Pro­pos­al for clear­er Iraqi rules on in­ter­na­tion­al lis pen­dens

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

Hind Faez Ahmed Al-Hassoun ex­am­ines the risk of par­al­lel pro­ceed­ings, con­flict­ing judg­ments and obstacles to re­cog­ni­tion and en­force­ment when the same or closely con­nec­ted private-international-law dis­putes are brought before courts in dif­fer­ent states. The cent­ral prob­lem is the ab­sence of spe­cif­ic Iraqi rules gov­ern­ing in­ter­na­tion­al lis pen­dens, re­lated ac­tions and pro­vi­sion­al meas­ures.

The ana­lys­is com­pares Art­icles 75 and 76 of the Iraqi Civil Pro­ced­ure Law with Reg­u­la­tion (EU) No 1215/2012. It re­com­mends ex­pli­cit Iraqi le­gis­lat­ive in­ter­ven­tion based on clear and flex­ible cri­ter­ia that reg­u­late these mat­ters while safe­guard­ing due pro­cess, public policy and the ef­fect­ive­ness of judg­ments.