
Delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of [[Lake Chad]], the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, is complete and awaits ratification by Cameroon, [[Chad]], [[Niger]], and Nigeria; dispute with Nigeria over land and [[maritime boundary|maritime boundaries]] around the [[Bakasi Peninsula]] and Lake Chad is currently before the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ), as is a dispute with [[Equatorial Guinea]] over the exclusive maritime economic zone.  As of 10 October 2012, it has been resolved that Cameroon own Bakassi.

Cameroon also faces a complaint filed with the [[African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights|African Commission on Human Rights]] by the [[Southern Cameroons National Council|Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC)]] and the [[Southern Cameroons|Southern Cameroons Peoples Organization (SCAPO)]] against the Government of the Republic of Cameroon, in which the complainants allege that the Republic of Cameroon is illegally occupying the territory of [[Southern Cameroons]]. The SCNC and SCAPO ultimately seek the independence of the territory of Southern Cameroons.<ref name= 
"Southern Cameroons: The Banjul Communiqué">{{cite news|url=http://www.unpo.org/content/view/2534/145/|title=Southern Cameroons: The Banjul Communiqué|date=23 May 2005|access-date=27 April 2009|work=[[Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization]]|archive-date=13 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913202303/http://www.unpo.org/content/view/2534/145/|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2008, both parties have submitted briefs and responded to the Human Rights Commissions' inquiries. A ruling by the African Commission on Human Rights is awaited.