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 13, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING WIFE
in the United Arab Emirates, presiding Judge of the Fujairah Criminal Court of First Instance Saeed Abdullah Masoud sentenced an UAE national to death for murdering his wife in 2009 in the Roll Dedna area.
- JUNE 8, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FIVE FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH ON DRUGS CHARGES
in the United Arab Emirates, an Abu Dhabi court sentenced five foreigners to death in two separate
- JUNE 7, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DUBAI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MOSQUE MURDERER
the death sentence against 30-year-old Emirati, Rashid Al Rashidi, was finalised
- MAY 18, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MURDER
in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai Appeals Court unanimously confirmed the death sentences of two Indian men convicted of murdering and robbing Indian sales executive Y.A.
- MAY 16, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SIX FREED AFTER BANGLADESH PAYS BLOOD MONEY
six Bangladeshi workers sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates three years ago returned home after the Bangladeshi government paid blood money to secure their release.
- MAY 3, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO KILLED LOVER'S HUSBAND
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced R.B., a 27-year-old Indian man, to death for murdering his lover's husband with a club and burning his face with acid.
- APRIL 27, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINORS
in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, two men were sentenced to death
- APRIL 24, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO UAE
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement that the death sentence awarded to 17 Indians in UAE was "a mockery of justice.
- APRIL 21, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE IN ROW OVER PHONE VOLUME
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced
- APRIL 20, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
in the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Federal Supreme Court overturned the 2007 death sentence against American national Shahid King Poliss for murdering German businessman Martin Herbert Steiner, 48, in June 2006.
- APRIL 19, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UAE TO EXECUTE WOMAN FOR KILLING HUSBAND
a court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence against a United Arab Emirates woman for stabbing her husband to death seven years ago, Gulf News daily reported.
- APRIL 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: ANOTHER MULTIPLE DEATH VERDICT GIVEN IN SHARJAH
four United Arab Emirates nationals were sentenced to death for raping and