Identities and Citizenship: Governing Constitutional Principles

This article discusses concepts of identity and citizenship as they pertain to constitutions, arguing that in order to be stable and peaceful, states must be impartial as between the diverse groups of their population. This idea is applied to the context of Sudan, where it is suggested that identity issues can be further protected, and stability achieved, through the promotion of various governing constitutional principles: human rights, the prohibition of discrimination, the right to citizenship, recognition of differences, and federalism.