Legal Regulation of the Residence of Foreigners in Iraq - a study in the context Aliens Residence Law No. 76 of 2017

Abstract

The international legal system of each state recognizes the state's right to regulate the legal status of people who are subject to its sovereignty and to organize life within its society, and the state is obligated to recognize and respect that system. Iraq, according to Law No. 67 of 2017 on the residence of foreigners, that freedom of movement is one of the basic human rights, and it is natural for a person to be free to move from his country to which he politically belongs to another country. The recognition by states of a certain limit of rights for foreigners has become an international norm without which life would not be upright, as these rights are the basis for the establishment of international relations. The legal status of foreigners is determined according to the national (local) law of the country in which the foreigner's status is to be determined. This determination of the status of foreigners determines the general rights and the aliens' rights as the alien cannot exercise this right unless the national law recognizes it.