nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20171023-102123 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 171022s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20171023-102123 doi eng 342 23 Shehabi, Omar Yousef Author aut The Kurdistan Independence Referendum and Constitutional Self-Determination Shehabi, Omar Yousef Verfassungsblog 2017-10-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a non-binding independence referendum on 25 September 2017. Voters were asked: ‘Do you want the Kurdistan Region and the Kurdistani areas outside the region’s administration to become an independent state?’ Voting occurred in Kirkuk and the Kurdish-controlled parts of other territories in northern Iraq whose disputed status is recognized in the Iraqi constitution. In retrospect, Kurdish leaders seem to have overreached politically, as the Iraqi armed forces and allied militias have in recent days seized Kirkuk Governorate from Kurdish control. But was it legal overreach? CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Kurdistan Referendum self-determination Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-kurdistan-independence-referendum-and-constitutional-self-determination/ raw object