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Following the invasion of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates condemned the Iraqi aggression, supported Kuwaiti independence and rapidly opened all of its airports for coalition use. [1] Additionally, ports and shipyard facilities in the UAE were made available for the deployment of coalition forces. [ 1 ]
Adhering to and maintaining the rules of procedure that govern both civil and criminal courts; Investigating and prosecuting crime in accordance with the provisions of law; responsibilities extend to both serious crimes and misdemeanor; Supervising prisons; Providing technical expertise to parties and other government departments
Under the UAE constitution all defendants are innocent until proven guilty. Trials are public except for trials involving national security or cases where any evidence, testimonies or results the judge deems to be detrimental to societal morality. [12] Criminal cases involve no juries.
[11] These courts are the lowest level of the federal judiciary, courts are divided into criminal, civil and personal status (Sharia) courts, which only handle personal status matters of Muslims. Civil courts accept all legal cases that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the criminal or Sharia courts, including personal status matters of non ...
Kuwait's Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an article of the penal code criminalising the imitation of the opposite sex, in a move welcomed by Amnesty International as a "major ...
In June 2015, the Federal Supreme Court sentenced an Emirati terrorist, Alaa Bader al-Hashemi, to death for the murder of Ibolya Ryan and planting a "handmade bomb" in an Egyptian-American doctor's home in Abu Dhabi. The woman committed the crime in December 2014 and was executed at dawn on 13 July 2015.
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court on Wednesday sentenced 43 dissidents to life in prison for operating what it said was a Muslim Brotherhood group that aimed to commit attacks in the country ...
The UAE and Yemen have a complex and strained relationship, as the UAE has played a significant role in regional politics in Yemen, and has at various points been an adversary of the country, as the UAE's involvement in Yemen, for example the United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra, and its support for the Southern Transitional Council, a ...