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
- APRIL 26, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 3 BROTHERS HAVE DEATH SENTENCES QUASHED
a judge in Ajman, the United Arab Emirates, ordered the release of three brothers who
- APRIL 20, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: KILLER CAUGHT BETWEEN PARDON AND DEATH
press reports said an Arab man who murdered his wife in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
- APRIL 10, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ASKS FOR HELP TO AVERT GALLOWS
Saudi Arabian Abdul Aziz Al Anzi, convicted of murder in the United Arab Emirates, appealed for help paying blood money or he would be executed after 55 days.
- APRIL 4, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S SHARIA CRITICISM REJECTED BY JUDGE
a judge of the Federal Supreme Court rejected an Amnesty International report condemning
- MARCH 28, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a court in Ajman, the United Arab Emirates, sentenced a Pakistani identified as SH to death for murdering compatriot Emirat Alyoum following a dispute, a newspaper reported.
- MARCH 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH COURT FREES 8 PUNJABI YOUTHS OF MURDER CHARGE
judges Abul Majd Al Sharqawi, Ehab and Aidroos of the Shariat court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, put its seal on the blood money accepted by the father of a murdered Pakistani youth and freed 8 Indians from Punjab and 2 Pakistanis of all charges
- MARCH 24, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
the federal supreme court (FSC) of the United Arab Emirates rejected a life verdict
- MARCH 22, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Criminal Court sentenced unemployed Afghan nationals ANM, 40 and IHZ, 30, to death for fatally stabbing Uzbeki prostitute MH 23 times and stealing Dh600, two mobile phones, a DVD player and perfumes.
- MARCH 15, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN TO BE EXECUTED
the Dubai Criminal Court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced an Indian, identified as MSS, to death for burying two compatriots alive under ground and concealing the dead bodies.
- MARCH 8, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: EXECUTION VERDICT AMENDED
Judge Falah Al Hajri of the Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates amended a verdict issued by the Appellate Court of Fujairah, from life imprisonment to execution for an unidentified man who killed his wife deliberately.
- MARCH 1, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH FOR MAN WHO SET AUNT, UNCLE ABLAZE
a court of cassation in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
- FEBRUARY 27, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING IN VISA FRAUD OPERATION
limousine driver AA, 37, and office manager HM, 27, both Indian nationals, were sentenced to death by the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance in the United Arab Emirates for killing Pakistani national Masoud al Rahman in Al Hamriya August 20, 2009 over