United Arab Emirates
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- Federation with specific powers delegated to the federal government and other powers reserved for the individual emirates - monarchical federation
- CONSTITUTION
- December 2, 1971, made permanent in 1996
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on a dual system of sharia or Islamic law and civil courts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Federal National Council (Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Union Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the Head of State
RELIGIONS
96% Muslims, 4% Christians and Hindus
From the country
MAY 23, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 3 BROTHERS GET DEATH FOR MURDER
The three brothers who were convicted of killing two Omani nationals in Al Ain city
- APRIL 25, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah...
a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah...
APRIL 14, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FATHER OF DEAD SON WANTS KILLER DRIVER TO PAY WITH HIS LIFE
A dad is refusing to accept blood money from the driver involved in a crash that killed his son
- APRIL 10, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Fujairah Criminal Court sentenced a UAE national...
the Fujairah Criminal Court sentenced a UAE national...
- APRIL 8, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
an appeal court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
an appeal court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
MARCH 28, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE FREES UKRAINIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sharia Court of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) released a Ukrainian citizen convicted
- MARCH 27, 2013EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DUBAI COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE
A housemaid who stabbed a co-worker to death with a kitchen knife in an unexplained
MARCH 25, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAN WHO MURDERED PREGNANT WIFE HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
A man sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for murdering his wife had his sentence
MARCH 23, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYDUBAI: COURT OVERTURNS DRIVER’S DEATH PENALTY
A court in Dubai overturned a driver’s death penalty and acquitted him of killing
- MARCH 20, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAID, LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The UAE’s top court sentenced a Bangladeshi housemaid and her lover to death after they
- MARCH 13, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BRITON AND SYRIAN ON DEATH ROW ESCAPE EXECUTION AS SENTENCE COMMUTED
Two men sentenced to death for drug dealing had their sentence commuted to four years
- FEBRUARY 26, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
the Fujairah Court of Appeals, United Arab Emirates...
the Fujairah Court of Appeals, United Arab Emirates...