Table of Contents
Foreword / 11 Map of Kurdistan / 13 Map of Iraq Drawn Prior To 2003 Gulf War / 14 Map of Iraqi Kurdistan Drawn Prior To / 15 2003 Gulf War
Introduction / 17
Part I: The Past / 21
I. The Kurds / 21 'Kurds’ and ‘Kurdistan’ Language Religion Population Topography of Kurdistan
II. The Treaty of Sèvres and the Creation of Iraq / 25
III. The Kurds Under Barzani / 31
Revolts The emergence of a Kurdish leader Aftermaths of 1958 Revolution The Baath regimes The March Manifesto of 1970 The 1974 Autonomy Law US and Iranian involvement in Kurdish/Iraqi relations: 1970-1975 The Algiers Agreement 1975 and its aftermath
IV. The Anfal Campaigns / 43
Spoils of war The logic of destruction The spring offensives 1988 The attack on Halabja The attack on Sayw Senan The remaining Anfal campaigns Amnesty International responses to the Anfal campaigns
V. The First Gulf War: From Uprising to Democracy / 53 Background The intifada (uprising) The Baathists respond Exodus from Iraqi Kurdistan Turkey, Iran and the Iraqi Kurds Resolution 688 'Operation Provide Comfort’ 'Operation Safe Haven' Negotiating autonomy with Saddam Hussein
VI. Democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan / 65
A rainbow alliance International ambivalence Autonomy from a Kurdish perspective Electoral procedure A new kind of political space? Relations between the PUK and KDP
VII Human Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan / 73
Background Crimes of the Ba'ath regime Breaches of international law by the government of Iraq Humanitarian law Human rights structures and the Kurdish authorities Women’s rights in Iraqi Kurdistan
VIII. The Internally Displaced Of Iraqi Kurdistan / 85
A displaced history Displacement since the establishment of the safe haven
IX. Economic/Humanitarian Affairs in Iraqi Kurdistan / 91
Background Oil in Iraq: A brief overview Oil in Iraqi Kurdistan: A brief overview Pipelines Sanctions Criticism of the Oil-For-Food Programme Embargo Currency Employment Non-Governmental Organisations
X. The Kurds Have No Friends but the Mountains / 103
Turkey: A difficult neighbour Beyond Iraq: The Kurds of Turkey, Iran and Syria
XI. US Foreign Policy Towards Saddam: Pre-September 11 / 115
Reference / 119
Part II: The Present / 131
I. The Road to War / 131
Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists The Kurds path to war
II. The Second Gulf War: Operation Iraqi Freedom / 149
They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets The Kurdish Jerusalem War over? The current security situation Security strategy
III. Current Executive Structure in Iraq / 159
Saddam's Iraqi Opposition Political Reconstruction
IV. Current Legal and Human Rights Issues / 165 The Coalition Provisional Authority Humanitarian international law obligations International human rights law Applicable?
V. The Question of Autonomy / 173
VI. The Anfal Campaigns: The War Crimes Tribunal / 175
An enduring legacy Iraqi Special Tribunal The defendants The death penalty International judges/ prosecutors The crimes
VII. The Internally Displaced: The Current Situation / 183
General situation The Takiyeh camp The Anfal camp at Suresh The UN-HABITAT camp at Bazian The problem of mines
Reversing the Arabisation programme
VIII. Current Economic/Humanitarian Issues in Iraqi Kurdistan / 189
Sanctions and embargo Oil-for-food programme Currency Non-Governmental organisations and international organisations Oil
Reference / 197
Part III: The Future / 207
I. Self-Determination and Autonomy / 207
What is self-determination? The Kurdish claim to self-determination Autonomy a UN mandate? Economic issues
II. The Tribunal and the Victims / 221
Introduction A UN tribunal Hybrid court International Criminal Court Truth and reconciliation commission The way forward
III. The Land Question / 227
The Iraqi Property Reconciliation Facility The way forward
Recommendations / 231
Recommendations to the UN Recommendations to the Kurdish Regional Authorities Recommendations to the Occupying Powers
Addendum / 235
Appendices / 237
Appendix 1 / 237
Articles of the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres relating to Kurdistan
Appendix 2 / 239
The Kurdistan Regional Government Provisional Constitution for the Federal Republic of Iraq
Appendix 3 / 259
UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement Appendix 4 / 273
CPIC email to KHRP
Reference / 275 |