Sudanese nationality law

Sudanese Nationality Law
Sudanese National Legislature
  • The Sudanese Nationality Act 1994, as amended by the Sudanese Nationality Act (Amendments) 2011 and 2018
Enacted byGovernment of Sudan
Status: Current legislation

Sudanese nationality law is regulated by the Constitution of Sudan, as amended; the Sudanese Nationality Law, and its revisions; and various international agreements to which the country is a signatory.[1][2] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Sudan.[3] The legal means to acquire nationality, formal legal membership in a nation, differ from the domestic relationship of rights and obligations between a national and the nation, known as citizenship. Nationality describes the relationship of an individual to the state under international law, whereas citizenship is the domestic relationship of an individual within the nation.[4][5] In Sudan, nationality is often equated with ethnicity, despite recognition of the legal definitions.[6] Sudanese nationality is typically obtained under the principle of jus soli, i.e. by birth in Sudan, or jus sanguinis, born to parents with Sudanese nationality.[7][8] It can be granted to persons with an affiliation to the country, or to a permanent resident who has lived in the country for a given period of time through naturalization.[9][10]

  1. ^ Manby 2016, pp. 36, 136.
  2. ^ SIHA Network 2015, p. 12.
  3. ^ Manby 2016, pp. 6–7.
  4. ^ Fransman 2011, p. 4.
  5. ^ Rosas 1994, p. 34.
  6. ^ SIHA Network 2015, p. 5.
  7. ^ Manby 2016, p. 48.
  8. ^ Abdulbari 2011, p. 161.
  9. ^ Manby 2016, p. 6.
  10. ^ Abdulbari 2011, p. 160.