withdrawn from. According to the Respondent State, a person who acquires South Sudanese nationality is onewho fulfilled the conditions to vote in the Referendum on self-determination of South Sudan in accordance with sections 25 and 26 of South Sudan Referendum Act of 2009. Therefore, it is the view of the Respondent State that there is no ambiguity or vagueness affecting the 1994 Nationality Act in respect with identifying a person who, de jure or de facto, acquires the nationality of South Sudan. Particularly, the Respondent State argued that the constitutional right to citizenship, as it is prescribed under article 7 of the 2005 Interim Constitution, each person born of Sudanese father or mother has the right to enjoy Sudanese citizenship. Besides, the Interim Constitution states that it is also valid to permit any Sudanese to acquire the nationality of another country in accordance with the provisions of the applicable law, and this, as per the Respondent State, is consistent with the international principle of dual nationality. 70.With regard to children, the Respondent State particularly submitted that according article 15 of the 1994 Nationality Act states that 'if Sudanese nationality is revoked from the responsible father of a minor under the provisions of section 10, the minor shall not lose his Sudanese nationality save if he is or was the national of any country other than Sudan according to the laws of that country'. Article 4(3) of the 1994 Nationality Act increases this restriction in paragraph 3 of the article, which states that 'a person born to a mother who is Sudanese by birth shall be entitled to Sudanese Nationality by birth whenever he applies for it'. Hence it is the view of the Respondent State that Sudanese Nationality Laws are in line with the requirements of the African Children's Charter, and other international instruments as they provide mechanisms to prevent childhood statelessness. In fact, the Respondent State submitted that the Republic of the Sudan decided to amend the 1994 Nationality Act to recognize and address the effects of the secession of South Sudan and the resulting statelessness. 71. With regard to Ms lman, the Respondent State submitted that the Republic of the Sudan has not violated Ms lman Benjamin's right to acquire a nationality, as alleged by the Complainants. The Respondent State presented two different arguments to prove that Ms lman is not stateless. On the one hand, the Respondent State submitted that Ms lman Benjamin is entitled to Sudanese nationality through application as she was born to a Sudanese mother in accordance with article 4(3) of the 1994 Nationality Act. She is not considered as Sudanese due to her failure to exhaustively pursue the required administrative procedures which are available at different levels in the Republic of the Sudan. 1 9