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
- MAY 29, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has condemned...
An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has condemned an Emirati man to death for raping four children
- MAY 8, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A teenager who was handed the death penalty on the...
A teenager who was handed the death penalty on the charge of dealing in narcotics has realised what a difference a day makes
- APRIL 7, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A majority of people in the UAE support death penalty...
A majority of people in the UAE support death penalty for drug traffickers, according to a survey conducted by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Dubai Police
- APRIL 6, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
In an unprecedented ruling, the Dubai Cassation Court...
In an unprecedented ruling, the Dubai Cassation Court ruled that if a prisoner sentenced to death is sick, his condition will not delay or stop the execution
- APRIL 2, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but...
An Australian woman has escaped the death penalty but will spend five years in a Middle East jail after being found guilty on drugs charges
- MARCH 31, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The court of appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld...
The court of appeal in the United Arab Emirates upheld the verdict of a court of lower instance condemning Ukrainian Andriy Svirid to death for assassination
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed...
The Ukrainian embassy in the United Arab Emirates appealed to court institutions in Dubai, asking them to commute the death sentence given to Andrei Svirid, who was condemned on February 9 for the murder of a Dubai jeweller
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death...
The lawyer of a Ukrainian citizen sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates on February 9 for murder is preparing an appeal
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- JANUARY 17, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty...
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty after being charged with drug dealing in the United Arab Emirates
- JANUARY 1, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Under 1995 laws, drug smugglers in the UAE face death...
Under 1995 laws, drug smugglers in the UAE face death by firing squad, although no executions are known to have taken place
- JANUARY 1, 2002United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On april 6, 2000, a Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled...
On april 6, 2000, a Ras al-Khaimah sharia court ruled that anyone found guilty of employing a magician to cast a spell on others will be sentenced to death because the practice violates Islamic law and is therefore blasphemous