Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq chairs meeting on changing court documents to Kurdish, standardizing Kurdish legal terminology across institutions

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 6 September 2022 met with representatives of the Judicial Council, the Integrity Commission, the Kurdish Academy and Parliament departments to discuss a proposed national strategic plan to use Kurdish for courts’ legal documents.

The participants discussed the steps and mechanisms required to prepare an official dictionary of legal terms for different areas of law. They said that it is essential to formalize and standardize legal terminology for the work of Kurdistan Region’s institutions.

The delegation thanked Speaker Faiq for offering Parliament’s practical and moral support for the preparation of the dictionary.

The Kurdistan Region Integrity Commission has proposed a national strategic plan to use the Kurdish language for court documents.