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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 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]
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 UAE federal government was formed on 2 December 1971, when the rulers of five emirates, formerly part of the Trucial States established the United Arab Emirates.The Constitution established the federal government and outlined its mandates and jurisdictions in Article 120 and Article 121.
The federal justice system is defined in the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates, with the Federal Supreme Court based at Abu Dhabi. [1] As of 2023, only the emirates of Abu Dhabi , Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah have local court systems, while all other emirates use the federal court system for all legal proceedings.
The Federal Supreme Council (Arabic: المجلس الأعلى للاتحاد, lit. 'Supreme Council of the Union'), also known as the Supreme Council of Rulers, [1] is the highest constitutional authority in the United Arab Emirates, being the highest legislative and executive body. [2]
Despite the UAE constitution stating that prisoners should be released when they turn 70, Mr Cornelius wrote in his letter to Sir Keir that his sentence has been tripled, upon request by the DIB.
Politics of the United Arab Emirates take place in a framework of a federal presidential elective constitutional monarchy [1] (a federation of absolute monarchies). [2] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven constituent monarchies: the Emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.