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
- OCTOBER 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED
the Appellate Court in Ras Al Khaimah, the United Arab Emirates, commuted the death sentence to three years in jail, to be followed by deportation, after the parents of the victim forgave the suspect.
- OCTOBER 19, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY IN REFRIGERATOR TRUCK MURDER
MS, 23, a driver from Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for locking an acquaintance in a refrigerated truck, then killing him over a financial disagreement in February 2011.
- OCTOBER 12, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, Emirati K.D.A., 22, was sentenced to death by the Fujairah Criminal Court for stabbing to death an Arab national following an argument during a wedding ceremony in June 2010.
- OCTOBER 11, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAID AND BOYFRIEND GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
Ahmed Saeed Al Naqabi of the Khorfakkan Criminal Court of First Instance in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an unidentified housemaid and her boyfriend, both from Bangladesh, to death for murdering the maid's Emirati employer Layla Al Gawi, 42, at her
- OCTOBER 9, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: NEW DEATH SENTENCE IN FATAL BOOTLEGGING BRAWL
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Court of Appeal upheld the death penalty for MSJ, the leader of an armed alcohol bootlegging gang, and increased the sentence for his associate, AS, from life to death for kidnapping, raping and burying two men alive
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: INDIANS ON SHARJAH DEATH ROW TO WALK FREE
seventeen Indians who are on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for murdering
- AUGUST 14, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: HOUSEMAID SENTENCED TO DEATH RETURNS HOME
Sri Lankan housemaid Abdul Kareem Kanzul Maharifa
- AUGUST 6, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY OF UAE SUPPORTS EXECUTION
almost two-thirds of residents back the death penalty and almost three-quarters support execution for murder, a new survey suggests.
- AUGUST 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: RAS AL KHAIMAH KILLER HOUSEMAID TO BE EXECUTED
a criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates sentenced Ethiopian housemaid S. Burhanu, 23, to death for robbing and murdering her Moroccan employer, 35, and her three-year-old daughter in August 2010 after an argument.
- JULY 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT PARDONS 17 MEN ON DEATH ROW
the 17 Indian men on death row in the United Arab Emirates for murdering a Pakistani man were pardoned by a Sharjah court after the victim's family agreed to accept Dh3.4 million in blood money.
- JULY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DH3.4M BLOOD MONEY AGREEMENT REACHED FOR 17 INDIANS SENTENCED FOR MURDER
seventeen Indian men convicted of killing Pakistani labourer Misri Nazir Khan in the Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in January 2009...
- JUNE 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an appeals court in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates sentenced a young unidentified Asian man to death. He had been sentenced to seven years prison for murdering his cousin following a dispute over a used car.