Independence Referendum of the Kurdistan Region

This book consists of an introduction, four chapters classified by bullet points, and a conclusion.

The first chapter of the book generally discusses the basis of the right to self-determination in terms of the principles of international law and the historical background of the Kurd people to obtain this right, the main elements of the Iraqi constitutional law related to the federal system of government and the right to self-determination of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and how the federal government of Iraq governs within the framework of the constitution, and contains four sections that point to the importance of this book and its research methodology, the definition of operational terms, and the theoretical framework.

The second chapter is about the referendum as a tool for implementing the principle of the right to self-determination and consists of six sections: the concept of referendum, the foundations of referendum, referendum and democracy, the sovereignty of referendums in international and constitutional law, and referendum as a tool for obtaining the right to self-determination by the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The third chapter of this book discusses the history of the Kurdistan Region and the right to self-determination, which contains three topics: the political and social background of the Kurd people in Iraq, and the permanent Iraqi constitution of 2005 and the position of the Kurdistan Region.

The fourth chapter is about the legality of the Kurdistan Region's referendum for the right to self-determination, which contains eight sections: definition of the right to self-determination, the right to self-determination and occupation, international law and the appropriate criteria for statehood, recognition of states, secession from the perspective of international law, the principle of acquired sovereignty as an alternative for implementing the right to self-determination, an assessment of the legality of the Kurdistan Region's referendum for independence, and an assessment of the Kurdistan Region's referendum from the perspective of the permanent Iraqi constitution of 2005.