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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Anti-Terrorism Law Approved (Aug. 27, 2014) On August 21, 2014, the Prince of the United Arab Emirates approved Law 7-2014 on combating terrorism and terrorist activities. The new law is aimed at preventing citizens of the United Arab Emirates from joining or establishing terrorist organizations inside the country or abroad. (Anti-Terror Law Approved by the United Arab Emirates […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2014-08-27
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Federal Judgeship for Women (Feb. 2, 2008) On January 6, 2008, the Minister of Justice of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohammed Bin Nakhira al-Daheri, said that the Ministry of Justice is amending the law to allow women to serve in the federal judiciary. He added that women are being trained at the Judicial Institute and will be prepared […]
- Contributor: Saliba, Issam
- Date: 2008-02-02
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: New Law Banning Discrimination (July 22, 2015) On July 20, 2015, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of religion or ethnic identity. The law also bans discrimination on the grounds of caste, doctrine, color, or race. (Steven Wildberger, UAE Issues Religious Tolerance Law, PAPER CHASE (July 21, 2015).) The Attorney-General of the […]
- Contributor: Johnson, Constance
- Date: 2015-07-22
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Federal Government Announces New Working Hours On December 7, 2021, the federal government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that federal government departments are to change their weekly working hours effective January 1, 2022. Under the new working hours system, public sector employees at the ministerial level will work a four-and-a-half-day workweek. The Emirates News Agency has stated that this … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Federal Government Announces...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2021-12-12
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Regulating Foreign Labor Recruitment Agencies On August 22, 2022, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) Ministry of Human Resources conducted a virtual bilateral collaboration meeting with the Thai Ministry of Labor on the recruitment of workers from Thailand’s workforce. During the meeting the parties discussed a number of labor issues, one of which is the regulation of employment agencies in the … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Regulating Foreign Labor...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2022-09-12
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Refusal to Appoint Non-Muslims to Judiciary (July 2, 2008) On June 17, 2008, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates, a consultative body, held a closed session that the media was not allowed to attend, in which a proposed amendment to the law of the judiciary was discussed. Sources revealed to the newspaper ASHARQ ALAWSAT that the Council did […]
- Contributor: Saliba, Issam
- Date: 2008-07-02
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Parliament Passes New Law Regulating Volunteer Work (May 17, 2018) On April 19, 2018, the Federal National Council (Federal Parliament) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) passed a new law regulating volunteer work in the country. The law applies to volunteer work, volunteers, volunteer teams, and volunteer organizations. The purpose of the law, according to the National Council, is “to spread and […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2018-05-17
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Decree-Law Amends Current Family Law (Dec. 22, 2020) On August 28, 2020, the president of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, signed Decree-Law No. 5 of 2020, which amends a number of provisions of the country’s family law, Law No. 28 of 2005. Those provisions regulate issues of (1) financial support provided by the husband to the […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2020-12-22
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: New Law to Support Domestic Workers (Nov. 9, 2017) On September 26, 2017, Sheikh Khalifa, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), issued Federal Law No. 10 of 2017. The new Law is aimed at strengthening the legal measures for the protection of domestic service workers. (President Issues Law on Support Service Workers, Cabinet of the UAE website (Sept. 26, 2017).) […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2017-11-09
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Supreme Council Elects New President of the Union On May 14, 2022, the United Arab Emirates’ Supreme Council of the Union elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the ruler of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as the new president of the union and pledged allegiance to him. The election came after the death of the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Supreme Council Elects...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2022-06-09
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Three Arabs Accused of Human Trafficking in Dubai (Aug. 25, 2010) On August 18, 2010, the Criminal Court of Dubai tried three individuals from Egypt, Morocco, and Lebanon for smuggling Moroccan women into Dubai to work as prostitutes. The women had been told that they would be working as house maids in the United Arab Emirates. Once the women arrived in Dubai, the […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2010-08-25
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Personal Status Law for Non-Muslims Enters into Force On February 1, 2023, family courts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began implementing Federal Decree Law No. 41 of 2022 regulating matters of family law for non-Muslims residing in the United Arab Emirates.Contents of Law No. 41 of 2022Law No. 41 of 2022 consists of 18 provisions that institute a substantive secular personal-status legal regime exclusively … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Personal...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2023-03-13
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Dubai to Introduce Regulations Governing Operation of Commercial Driverless Vehicles by 2022 On October 27, 2021, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the emirate of Dubai, one of the nine emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), would issue regulations related to the use of commercial autonomous vehicles by 2022.In April 2021, the RTA signed an agreement with the US-based autonomous-car manufacturer Cruise, contracting … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Dubai to Introduce...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2021-11-16
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: New Law Regulating Work of Foreign Domestic Workers Adopted On September 15, 2022, the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) passed Federal Decree-Law No. 9 of 2022 concerning Domestic Workers. This decree-law is aimed at creating better work conditions for domestic workers in the UAE by establishing rights and protections for them. The law also establishes responsibilities that must be fulfilled by employers … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: New Law Regulating...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2023-01-04
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: New Law Imposes Sanctions on Online Demands for Regime Change (Nov. 19, 2012) On November 13, 2012, the United Arab Emirates amended Federal Law 2-2006 on electronic crimes. The amended legislation includes provisions that punish anyone convicted of using digital means to call for a regime change, to tarnish the reputation of the federal government, or to post sarcastic comments about public officials. The new […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2012-11-19
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ArticleEgypt and United Arab Emirates: COVID-19 Vaccine Ruled Permissible under Islamic Law (Jan. 22, 2021) In December 2020, the official Islamic religious institutions in both Egypt and United Arab Emirates issued fatwas (Islamic rulings) permitting the use of the COVID-19 vaccine. Egypt On December 22, 2020, the secretary general of the Egyptian Dar al-Iftaa, the religious authority responsible for issuing religious decrees, announced that the COVID-19 vaccine […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2021-01-22
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: New Decree-Law Abolishes Law on Boycott of Israel (Sept. 9, 2020) On August 29, 2020, the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, issued Federal Decree-Law No. 4 of 2020, abolishing Federal Law No. 15 of 1972 on the Boycott of the State of Israel. The abolishment of Law No. 15 of 1972 comes after the UAE […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2020-09-09
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: New Law Issued Creating Value-Added Tax on Transactions (Oct. 3, 2017) On August 28, 2017, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Finance announced the issuance of Federal Law No. 8 of 2017 on Value-Added Tax (VAT). (Federal Law No. 8 of 2017 on VAT, UAE Ministry of Finance website (Aug. 28, 2017) (click on the PDF icon to view text of the law).) […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2017-10-03
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Federal Supreme Court Orders Drivers to Pay Blood Money After Killing Pedestrians (Aug. 22, 2018) The Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered faulty drivers in two separate cases of traffic fatalities to pay compensation to the victims’ families. According to Islamic law, anyone causing the death or injury of another person accidentally or intentionally is required to pay a form of financial […]
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2018-08-22
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Good Samaritan Pays Blood Money to Save Young Men from Execution (June 15, 2017) An appeals court in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, issued a decision on May 25, 2017, absolving ten young Indian men from Punjab of the murder of a Pakistani fellow worker. The men were pardoned after a Dubai-based businessman paid blood money to the victim’s father.  (Anju Agnihotri Chaba, Back from Death […]
- Contributor: Lerner, Barry
- Date: 2017-06-15
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Israeli Citizen Sentenced to Death for Drug Trafficking in Abu Dhabi On March 30, 2022, the Federal First Instance Criminal Court of Abu Dhabi sentenced Fida Kiwan, an Israeli citizen, to death after finding her guilty of trafficking illegal narcotics. (Case No. 690 of 2021.) The defendant is the first Israeli citizen to be convicted of a criminal offense by an Emirati court. According to news … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Israeli Citizen Sentenced...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2022-04-18
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Special Human Trafficking Court to Be Established in Dubai (Oct. 28, 2010) According to a statement given recently by Judge Ahmed Ibrahim Saif to the EMARAT AL YOUM newspaper, Dubai is planning to set up a special court to handle cases of human trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation. It will be an extension of the Criminal Court and is designed to increase the […]
- Contributor: Johnson, Constance
- Date: 2010-10-28
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Emirate of Abu Dhabi Ratifies Executive Regulation for New Family Law Permitting Civil Marriage On February 6, 2022, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and the head of the Judicial Department in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, ratified the executive regulation of Law No. 14 of 2021 concerning the Personal Status for Non-Muslim Foreigners in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. According … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Emirate of Abu...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2022-03-27
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia: New Multiple Entry Visa Regulating Residency of Foreigners to Be Issued During FIFA World Cup In August 2022, the governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia announced the issuance of new multiple-entry visas regulating the residency of foreign nationals attending the FIFA World Cup Soccer Tournament in Qatar beginning November 20, 2022.Because Qatar anticipates hosting over 1.2 million people during the tournament, it expects accommodation shortages, so … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia: New...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2022-10-04
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ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: Dubai Police Report Increase in Incidents of Unattended Children Trapped in Hot Cars and Homes On June 16, 2021, the Dubai Police Department Search and Rescue Division announced that its teams had responded to 182 reports of unattended children and infants in hot cars and homes over the previous 17 months. Some of the children had suffered heat exhaustion due to their parents’ neglect in leaving them alone inside parked … Continue reading “United Arab Emirates: Dubai Police Report...
- Contributor: Sadek, George
- Date: 2021-08-06