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The legal system in the United Arab Emirates is based on civil law, and Sharia law in the personal status matters of Muslims and blood money compensation. [1] Personal status matters of non-Muslims are based on civil law. [2] The UAE constitution established a federal court system and allows all emirates to establish local courts systems. [3]
Any Arab family settled in any of the member Emirates during or before year 1925, and who has maintained Emirati residence until the coming into force of enforcement of Federal Law No.17 of 1972. A person born in the UAE or abroad to an Emirati father. A person born in the UAE or abroad to an Emirati mother and whose affiliation to the father ...
The UAE's Federal Penal Code does not replace the legal system of each emirate, [8] unless it is contrary to the federal law. Persons may be charged under the Federal Penal Code, or under a local (emirate) penal code. [9] Adherence of the country's legal and justice system to sharia [a] allows for capital punishment as a legal penalty for some ...
Since 2020, stoning is no longer a legal method for carrying out executions following an amendment to the Federal Penal Code. [6] Before 2020, stoning was the default method of execution for adultery, [7] and several people were sentenced to death by stoning. [8] [9] [10] [11]
The Institute of Training and Judicial Studies (ITJS) based in Abu Dhabi was established on December 14, 1992. The Cabinet issued Resolution N 14 of 1992 that officially establishes this institute. In 2004, a federal law confirmed the federal status of the institute. Institute of Training and Judicial Studies (ITJS) undertakes several missions:
The 2022 population of the UAE stands at 9.4 million, [3] Only approximately 20% of residents are UAE citizens. [4] According to the CIA World Fact Book, 76% of the residents are Muslim, 9% are Christian, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15%. [5]
The meeting room where the first constitution was signed on 2 December 1971 in Dubai. Today it is part of the Etihad Museum.. The Historically independent kingdoms, the modern emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates and the modern kingdoms of Qatar and Bahrain entered into a treaty with the United Kingdom in 1853 and agreed to a Perpetual Maritime Truce with the UK; the kingdoms were ...
The Federal National Council (the FNC) is one of the five federal bodies of the UAE, and is the consultative parliamentary organ of the federal government. The 40-member council consists of 20 members appointed by the rulers of each emirate, and the other 20 are voted by a selected electoral college.