Topic: Indigenous Land Rights
Country: Sudan
Delegate Name: Chad Scott
School: Forest Hills Eastern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Sudan position papers GLIMUN 2009 committees
The land rights for the country of Sudan for citizens are fair and logical. There will be no favoring one citizen over another based on status or income. The party or group making claims in respect of land may make a claim against the relevant government and/or other Parties interested in the land and the National Land Commission may at its discretion entertain such claims. These are exact words from our official documents “Without prejudice to the position of the Parties with respect to ownership of land and subterranean natural resources, including in Southern Sudan, this Agreement is not intended to address the ownership of those resources. The Parties agree to establish a process to resolve this issue.” If however the respective land is owed by the government the situation shall be exercised through the appropriate or designated levels of Government.
If situations escalate over a land dispute and the there is a conflict between the findings or recommendations of the National Land Commission and the Southern Sudan Land Commission, which cannot be resolved by agreement, the two Commissions shall reconcile their positions. Failure to reconcile, the matter shall be referred to the Constitutional Court. The system is fair and land can be disputed over in a civil fashion using our system.
With our land rights law nobody will get left out or looked over when it comes to their land. The Sudanese government wants to make its citizens happy and we feel that this land rights law does just that.
