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 3, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: INDIAN BUSINESSMAN PAYS ‘BLOOD MONEY’ TO SAVE MAN ON DEATH ROW
A Keralite who was awaiting capital execution in the United Arab Emirates for causing the death of a young boy got a new lease of life as NRI tycoon M A Yusuff Ali extended a helping hand by paying a compensation (blood money) of Rs 10 million (500,000 di
APRIL 14, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH PARDONED BY VICTIM'S FAMILY
The Sharjah Court of Appeal has reduced a sentence of death issued against a 34-year-old Asian accused of killing his roommate to seven years in prison, Khaleej Times reported on 14 April 2021.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR FORCED SEX WITH A MINOR, 'HONOR CRIMES'
So-called "honor crimes" will now be punishable like any other crimes in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after the Gulf state announced a sweeping overhaul of its Islamic legal code on 7 November 2020.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: SUPREME COURT QUASHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS; FRESH TRIAL ORDERED
Two men convicted of dealing heroin have had their death sentences overturned by the UAE’s top court, Khaleej Times reported on 4 November 2020.
MARCH 25, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF FATHER WHO SEXUALLY ABUSED DAUGHTER
The Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court of Appeal has upheld the death sentence earlier issued against an Asian father after he was found guilty of sexually abusing his minor daughter, Khaleej Times reported on 25 March 2020.
- MARCH 9, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DUO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING BROTHER
The Dubai Criminal Court on 7 March 2020 pronounced the death sentence on two Asians, who strangled their brother to death in an ‘honour killing.’
FEBRUARY 28, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: COURT ORDERS EXECUTION FOR ‘PREMEDITATED MURDER’
The Ajman Criminal Court sentenced to death an Arab man for premeditatedly murdering his friend after stabbing his heart, Gulf Today reported on 27 February 2020. The parents of the victim have refused the blood money.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FATHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING DAUGHTER
An Asian national was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah Criminal Court after it found him guilty of sexually abusing his minor daughter, MENAFN reported on 27 February 2020.
- JANUARY 30, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR WHITE WEAPON KILLER IN AJMAN
A criminal court in the United Arab Emirates ordered on 26 January 2020 the execution of a convict in the 2018 death of 2 Emirati youths who died a sword fight.
- JANUARY 1, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
- OCTOBER 18, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR TWO ASIANS ACCUSED OF RAPE AND MURDER OF A WOMAN
The Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi on 8 October 2019 upheld the death sentences of two Asian men in connection to the rape and murder of a woman in the UAE.
- JULY 29, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR EXPAT WHO KILLED MAN INSIDE MOSQUE
A Uae resident who shot a man dead inside a mosque in Al Ain in 2017 has been sentenced to death, the Khaleej Times reported on 29 July 2019.