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.

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;