THE RIGHT OF IRAQI KURDISTAN TO NDEPENDENCE UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAWThis study examines the legitimacy of Iraqi Kurdistan's claim to self determination through independence. It analyzes the concept of self determination, people, as the recipients of this right, statehood, as well as secession, the legality of secession, and the recognition of states founded through this process by the international community. The study is qualitative, library based, and analytic, involving primary data, such as treaties, statutes,