The Kurdish conflict: international humanitarian law and post-conflict mechanisms

1. Historical background -- 2. The international law of armed conflict -- 3. Common Article 3, customary international humanitarian law, and human rights law applicable to the conflict in southeast Turkey -- 4. Belligerents -- 5. The international law of armed conflict-- jus ad bellum -- 6. Terrorism, the law of armed conflict and the PKK -- 7. Terrorism : historical engagement and the global war on terror -- 8. Self-determination : models for a political solution -- 9. International humanitarian law : recognition of the conflict as a basis for constructive political dialogue and peace-building.