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 20, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: NEW ANTI-TERROR LAW APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
AUGUST 5, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: CHARITY GROUP PAYS DIYA TO VICTIM’S FAMILY
An Emirati sentenced to death in Ras Al Khaimah escaped execution after blood money for the victim’s
- JULY 25, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER POLICE OFFICER’S MURDER
The brutal murder of an Ajman Police officer three years ago has been finally laid to rest with the Ajman
- JULY 22, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY BY DUBAI COURT FOR KILLING HIS EMPLOYER
MR, a 31-year-old Pakistani clerk who killed his employer and robbed him before fleeing the UAE, was
- JULY 22, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: PEOPLE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY UNDER FNC LAW PROPOSAL
People convicted of terrorism in the UAE could face the death penalty under new legislation being
JULY 5, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAJOR RELIEF FOR 17 INDIANS; COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCES
Seventeen Indians, who were sentenced to death in UAE in March this year, received a big reprieve ahead
MAY 27, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ABU DHABI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ONE OF THREE BROTHERS CONVICTED OF KILLING OMANIS
The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence for one of three Emirati brothers convicted of
MAY 15, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABU DHABI
A criminal court in Abu Dhabi sentenced a drug dealer from another Gulf country to death after he was
MAY 4, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING IN ABU DHABI
An Abu Dhabi criminal court sentenced an Asian housemaid to death by stoning after she was found guilty
- APRIL 30, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF KILLER IN FUJAIRAH
Upholding a lower court’s verdict, the Fujairah Court of Appeal sentenced an Emirati man to death for
- MARCH 23, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR JANITOR CONVICTED OF SCHOOLGIRL RAPE
A janitor sentenced to death for raping a seven-year-old schoolgirl had his sentence upheld by the Appeals
MARCH 9, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 30-year-old Pakistani man in Dubai (UAE) was sentenced to death for trafficking four kilogrammes of