This article examines the requirements and procedures for enforcing arbitral awards and defences to enforcement or grounds for setting aside arbitral awards by competent courts under Cameroon’s legal system. The article focuses on four regimes: the ICSID Convention, New York Convention, CCJA Arbitration Rules and UAA, given that Cameroon is party to these conventions. The UAA allows awards wherever made to be enforced in Cameroon without the requirement of reciprocity. The article concludes that the enforcement of awards in Cameroon is expeditious, that valid awards are final, that they have res judicata effect and that the grounds for setting aside awards are minuscule.
Alexander A. Ekpombang (Sat,) studied this question.