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1.If I do not have Iraqi nationality, may I participate in the CRRPD process?
Yes. The CRRPD process is open to all persons, regardless of their nationality.
2.How long will the CRRPD take to resolve a claim?
The time for resolving a claim depends on both the total number of claims the CRRPD receives and on the complexity of each case. The CRRPD will do its best to resolve your case as quickly as possible. If you have filed a form with the CRRPD, please make sure that the contact information you have provided is correct. Please advise the CRRPD office where you filed your claim of any changes in your address, phone number or other contact details.
3.What should I do if I am uncertain whether I am eligible to file a claim with the CRRPD?
For further information and clarification, please contact a CRRPD Office. If this is not possible, please file your claim according to the established procedure.
4.What can I do if I am the Co-claimant to a claim and no longer wish to be represented by the Claimant?
You must advise the CRRPD office where you filed your claim in writing of your wish no longer to be represented by the Claimant and provide your contact information.
5.If I request confidentiality, what personal information will not be shared by the CRRPD?
If you request confidentiality, your personal details and contact information will remain confidential. The CRRPD will prepare a summary of the essential information in your claim or response to share with other interested parties.
6.What can I do if I miss the deadline for filing a claim?
If you miss the CRRPD filing deadline, you can still file your claim with the Iraqi civil courts, which will decide your case.
7.What can I do if I miss the deadline for responding to a claim?
If you miss the deadline for filing your response to a claim, your response will not be considered.
8.What can I do if I have no supporting documentary evidence?
If you have no documentary evidence to submit in support of your claim/response, write a statement describing the circumstances in which you lost your property and evidence and file the statement with the CRRPD Claim Form/Response Form. If possible, gather witness statements and any other relevant information you can obtain.
9.What can I do if I acquire additional evidence supporting my claim or response after filing my form?
Submit all additional evidence in writing to the branch of the CRRPD where you filed your form. In all your communications with the CRRPD, you must quote the unique identifying number of your claim or response. This number is on the receipt voucher that the CRRPD returned to you.
10.What can I do if I acquire new evidence after the 30-day period allowed for filing appeals has expired?
It is possible to challenge the decision of the Judicial Committee by requesting a new trial if new evidence is found.
11.I cannot read or write. How can I participate in the CRRPD process?
Contact an CRRPD office for assistance in filling in the relevant
Contact a CRRPD office for assistance in filling in the relevant CRRPD forms as well as for answers to any other queries you may have. Also, you may engage an attorney or other representative to represent and advise you.
12. I live outside of Iraq. How can I take part in the CRRPD process?
Claimants and respondents who live outside of Iraq should consult the section on this website titled “Procedures for persons living outside Iraq.” Also, you may engage an attorney or other representative to represent and advise you.
13. Who is an heir and how are claims by heirs handled?
An “heir” is anyone claiming rights or interests in real property through a deceased person. Those rights or interests may be claimed because of the relationship between the heir and the deceased person or because the deceased person named the heir in a will or a similar legal document.
When an heir submits a claim in his or her name for a property, he or she will be considered by the CRRPD as representing all other legitimate heirs.
14. What kind of additional documentation do I need to present to the CRRPD if I am the heir of the person who owned or had an interest in the property?
You should present any documents available evidencing the relationship between you and the deceased person and your inheritance of the property rights, including:
● the legal divider
● an identification document such as your birth certificate
● the death certificate of the deceased
● the birth certificates of those through whom you claim heir status
The following documents are also relevant:
●List of heirs issued by the Personal Status Court (Muslims) or Personal Affairs Court (for non-Muslims)
●Decision on inheritance by the Personal Status Court (Muslims) or Personal Affairs Court (for non-Muslims)
● Will deed or will registered in the Real Estate Registration Department
● Deed of legal distribution regarding state property. (This is a deed evidencing a transter of real property from the State to one or more individuals, in accordance with a legal distribution mandated by a civil court).
If you are currently abroad, please provide at least a copy of the death certificate, certified by the Iraqi Consulate or Embassy.
15.What identification documents are considered sufficient by the CRRPD?
Any of the documents listed below are sufficient to prove your identity:
● Civil Status card;
● Iraqi passport (valid or expired passport)
● Iraqi Nationality Certificate .
● Official letter from the Nationality Directorate stipulating that you are registered with the national authorities but have not yet been provided with an ID card.
● Official letter from the Nationality Directorate stipulating that you are registered with the national authorities but have not yet been provided with an ID card
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● For foreigners, passport or nationality certificate.
If you do not have one of the above, please provide any kind of identification card that you have.
16. How will the CRRPD ensure the fairness and transparency of the CRRPD process?
The CRRPD follows and publishes all legal instruments that govern its operations. On the website you can find documents outlining CRRPD’s structure and functions. In addition, the CRRPD will publish on this website periodic status reports and statistics, press releases and other relevant information.
17. What is the structure of the CRRPD?
The CRRPD consists of:
a) A Secretariat, which oversees and manages the activities of the CRRPD;
b) Judicial Committees established in each Governorate and in the Kurdish Regional Government area to review and resolve real property claims;
c) Branches of the Commission responsible for receiving claims and responses and preparing them for adjudication; and
d) an Appellate Commission competent to review and resolve the objections and the appeals relating to the decisions and judgments issued by the Judicial Committees.
18.What are “properties”?
In the CRRPD Statute, “properties” refers to the tangible rights (primary rights in rem) set forth in paragraph (1) of article 68 of the applicable Iraqi civil code number 40 of the year 1951.
19.What is an ‘interest in real property‘?
The CRRPD seeks to reinstate ownership rights, and rights derived from ownership, as set out in article 68 of the Iraqi civil code.
20. Who will enforce the CRRPD decisions?
The competent Execution and Real Estate Registration Departments in each governorate of Iraq are responsible for enforcing final CRRPD decisions.
21. My claim was decided under the old CRRPD Statute (the Statute on the Establishment of the Iraq Property Claims Commission). However, the provisions of the new CRRPD Statute are much more favourable to me. What should I do?
The CRRPD will review most prior CRRPD decisions in which compensation was at issue and render a supplementary ruling that makes the compensation part of the prior decision consistent with the new CRRPD Statute. See Art. 34 of the new Statute of the Commission for Resolution of Real Property Disputes for further details.
If the decision on your claim involved compensation, you may be contacted by the CRRPD for further information. If compensation was not at issue in your claim, the decision cannot be reviewed under the new CRRPD Statute
22. Have property commissions been used in other countries?
Property commissions have been used as a mechanism for redressing violations of property rights in a number of other countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and South Africa
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