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List of contents
Introduction - Lutz Oette and Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker; Part I: The Challenges for Peace, Human Rights Protection and Constitutionalism in the Sudans; 1. Power, Conflict and Human Rights in Sudan - Lutz Oette; 2. In Search of Constitution and Constitutionalism in Sudan: The Quest for Legitimacy and the Protection of Rights - Ali Suleiman Fadlalla and Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker; 3. Constitutionalism Under Siege: Constitutional Standoffs in South Sudan and Their Implications for the War-stricken Nation - David K. Deng; Part II: Constitutional Protection of Human Rights; 4. Human Rights Protection in Sudan’s Constitutions: A Critique of Bills of Rights - Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker; 5. Citizenship, Statelessness and Human Rights Protection in Sudan’s Constitutions and post South Sudan Secession Challenges - Munzoul A. M. Assal; 6. Constitutional Dimensions of Minority Rights and the Rights of Peoples in the Sudans - Noha Ibrahim Abdelgabar, Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker and Lutz Oette; 7. Women’s Rights in Sudan: Constitutional Recognition and Lived Experiences - Ebtisam Sanhouri Elrayh; Appendix: Human Rights Provisions in the Constitutions of Sudan and South Sudan & Selected Constitutional Court Cases;
About the author
Lutz Oette is Senior Lecturer in Law at SOAS, University of London, UK.
Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker is Associate Professor of Public International Law, Founding Director of the Human Rights Centre and Head of the International and Comparative Law Department in the Faculty of Law at the University of Khartoum, Sudan.
Summary
This book identifies critical factors that would enable Sudan and South Sudan to overcome the apparent failure to agree on and implement a stable order conducive to sustainable peace and human rights protection.