University of Tehran Law Quarterly 2588-5618 38 2 2008 06 21 COMPETENT COURT FOR ANNULMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION COMPETENT COURT FOR ANNULMENT OF ARBITRAL AWARD IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 27078 FA Journal Article 1970 01 01 One of the complicated debates in international commercial arbitration law is the matter of judicial competence for examination of challenge over arbitral awards and annulment proceedings. In the first part of this essay, I have tried to clarify that judicial competence on annulment proceedings is limited to national or domestic arbitral awards and then, to give main criteria for determination of nationality of arbitral awards based on their popularity and acceptance in the world. Incompatibility among the said criteria, specially the two main criteria i.e. criterion of place of issuance of the award and criterion of law of procedure, have caused undesirable effects like positive and negative conflict of jurisdictions over challenge proceedings. This problem and relative solutions for decreasing the indicated effects are studied in the second part of the essay. One of the complicated debates in international commercial arbitration law is the matter of judicial competence for examination of challenge over arbitral awards and annulment proceedings. In the first part of this essay, I have tried to clarify that judicial competence on annulment proceedings is limited to national or domestic arbitral awards and then, to give main criteria for determination of nationality of arbitral awards based on their popularity and acceptance in the world. Incompatibility among the said criteria, specially the two main criteria i.e. criterion of place of issuance of the award and criterion of law of procedure, have caused undesirable effects like positive and negative conflict of jurisdictions over challenge proceedings. This problem and relative solutions for decreasing the indicated effects are studied in the second part of the essay. Annulment of Arbitral Award. Challenge of Arbitral Award Domestic Arbitral Award Foreign Arbitral Award Geographical Criterion/ Place of Issuance of Arbitral Award Jurisdiction/ Judicial Competence Nationality of Arbitral Award Procedural Criterion https://jlq.ut.ac.ir/article_27078_dbb80a3d32340917a1dc8d7d43b2a8d1.pdf