Status & Consequences of the Referendum & Independence of Kurdistan Regional Government From the Perspective of International Law

Abstract

The outbreak of World War I and the arrival of the Ottomans was the most significant international event affecting the determination of Kurdistan. France and UK in 1916, the future after the war came to an agreement as Sykes_ Picot breakdown of the Ottoman Empire and a smaller number of countries, mostly under the protection of great powers, Iraq was also one of those countries that were protected by the UK. Iraqi Kurds repeatedly in different periods of the twentieth century have attempted to fight against the central government. The US and its allies invaded Iraq in 1991 and Saddam Hussein's defeat in the Persian Gulf War and Then 688 resolution granting autonomy to Kurds in northern Iraq, including events that made the Kurds autonomous. In 2003, after the Kurds cooperated in the US war against Iraq, the Kurdish federal region was formed with the support of the United States, and this issue was accepted by the Iraqi constitution. After the formation of the Iraqi federal state, the Kurdish influence and power of the country increased. However, the restoration of Kurdistan did not have the abundance of nationalist interests and its motivation for Kurdish independence. Traditional international law, given its state-centered nature, never has the right to self-determination to the detriment of the division of the country has not interpreted and the international community, particularly the principle of self-determination in the first stage It tends to move toward federalism and autonomy.