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
- JANUARY 1, 2001United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Gulf countries, including the Emirates, do not tolerate...
Gulf countries, including the Emirates, do not tolerate drug possession even in small quantities
- AUGUST 20, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A 29-year-old Afghan man who strangled a woman to death...
A 29-year-old Afghan man who strangled a woman to death with a pair of trousers was sentenced to death by the Dubai Court of First Instance
- JULY 14, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Cassation Court confirmed death sentences issued to N
The Cassation Court confirmed death sentences issued to N
- JUNE 7, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Fujairah Sharia Court sentenced to death Ali Rashid...
The Fujairah Sharia Court sentenced to death Ali Rashid Sagheer, 40, for shooting a neighbour dead in Masafi in 1999
- JUNE 6, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Kuwait has handed over a wanted Moslem militant to...
Kuwait has handed over a wanted Moslem militant to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates has almost certainly deported another, said a London-based Islamist, Yasser el-Serri, who runs the Islamic Observation Centre pressure group
- JUNE 5, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE deported Mohamed al-Zawahri, deputy leader of Egypt's...
UAE deported Mohamed al-Zawahri, deputy leader of Egypt's Jihad (Holy War) group, to Cairo, said a London-based Islamist, Yasser el-Serri, who runs the Islamic Observation Centre pressure group
- JUNE 3, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The UAE Central Bank called for the death penalty to...
The UAE Central Bank called for the death penalty to be applied worldwide for drug trafficking
- MAY 19, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against...
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence against a [unidentified] policeman who murdered his two uncles after discovering his brother had secretly married his cousin
- APRIL 25, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates commuted...
An appeals court in the United Arab Emirates commuted a sentence against an Indonesian woman from death by stoning for adultery to one year in prison
- APRIL 18, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to...
Four [unidentified] Pakistani men were sentenced to death for drug dealing by a UAE court
- APRIL 17, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
A Dubai appeals court upheld a death sentence against...
A Dubai appeals court upheld a death sentence against a 31-year-old Afghan man for possessing and selling drugs
- APRIL 12, 2000United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The Dubai appeal court upheld the sentence on a 28-year-old...
The Dubai appeal court upheld the sentence on a 28-year-old Indian, identified only as a male, for stabbing to death a former colleague in 1998