Iraq Will Become The 168th Signatory to The New York Convention

On March 4, 2021, the Parliament of Iraq passed the “Law on the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards,” which, upon being published in the Official Gazette, will formally ratify the country’s anticipated accession to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (the “New York Convention”).

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