International Conference on Genocide Against the Kurdish people

The International Conference on Genocide against the Kurdish people was held in Erbil 26-28 January 2008 under the auspices of Kurdistan Region Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. In an effort to seek international recognition of the genocide against the Kurdish people and to document and disseminate ali available information and research data on the crimes committed against the Kurdish people in Iraq, we have decided to publish ali the material presented at the conference. At the conference, more than 60 papers and presentations were submitted to the conference evaluation board and 53 were accepted. Only 37 papers could be presented during the three days of the conference. Papers and presentations were presented in three languages Kurdish, English and Arabic. We will publish three books, one for each language.

It is important to point out that the contents of the papers and other information published in this book reflect only the views of their authors. We are very pleased that one of the main recommendations of the conference has been approved by the Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) on the anniversary of the Anfal operations on 14 April 2008. The Iraqi Council of Representatives recognized the crimes committed against the Iraqi Kurdish people as crimes of genocide and has called for compensation for survivors and the families of victims.