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Some financial free trade zones in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have their own legal and court systems based on English common law; local businesses in both emirates are allowed to opt-in to the jurisdiction of common law courts for business contracts. [4] [5] [6] The justice system in the UAE has been characterized as opaque.
The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (Arabic: دائرة القضاء) is the Abu Dhabi government agency responsible for maintaining the local justice system of Abu Dhabi. The department maintains the emirate's courts (courts of first instance and appeals, and the Abu Dhabi Court of Cassation), an independent public prosecutor office, and a judgement enforcement force.
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. [2]
The president and the members of the Supreme Court can by no means be removed from their offices, except in the following cases: death, resignation, completion of term or secondment, retirement, permanent disability that prevent a judge from undertaking their duties, disciplinary discharge and finally "appointment to other offices, with their ...
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.
The law, however, does not recognize guilt by association with Abu Ghraib.” The case has bounced through the courts since 2008, and CACI has tried roughly 20 times to have it tossed out of court ...
[11] [12] In November 2018, Abu Dhabi court sentenced Hedges to life imprisonment in the UAE on charges of spying and providing confidential information to outside sources. [6] [13] [14] According to The National newspaper, a life sentence in the UAE consists of a maximum of 25 years in jail, followed by deportation for non-Emiratis. [15]
The Presidential Court (Arabic: وزارة شؤون الرئاسة), formerly known as the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, [1] is a government ministry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), [2] tasked with providing administrative, advisory, and executive support to the President of the UAE. It plays a role in implementing presidential ...