The Law Department at the College of Law and Politics at the University of Human Development hosted a seminar on 27th November 2023 on the Iraqi laws that are related to nationality and national identity. The speaker was Mr Bestun Sleman Hama Amin, who is an officer and holds the rank of colonel at Sulaymaniyah Nationality Directorate, and the attendees were all students of the Law. This topic of the seminar was closely connected to the Private International Law module.

Colonel Bestun explained the conditions that should be met and the procedures someone has to go through to obtain Iraqi nationality. He clarified the services that his directorate offers to people and the different applications it receives. Dr Asos Namiq Brakhas from the Law Department was the seminar moderator.

As an appreciation for Colonel Bestun’s effort, the Dean of the College of Law and Politics Asst Prof. Dr Kanaan Hamahgarib Abdullah presented the Certificate of Appreciation to him and the UHD President Prof. Dr Mariwan Ahmed Rasheed met him in his office and presented a glass plaque to him which had the UHD logo on it.