THEMES OF ICTLCA

Themes of the Conference

Theme One:
Problems of ethnic groups between Sèvres and Lausanne (August 10, 1920 - July 24, 1923), commitments and political changes

  1. British and French policy towards peoples’ rights in the region

  2. Nationalist movements against colonial policies

  3. Political developments in Turkey

  4. The diplomatic conflict at the Lausanne Conference

  5. The problem of the Mosul Province and the Lausanne Conference

Theme Two:
The political, military, geopolitical and legal Implications of the Treaty of Lausanne, present and future

  1. Political and Geopolitical Implications

  2. The impact of the Treaty of Lausanne on the Kurdish question, and ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq

  3. The problem of the Mosul Province and the struggle facing it

  4. The fate of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region one hundred years after the Treaty of Lausanne

  5. The Turkish military movements and presence, and the fate of political borders in the region

  6. The regional and international relations and the fate of the Kurdish question

  7. Geopolitical map of the region and possible transformations

  8. Possible outcomes and consequences under new international law

Theme Three:
The social and economic dimensions of the Lausanne Treaty

  1. Forced displacement and integration of Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities

  2. The expression of the Kurds in the official cultural policies of the countries that divided them

  3. The reflection of the Treaty of Lausanne on the Iraqi - Turkish - European economy

  4. The demarcation of maritime boundaries, exclusive economic zones and the continental shelf

  5. Oil and gas exploration (energy security)

  6. Succession of States in Debts and Obligations


PERIPHERAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CONFERENCE:

  • Printing a collection of books on the topics of the conference.

  • Printing and publishing new documents about the Treaty of Lausanne.