Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The Past -- 1 The Kurds -- Kurds and Kurdistan -- Language -- Religion -- Population -- Topography of Kurdistan -- 2 The Treaty of Sèvres and the Creation of Iraq -- 3 The Kurds Under Barzani -- Revolts -- The emergence of a Kurdish leader -- Aftermath of the 1958 Revolution -- The Ba'ath regimes -- The March Manifesto of 1970 -- The 1974 Autonomy Law -- US and Iranian involvement in Kurdish - Iraqi relations: 1970-75 -- The Algiers Agreement of 1975 and its aftermath -- 4 The Anfal Campaigns -- Spoils of war -- The logic of destruction -- The spring offensives of 1988 -- The attack on Halabja -- The attack on Sayw Senan -- The remaining Anfal campaigns -- Amnesty -- International responses to the Anfal campaigns -- 5 The First Gulf War: From Uprising to Democracy -- Background -- The intifada ( uprising) -- The Ba'athists respond -- Exodus from Iraqi Kurdistan -- Turkey, Iran and the Iraqi Kurds -- Resolution 688 -- 'Operation Provide Comfort' -- 'Operation Safe Haven' -- Negotiating autonomy with Saddam Hussein -- 6 Democracy in Iraqi Kurdistan -- A rainbow alliance -- International ambivalence -- Autonomy from a Kurdish perspective -- Electoral procedure -- A new kind of political space? -- Relations between the PUK and KDP -- 7 Human Rights in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 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 -- 8 The Internally Displaced of Iraqi Kurdistan -- A displaced history -- Displacement since the establishment of the safe haven -- 9 Economic/ Humanitarian Affairs in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 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 -- 10 The Kurds Have no Friends but the Mountains -- Turkey: A difficult neighbour -- Beyond Iraq: The Kurds of Turkey, Iran and Syria -- 11 US Foreign Policy Towards Saddam: Pre- September 11 -- Part II: The Present -- 12 The Road to War -- 'Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists' -- The Kurds' path to war -- 13 The Second Gulf War: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' -- 'They were received with bombs, shoes and bullets' -- The Kurdish Jerusalem -- War over? -- The current security situation -- Security strategy -- 14 Current Executive Structure in Iraq -- Saddam's Iraqi opposition -- Political reconstruction -- 15 Current Legal and Human Rights Issues -- The Coalition Provisional Authority -- Humanitarian international law obligations -- International human rights law obligations -- 16 The Question of Autonomy -- 17 The Anfal Campaigns: The War Crimes Tribunal -- An enduring legacy -- The Iraqi Special Tribunal -- The defendants -- The death penalty -- International judges -- The crimes -- 18 The Internally Displaced: The Current Situation -- General situation -- The Takiyeh camp -- The Anfal camp at Suresh -- The UN- HABITAT camp at Bazian -- The problem of mines -- Reversing the 'Arabisation' programme -- 19 Current Economic/ Humanitarian Issues in Iraqi Kurdistan -- Sanctions and embargoes -- The Oil- for- Food Programme -- Currency -- Non- governmental organisations and international organisations -- Oil -- Part III: The Future -- 20 Self- Determination and Autonomy -- What is self- determination? -- The Kurdish claim to self- determination -- Autonomy -- A UN mandate? -- Economic issues -- 21 The Tribunal and the Victims -- Introduction -- A UN tribunal -- A hybrid court -- The International Criminal Court.

A Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- The way forward -- 22 The Land Question -- The Iraqi Property Reconciliation Facility -- The way forward -- Addendum -- Appendix I: Articles of the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres relating to Kurdistan -- Appendix II: The Kurdistan Regional Government Provisional Constitution for the Federal Republic of Iraq -- Appendix III: UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement -- Notes -- Index.