Focusing, then, on the requirements of self rule, it can be claimed that to govern oneself one must be in a position to act competently based on desires (values, conditions, etc).
In July, President Barzani asked the Kurdish parliament to begin preparations for a vote on self-rule.
On May 11th the rebels held a "referendum" on self-rule for the Donetsk people's republic that was essentially a stunt.
Many students also stayed away as a means of protest over their demands that India make good on promises to allow a referendum on self-rule in Kashmir.
Though unresolved issues remain, a final accord, which is to include a referendum on self-rule for the south, could come within weeks.
The Basque regional government, led by the Basque Nationalist party, still plans to hold a controversial referendum on self-rule next autumn.
This would change only if Israel met Palestinian demands that it freeze settlement building, accept the 1967 line between Israel and the West Bank as the basis for negotiations and release prisoners still being held since before the 1993 Oslo Agreement on self-rule, he said.
Against the backdrop of the raging civil war, Syrian Kurds have already etched out a measure of autonomy in their territories — not because they have taken up arms against the government, but because the government has relinquished Kurdish communities to local control, allowing the Kurds to gain a head start on self-rule.
Russia is calling for the results of two unofficial referendums on self-rule in eastern Ukraine to be implemented.
Further talks will also be held on self-rule in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk separatist regions.
A Ukrainian separatist leader is calling on Russia to "absorb" the eastern region of Donetsk after Sunday's referendum on self-rule.
