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
- AUGUST 2, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On August 2, an 36-year-old Iranian man was sentenced...
On August 2, an 36-year-old Iranian man was sentenced to death by a Dubai court for dealing in heroin
- JULY 22, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
United Arab Emirates signed the letter, dated 22 July...
United Arab Emirates signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death
- JUNE 1, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On June 1, a 33-year-old Pakistani man was executed...
On June 1, a 33-year-old Pakistani man was executed for murdering a 15-year-old Pakistani girl, whose family had refused him her hand in marriage
- JUNE 1, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
In June, United Kingdom Transport Minister Glenda Jackson...
In June, United Kingdom Transport Minister Glenda Jackson intervened on behalf of British mariners who fear they could face the death penalty if they are caught polluting the waters of the Persian Gulf
- MAY 22, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On May 22, the Cassation Court said it would hand down...
On May 22, the Cassation Court said it would hand down a final ruling on May 29 in the case of a Canadian sentenced to death for drug dealing
- APRIL 30, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On April 30, the Cassation Court upheld the death sentence...
On April 30, the Cassation Court upheld the death sentence against Iranian Mahdi Attallah Tchawerzi for peddling 800g of heroin and opium
- MARCH 13, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, John Aquino, a Filipino man who had been...
On March 13, John Aquino, a Filipino man who had been on death row for 10 years in the United Arab Emirates, had his death sentence for murder commuted to 15 years in jail
- JANUARY 1, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, rape, treason, aggravated...
Capital crimes are: murder, rape, treason, aggravated robbery, apostasy and drug offenses
- JANUARY 1, 1999United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
In November, Ambassador Khaled Abdalla Bukraa, speaking...
In November, Ambassador Khaled Abdalla Bukraa, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly on item 107 (crime prevention and criminal justice), said, "We want to underscore the importance of punishing drug pushers, and also drug users, in the