Enforceability In international litigation, parties must generally resolve their dispute in the national courts of one of the parties. If the unsuccessful party has no assets in that country, the successful party might need to enforce the judgment in another country. This will depend on the existence of enforcement provisions in that country and can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes ineffective. In contrast, a simple procedure for enforcing arbitration awards internationally is provided by the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (‘New York Convention’) which is in force in some 145 countries.