Disputes > Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

An award is issued pursuant to an arbitration that has taken place outside Egypt may be enforced in Egypt if it is either covered by one of the international conventions to which Egypt is a party or satisfies the conditions set out in the Arbitration Law.

Egypt is a signatory state to:

The New York Convention of 1958 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards;

The Washington Convention of 1965 on the settlement of Investment Disputes between States and the Nationals of other States; and

The Convention of 1974 on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between the Arab States and the Nationals of other States.

Egypt has also signed a series of investment protection treaties that also contain arbitration enforcement provisions. Investment protection treaties were signed with Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Sudan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia.

These treaties generally provide that arbitration awards issued in one country may be enforced in the other if the award is supported by written evidence of the parties' agreement to arbitrate, the dispute in question is capable of arbitration in the country where the award is to be executed, and the award does not conflict with public policy. Where no international convention applies, the provisions of the Arbitration Law must be satisfied for a foreign arbitration award to be enforced.

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