Multilateral conventions relating to arbitration

Is your jurisdiction a contracting state to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards?

Since when has the Convention been in force?

Were any declarations or notifications made under articles I, X, and XI of the Convention?

What other multilateral conventions relating to international commercial and investment arbitration is your country a party to?

Iraq has joined the Convention of Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention 1958) by its law No. 14, 2021 ‘the law’, published in the Iraqi official Gazette in publication No. 4633, 21 May 2021. Joining the Convention was valid at the law publication date, according to article 12 of the same law, the Convention will be deemed in force on 9 February 2022.

Based on the provisions of article 1 of the law, Iraq has restricted the enforcement scope to countries that apply the principle of reciprocity and to cover disputes of legal contractual relationships of a commercial nature.

Given the authority to join treaties and international conventions is the exclusive authority of article 110/First, Iraqi Constitution 2005), the Convention’s scope of application is extended to cover the republic of Iraq including the Kurdistan region. No action was taken by the Iraqi government side regarding article 11 of the Convention.

In addition to the New York 1958 Convention, Iraq is a signatory to:

• the Arab Amman Convention on Commercial Arbitration 1987;
• the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States (64), 2012; and
• the Al-Riyadh Convention for Judicial Cooperation 1983.

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