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
- JUNE 20, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING PREGNANT WIFE
an Abu Dhabi appeals court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an unidentified
- JUNE 17, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY IMPASSE HITS SHARJAH DEATH ROW CASE
stalled negotiations over blood money forced the Sharjah Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates to adjourn again its hearing to June 20 in the case of 17 Indians sentenced to death by the Sharjah Sharia Court for the murder of a Pakistani bootlegger.
- JUNE 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FORMER FOOTBALLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Former Emirati football player Fayez Juma was sentenced to death for premeditated
- JUNE 2, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD AGAINST TWO AFGHANS WHO KILLED SEX WORKER
in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Appeals Court's Presiding Judge Mustafa Al Shennawi upheld the death sentence against Afghan nationals A.N., 40, and I.H., 30, for fatally stabbing an Uzbek prostitute 23 times and stealing her mobile phone.
- MAY 31, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: BLOOD MONEY PAID, 3 PUNJABI YOUTHS RETURN HOME FROM DUBAI
after being released from death row in Sharjah central jail in the United Arab Emirates
- MAY 26, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING
the Criminal Court of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, sentenced two Asians to
- MAY 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
YOUTHS ON DEATH ROW: BLOOD MONEY PRODUCED IN COURT
the 46 lakh blood money to be paid to the family of the deceased Pakistan national by 17 Indian youths on death row in the United Arab Emirates and their families...
- MAY 17, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH FOR WATCHMAN FOR KILLING OWNER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a Bangladeshi watchman for killing his employer and landlord in 2005.
- MAY 9, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY OF SAILOR FOR KILLING MAID COMMUTED
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Court of Appeal commuted the death penalty of an Asian sailor and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The unidentified man allegedly confessed to police that he strangled an unidentified maid in a car so she wouldn't
- APRIL 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH-ROW WOMAN IS FREED ON APPEAL
an Emirati woman was acquitted by the Abu Dhabi High Court after spending more than seven years on death row for fatally shooting her brother-in-law in Al Gharbia in January 2004 after he raped her twice.
- APRIL 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY SAVES MAN FROM GALLOWS
an man who murdered his wife in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, had his death sentence commuted to five years in prison after the victim’s relatives accepted bloody money and pardoned him.
- APRIL 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR DESERT RAPE
in the United Arab Emirates, the Supreme Court confirmed the death penalty of a man who