Sudanese, parentage who are at a risk of statelessness by virtue of the nationality law. 86.From the facts presented before the Committee, it is clear that acquisition of a Sudanese birth certificate does not confer Sudanese nationality. Sudanese nationality is proved by nationality certificate that can be obtained by applying to the relevant body. The Respondent State's nationality law recognizes both nationality by birth as well as nationality by naturalization.26 Since issue of nationality by naturalization has not been raised under this communication, the Committee will not deal with this issue. Regarding nationality by birth, Section 4(2) of the 1994 Sudanese Nationality Act provides that 'A person born after the coming into force of this Act shall be Sudanese by birth if his father is Sudanese by birth at the time of his birth.' Section 6 of the Respondent State's Nationality Act provides that the Minister of Interior shall grant a certificate of nationality by birth to any Sudanese national by birth upon payment of the prescribed fees. The law does not provide specific age upon which nationality certificate can be obtained. In their submission, the Complainants indicated that Ms. lman only possessed a birth certificate until she applied for nationality certificate and her application was rejected. The Complainants have not showed that documents proving nationality, such as nationality certificate, are not available for all children under the age of 16 owing to application of the Respondent State's nationality law. As it can be seen from Section 27.1 of the Respondent State's Civil Registration Act of 2011, age of 16 is provided as a precondition to obtain identity card which is not a proof of nationality.27 Section 27.8 of the same Act provides that after obtaining the identity card and registration certificates, the citizenship certificate shall be cancelled and replaced with the identity card. From this provision, it can be deduced that citizenship certificate is issued before an identity card. If the law provides 16 as the age where someone is entitled to get identity card and obtaining identity card results in cancellation of citizenship certificate, it is logical to conclude that children who have not attained age of 16 could be entitled to obtain citizenship certificate under the Respondent State's law. 87.1n the Committee's view, a mere fact that birth certificate does not prove nationality cannot leave children in an ambiguous situation. Children are left in 26 See Section 4 and Section 7 of the 1994 Sudanese Nationality Act. Section 27.1 of 2011 Sudanese Civil Registration Act provides that 'Every Sudanese who reached the age of sixteen must obtain an identity card, from the office of the Civil Registry in which area of jurisdiction he lives, after payment of the prescribed fee. Identity cards may be issued for those who are less than that age, if necessary. 27 25