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 1, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: EXPAT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HEINOUS CRIME
Sharjah Criminal Court sentenced a man to death after being found guilty of killing two brothers inside their apartment in Sajaa Industrial Area.
APRIL 19, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SHARJAH FOR ARMED ROBBERIES
Eight men have been sentenced to death in Sharjah on 18 April 2019 for carrying out a string of armed robberies at money exchanges and cash machines in the emirate last year.
- APRIL 9, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH PENALTY TO MURDERER AFTER CLAIMING MENTAL ILLNESS
The Sharjah Criminal Court sentenced an Asian man with the death penalty for murdering his co-worker, and claiming he suffered from metal illness.
- APRIL 9, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: 8 ALLEGED MURDERERS TO PAY DH 200,000 BLOOD MONEY
The Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance has ordered eight men accused of murder to pay Dh200,000 as blood money to the victim's family, and sentenced them to 3 years and 6 months' in jail followed by deportation, Khaleejtimes reported on 8 April 2019.
- APRIL 4, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING COUSIN OVER DH400
A farm worker, who killed his cousin because the victim demanded that he pay back the Dh400 he owed, has been sentenced to death.
MARCH 27, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ASIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
The Fujairah Criminal Court has sentenced an Asian man to death for killing his wife, an Arab woman.
- JANUARY 1, 2019United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
The death penalty is rarely applied in the UAE...
DECEMBER 24, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ASIAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE
The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court sentenced an Asian to execution on charges of throttling his colleague to death with ghotra (cloth used by a community to form a turban out of the same), The Gulf Today reported on 18 December 2018.
DECEMBER 22, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN WHO KILLED, RAPED PAKISTANI BOY
The Abu Dhabi Cassation Court on 22 December 2018 upheld the death sentence of a Pakistani man for raping and brutally murdering an 11-year-old boy.
- DECEMBER 4, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN KNIFES BOSS FOR WITHHOLDING SALARY FOR SEX, GETS DEATH PENALTY
A worker accused of killing his boss for refusing a salary increase has been sentenced to death, khaleejtimes.com reported on 29 November 2018.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR STABBING GUARD WITH KNIFE
A construction worker, who stabbed a security guard to death using a kitchen knife, has lost his appeal against the death sentence, khaleejtimes reported on 31 October 2018.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY AFTER KILLING COLLEAGUE WITH IRON BAR
A man has been sentenced to death for killing a colleague with an iron bar after arguing at breakfast in Ajman, The National reported on 18 November 2018.