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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GeorgiaGeorgiaRegional groupEEGIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its work aimed at the promotion of women’s rights.
ExplanationThe 2022–2026 gender-balance strategy has been adopted. Its purpose is to bridge the gender-balance gap in all sectors, mainstream a gender perspective, promote gender balance in decision-making positions and consolidate the country’s leading position and leadership in relevant legislation. During the past three years, more than 20 new laws and legislative amendments aimed at promoting women's rights and empowerment have been adopted, the most important of which is the Federal Decree-Law on Personal Status applicable to non-Muslims residing in the country. Article 4 of the Decree-Law, which concerns the issue of equality of rights and duties between men and women, aims to promote the principle of equality in matters of witness testimony, inheritance, the right to request divorce and joint custody. With regard to the decriminalization of abortion in some circumstances, the Medical Liability Law provides for two following cases in which doctors can perform an abortion subject to controls: if continuing the pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman and if the foetus is shown to have an abnormality. The Cabinet is currently considering allowing abortion in other specific cases subject to controls and standards.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SamoaSamoaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Take all necessary measures to ensure the effective implementation of the voluntary commitment made by the government to achieve Goal 5 of SDG, by ensuring a quota of 30 per cent in the middle and senior management positions for women by 2025.
ExplanationThe 2022–2026 gender-balance strategy has been adopted. Its purpose is to bridge the gender-balance gap in all sectors, mainstream a gender perspective, promote gender balance in decision-making positions and consolidate the country’s leading position and leadership in relevant legislation. During the past three years, more than 20 new laws and legislative amendments aimed at promoting women's rights and empowerment have been adopted, the most important of which is the Federal Decree-Law on Personal Status applicable to non-Muslims residing in the country. Article 4 of the Decree-Law, which concerns the issue of equality of rights and duties between men and women, aims to promote the principle of equality in matters of witness testimony, inheritance, the right to request divorce and joint custody. With regard to the decriminalization of abortion in some circumstances, the Medical Liability Law provides for two following cases in which doctors can perform an abortion subject to controls: if continuing the pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman and if the foetus is shown to have an abnormality. The Cabinet is currently considering allowing abortion in other specific cases subject to controls and standards.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:JapanJapanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:No ResponseContents:To consider ratifying ICCPR and ICESCR in a timely manner. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:EstoniaEstoniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Accede to ICCPR.ExplanationTaken note of.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 2) Treatment Action Group (TAG) indicated that, despite several recommendations under the 2008 and 2013 UPR reviews […] the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had not acceded to ... ICCPR.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:BeninBeninRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the ICESCR.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SlovakiaSlovakiaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Partially AcceptedContents:Consider ratifying all three OPs to the CRCImplementationNational Report:
Para 29) The State ratified the OP-CRC-SC in 2015.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider ratifying the OP-ICCPR.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:EcuadorEcuadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Undertake efforts to integrate in the Constitution, or other national legislation, the principle of equality between men and women and related regulations.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 52) HRW stated that discrimination on the basis of sex and gender was not included in the definition of discrimination in the 2015 anti-discrimination law,…
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:MongoliaMongoliaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider withdrawing its reservations to the CEDAW and harmonise the national legislation with the obligations under the Convention.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:GermanyGermanyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Amend the Penal Code in order to repeal the right of a husband to punish his wife ... by means of physical violence or coercion.ExplanationTaken note of.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 52) [CEDAW] noted with serious concern that, in 2010, the Federal Supreme Court had issued a ruling upholding the right of men to chastise their wives and children and that, in 2013, the United Arab Emirates had not accepted the recommendation made during the second cycle of the universal periodic review to repeal article 53 of the Penal Code, which authorized that right. The Committee was also concerned about the slow progress that had been achieved in enacting comprehensive legislation on violence against women.
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Para 55) HRW continued that Article 53 of the Penal Code allowed the imposition of “chastisement by a husband to his wife and the chastisement of minor children” so long as the assault did not exceed the limits prescribed by Sharia, or Islamic law. Marital rape was not a crime. Furthermore, in 2010, the Federal Supreme Court issued a ruling—citing the Penal Code—that sanctioned husbands’ beating and inflicting other forms of punishment or coercion on their wives, provided they did not leave physical marks.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:HondurasHondurasRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:[…] strengthen, by clarifying its mandate, the national institution for the future of women in line with the Beijing Principles. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW also noted with concern that the legal provisions relating to personal status, including marriage and its dissolution, property relations, custody and inheritance, in particular under the Personal Status Act, did not provide for equal rights of women and men. It called upon the United Arab Emirates to introduce legislative reforms. [Para 18] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Work on the adoption of the law on combating domestic violence. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Empowerment of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:NeglectedContents:... It recommended continued awareness-raising on the importance of access to education for the empowerment of women. [Para 43; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AngolaAngolaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen social protection measures for all workers, including migrant workers and women migrant workers. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Domestic violence
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:N/AContents:... The Dubai Association for the Protection of Women and Children, which was founded in 2007 to provide psychological support to all women and children, whether nationals or expatriates, who are victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, neglect, ill-treatment by an employer, or other social problems ... [Para 88] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:N/AContents:In line with its obligations under the human rights conventions to which it is a party, and its commitments to submit periodic reports and report on the implementation of recommendations issued by relevant treaty body committees, the United Arab Emirates: • Submitted its second periodic report on its implementation of the CRC for consideration by the CRC in September 2015; • Submitted its second periodic report on its implementation of the CEDAW for consideration by the relevant committee in November 2015; • Submitted its second periodic report on its implementation of the CRPD for consideration by the relevant committee in August 2016; ... [Para 9] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:… Human Rights Watch (HRW) recommended the ratification of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention and aligning national laws to the treaty. [Para 4] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual abuse
- Sexual exploitation / slavery
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:[CRC] was concerned that child victims rarely reported instances of sexual abuse or exploitation, as they ran the risk of being charged with committing a sexual crime and even sentenced to flogging pursuant to Federal Law No. 9 (1976). The Committee was also concerned that national legislation did not adequately protect children from pornography and prostitution. [Para 63] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- "Adultery"
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:NeglectedContents:AI reported that in all of the Emirates, save Dubai, flogging sentences are imposed on those caught having "illicit sex" and AI has recorded such sentences against, in particular, migrant workers. [Para 14] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwedenSwedenRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
Type:RecommendationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:RejectedContents:To consider additional policy measures to promote tolerance and non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- "Adultery"
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:NeglectedContents:In 2006, the SR on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions sent an urgent appeal on the question of death penalty in relation to a foreign national, who has been sentenced to death by stoning by a Shari'a court in the Emirate of Fujairah on 10 June 2006. This married man was sentenced for committing adultery. No response was provided by the authorities to the SR. [Para 11] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SwitzerlandSwitzerlandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the ICCPR ....
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:CyprusCyprusRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupEUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Commence internal deliberation with the aim to ratify the ICCPR, and the ICESCR.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Criminal laws on same-sex sexual practices
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repeal laws criminalising private sexual activity between consenting adults and end any discriminatory practices based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
ExplanationNoted. The United Arab Emirates have taken note of the recommendations related to homosexuality, considering them unacceptable and inconsistent with social values and traditions and Islamic Sharia.