'Nationality laws and the prevention of statelessness in Sudan and South Sudan' by Bilqees Esmail
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The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Nationality laws and the prevention of statelessness in Sudan and South Sudan', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday, 29 November 2013 by Ms Bilqees Esmail, formerly with the UNHCR, and chaired by Dr Sarah Nouwen, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk |
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| Created: | 2013-12-12 12:35 |
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| Collection: | LCIL International Law Seminar Series MOVED |
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge |
| Copyright: | University of Cambridge |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Keywords: | International Law; statelessness; Sudan; South Sudan; |
| Abstract: | Bilqees Esmail's lecture is on the topic of statelessness in international law. The focus is on the legal issues that arose upon the independence of South Sudan in 2011, following one of Africa’s longest civil wars. In particular, she explored how the decisions taken by both governments with respect to their nationality laws were shaped by years of conflict. The lecture explores the following questions: How does a government decide on who becomes the national of a newly created state? What are the legal and human consequences of the decisions taken by governments? How can laws and policies be designed to ensure that no one is left stateless – without any nationality at all? She discusses the concerns raised by the international community in the run up to the independence of South Sudan, the practical solutions that both governments reached and the ongoing complications of determining nationality status in both countries. |
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