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 PENALTY
UAE: 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 PENALTY
UAE: 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 PENALTY
UAE FREES UKRAINIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sharia Court of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) released a Ukrainian citizen convicted
MARCH 27, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 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, 2013ComorosDEATH PENALTYDUBAI: COURT OVERTURNS DRIVER’S DEATH PENALTY
A court in Dubai overturned a driver’s death penalty and acquitted him of killing
MARCH 20, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYUAE: 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...