The Legal Regulation of Component`s Rights in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq (An Analytical Study)

Abstract

Components' rights are considered one of the cornerstones of legal and democratic systems and is based on the principles of equality and human rights. National, religious, or sectarian components, face numerous challenges in many societies. Achieving components' rights not only ensures social justice but also contributes to empowering national unity, reducing social obstacles, and developing cultural dialogue. It is the government's responsibility to supply the basis for effective participation of components in various fields through comprehensive laws. Due to the above-mentioned importance, this paper has addressed the rights of components in the Kurdistan Region as the recognition of these rights leads to peace and the elimination of conflicts, because Kurdistan’s Region is a society that has diverse and multi-ethniccomponents. For clarifying the topic, we adopted an analytical approach and divided it into three sections; first section is dedicated to discussed civil and political rights. In the second section, we addressed social and economic rights. Third section covered cultural rights. In conclusion, this study reached the result that Kurdistan Region has organized and embodied these rights in various acts, especially the act number (5) of 2015 on the Protection of the Rights of Components in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.