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UAE Federal Laws
You can find the federal laws of the UAE in the Legal Portal and the Official Gazette of the Ministry of Justice
Procedures for issuing federal laws are subject to the provisions stipulated in the UAE Constitution. You can search for UAE federal laws through the UAE Legal Portal or the Official Gazette issued by the Ministry of Justice
UAE Legal Portal
UAE Federal Laws You can search laws through the UAE legal portal, which contains the set of UAE legislation since its inception in 1971 in both Arabic and English. The legal portal aims to improve the understanding of the public, specialists, and those interested in the legal system of the UAE, and to archive the contemporary legal culture for future generations
The portal includes a search list with links to the following topics:
- Legislation and laws of the United Arab Emirates in various sectors
- Decisions of the Federal Supreme Court in civil cases
- Decisions of the Federal Supreme Court in criminal cases
- Decisions of the Federal Supreme Court in constitutional matters
- Consulting
- International treaties
Look for newly enacted laws
UAE Federal Laws. You can search for the latest laws issued in the UAE in various fields and sectors through the website of the Ministry of Justice. The research is categorized here according to the year in which the law was issued.
Judiciary
UAE Federal Laws The United Arab Emirates has a federal judiciary that includes all the emirates except for Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Ras al-Khaimah. The lower courts are concerned with civil matters, and they are courts of the first instance or first instance and are found in each emirate. There are also separate criminal and Sharia courts. As for the federal courts of appeal, they are found in each emirate. Abu Dhabi is the seat of the Court of Cassation, which is the highest court of appeal and has the power to adjudicate disputes between courts, decide the constitutionality of local and federal laws, investigate misconduct by senior government officials, and adjudicate offenses against the Federation.
The constitution prohibits torture or humiliating treatment, arresting, searching, arresting or imprisoning, and entering homes without the permission of their owners, except in accordance with the law. The constitution provides for the independence of the judiciary, but its decisions are subject to review by the political leadership.
Look up the laws in the Official Gazette of the UAE
The Official Gazette of the UAE is an official periodical publication of federal laws and decrees issued by the government of the United Arab Emirates.
Federal laws are published in the Official Gazette of the UAE within a maximum period of two weeks from the date of their signature by the President of the State.
Legal and Judicial Assistance
The UAE believes in the necessity of providing legal and judicial assistance to those who cannot afford legal fees. According to the country’s constitution, everyone should have the right and the ability to have a lawyer capable of defending them during the trial, and economic and social conditions should not constitute an obstacle to anyone’s easy access to justice.
The Ministry of Justice provides a free service in legal advice and translation of documents submitted to the courts for those unable to pay.
Legal aid at the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department
The Legal Aid Section of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department was established with the aim of providing free legal aid to the less fortunate, and impartial legal guidance to the department’s auditors to support their right to easy access to justice, whether before or during the lawsuit, regardless of their legal position in it.
This initiative comes in the implementation of the constitutional directives of the UAE constitution, which requires that every person find an easy way to reach his natural judge and that economic or social conditions do not prevent anyone from accessing justice
The services provided include legal guidance and counseling, requesting a lawyer, experience secretariat expenses, and publishing advertising expenses. The possibility of providing these services to the beneficiary is evaluated according to the eligibility criteria represented by the seriousness of the request and the income criterion.
View the free legal aid e-services at the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department:
- Request to assign a lawyer for those who are not well-off
- Request routing and e-legal Rashad
- Request for reimbursement of advertising expenses in publishing for those who are not well-off
- Request to deposit the secretariat of experience for those who are not well-off
SHOOR Free Legal Consultation
Dubai Courts launched ” SHOOR” for free legal advice for litigants, in cooperation with several volunteers from law firms and lawyers, with the aim of enhancing customers’ confidence in the judicial system and the progress of the litigation process.
Each participating office determines the number of counseling hours it wishes to provide on a monthly basis, and the Litigants Guidance Division will supervise the program and direct litigants to registered law firms according to the approved schedule.