The Cameroonian was re-elected on February 11, 2026, during the 48th ordinary session of the Executive Council of the African Union in Addis Ababa.
Cameroon retains its status as a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). Its candidate, Marie Louise Abomo, was re-elected Wednesday to the position of commissioner, a member of the commission. She received 44 out of 46 votes, the Cameroonian Ministry of External Relations announced on February 12, 2026.
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Elected as a commissioner to the ACHPR on February 7, 2020, for a six-year term, Marie Louise Abomo had just completed her first term within this body of the African Union. Following her election to the commission, she was appointed head of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa.
The performance shown during this period earned her recognition. A letter of congratulations and a diploma from the ACHPR were presented to her on November 6, 2024, by the president of the commission, the Honorable Remy Ngoy Lumbu. This was in recognition of all her efforts to ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Older Persons. This recognition, which confirms her competence, also contributed to her re-election to the commission.
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Inaugurated in November 1987, the ACHPR is responsible for the protection and promotion of human and peoples’ rights, as well as the interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
A magistrate of the highest rank, Marie Louise Abomo holds a doctorate in private law obtained in Toulouse 1. With extensive experience in the Cameroonian justice system, she served as vice-president of the Littoral Court of Appeal, counselor in the judicial chamber of the Supreme Court, and subsequently presided over its criminal section. She has worked on human rights and HIV issues, and participated in the development of Cameroon’s National Strategy to Combat Corruption.
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