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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the two international Covenants and other core international human rights conventions.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 ICESCR nor ICCPR.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AzerbaijanAzerbaijanRegional groupEEGPolitical groupOICCISIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue putting forward effective measures for the protection and promotion of the rights of women in the country.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 40) CEDAW was concerned that it was still possible for a husband to prohibit his wife from working and to limit her freedom of movement, pursuant to articles 71 and 72 of the Personal Status Law. It urged the United Arab Emirates to repeal those articles without delay and to review any other provisions that impeded women’s free choice of profession and employment.
Para 47) OHCHR stated that issues relating to women’s rights under personal status laws, such as Federal Law No. 28 (2005), remained in need of development, as they continued to fall outside of the provisions of the CEDAW.
Para 48) CEDAW was concerned that the principle of equality of women and men had still not been enshrined in the Constitution and national legislation, and that discrimination against women had not yet been defined in accordance with the CEDAW and prohibited by law.
Para 49) [CEDAW] was particularly concerned about the de jure maintenance of male guardianship of women and girls, the impossibility for an Emirati woman to sign her own marriage contract, the continued practice of dowry, the obligation imposed on a woman to obey her husband, including sexually, the maintenance of polygamy and the limited grounds available to women to seek divorce, while men could unilaterally request a divorce for any reason.
Para 50) CEDAW took note of the 2011 decree granting nationality to children born of Emirati women and foreign fathers upon reaching the age of majority. However, it remained concerned that Emirati women were still denied equality regarding nationality compared with the rights guaranteed to men.
Para 51) [CEDAW] was deeply concerned that a divorced woman lost custody of her daughters when they reached 13 years of age and of her sons when they reached 11 years of age, or even before those ages if she remarried.
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.
Para 53) [CEDAW] was concerned about violence against women resulting from the criminalization of consensual sexual relations between adults outside of marriage, under article 356 of the Penal Code, and the use of that article to criminalize women in prostitution and women who were victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation and abuse. It was concerned that, in all those cases, women faced harsh sanctions, such as prison sentences, torture and the death penalty, and inhuman, cruel or degrading punishment in the form of stoning or flogging. It was also concerned that hundreds of women were reportedly serving sentences after being convicted of having sexual intercourse outside of marriage (zina).
Para 54) [CEDAW] was concerned that access to justice by women and girls, including effective legal remedies, was severely hampered by the reluctance to register complaints and the negative attitudes of law enforcement officials towards women denouncing acts of violence committed against them.
Para 55) [CEDAW] was also concerned about the discriminatory treatment of women in courts, especially foreign women, the lack of interpretation services and legal aid and the disproportionately severe sentences imposed on foreign women in criminal court proceedings.
Stakeholder 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, …
Para 53) GCENR stated that the nationality law discriminated on the basis of gender with regard to the conferral of nationality on non-national spouses. Article 3 enshrined the right of Emirati men to confer nationality on foreign spouses, however, the same right was denied to Emirati women.
Para 54) According to HRW, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 regulated matters of personal status, and some of its provisions discriminated against women. For instance, the law provided that, for a woman to marry, her male guardian must conclude her marriage contract; men had the right to unilaterally divorce their wives, whereas a woman who wished to divorce her husband must apply for a court order; a woman could lose her right to maintenance if, for example, she refused to have sexual relations with her husband without a lawful excuse; and women were required to “obey” their husbands. A woman might be considered disobedient, with few exceptions, if she decided to work without her husband’s consent.
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.
Para 56) According to HRW, Article 356 of the Penal Code criminalizing (but not defining) “indecency” provided for a minimum sentence of one year in prison. In practice, UAE courts used this article to convict and sentence people for zina offenses, which included consensual sexual relations outside heterosexual marriage.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:NorwayNorwayRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:RejectedContents:Continue strengthening protective measures and legal rights for women and children, including by giving women equal status to men in matters of divorce, inheritance and child custody.ImplementationPara 49) [CEDAW] was particularly concerned about the de jure maintenance of male guardianship of women and girls, the impossibility for an Emirati woman to sign her own marriage contract, the continued practice of dowry, the obligation imposed on a woman to obey her husband, including sexually, the maintenance of polygamy and the limited grounds available to women to seek divorce, while men could unilaterally request a divorce for any reason.
Para 50) CEDAW took note of the 2011 decree granting nationality to children born of Emirati women and foreign fathers upon reaching the age of majority. However, it remained concerned that Emirati women were still denied equality regarding nationality compared with the rights guaranteed to men.
Para 51) [CEDAW] was deeply concerned that a divorced woman lost custody of her daughters when they reached 13 years of age and of her sons when they reached 11 years of age, or even before those ages if she remarried.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 54) According to HRW, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 regulated matters of personal status, and some of its provisions discriminated against women. For instance, the law provided that, for a woman to marry, her male guardian must conclude her marriage contract; men had the right to unilaterally divorce their wives, whereas a woman who wished to divorce her husband must apply for a court order; a woman could lose her right to maintenance if, for example, she refused to have sexual relations with her husband without a lawful excuse; and women were required to “obey” their husbands. A woman might be considered disobedient, with few exceptions, if she decided to work without her husband’s consent.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW and the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, noted with appreciation that the United Arab Emirates had ratified the Palermo Protocol. [Para 5] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:... It urged the United Arab Emirates to give high priority to comprehensive measures to address all forms of violence against women and girls. [Para 27; CEDAW] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:15th session, February 2013Status:N/AContents:... Federal Act No. 18 of 2009, concerning the organization of the register of births and deaths... [Para b] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SloveniaSloveniaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider the possibility of acceding to the ICCPR and the ICESCR.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:PeruPeruRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider the ratification of the ICCPR.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Burkina FasoBurkina FasoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider ratifying Convention International Labour Organization Convention No. 189 concerning decent work for domestic workers.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ArgentinaArgentinaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Take necessary measures to guarantee full access for women to the justice system and give them the same legal capacity and equal treatment before the courts.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Make necessary efforts so that the principle of gender equality is protected at a Constitutional level. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:Russian FederationRussian FederationRegional groupEEGPolitical groupCISIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Accord special attention to promote participation of women in public life through implementation of the programme called National Vision 2021. -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:N/AContents:… The United Arab Emirates will continue to support UN-Women, including by funding the opening of a liaison office for UN-Women in the United Arab Emirates. [Para 19] -
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:ISI and Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights (GCENR) recommended removing reservations to CEDAW, in particular Article 9. [Para 7] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marginalized groups of women
Type:Review DocumentationSession:29th Session, January 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:CEDAW was concerned about the absence of progress in addressing the situation of the thousands of bidoon women who remained deprived of their basic right to Emirati nationality and related rights. [Para 86] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Align its domestic regulation with core international human rights instruments and ratify the ICCPR and the ICESCR.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:PalestinePalestineRegional groupObserverPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Consider the ratification of the ICCPR and the ICESCR.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:AfghanistanAfghanistanRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ensure, as a member of the Human Rights Council and Co-penholder of Afghanistan’s file in the UN Security Council, that all engagement with the Taliban authorities is contingent on and centred around their respect for the inalienable human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people of Afghanistan, especially those of women, children, persons with disabilities, and minorities.
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.
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State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Continue actions for the equality between women and men and against all forms of violence against women and girls, including by ratifying the Istanbul Convention.
ExplanationNoted. The 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:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Develop the necessary measures to guarantee that all women, regardless of their marital status, have access to sexual and reproductive health services.
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:IraqIraqRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to strengthen national legal frameworks and policies to support and protect the welfare rights of workers, especially women and domestic workers.
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:UN CompilationIssue:
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:NeglectedContents:Ensure that adolescents have access to and are provided with education on reproductive health and other adolescent health issues, as well as with child-sensitive and confidential counselling services; and strengthen efforts in the area of adolescent health education within the school system. [Para 29; CRC] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:TunisiaTunisiaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Empowerment of women
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:43rd Session, May 2023Status:AcceptedContents:Continue efforts to empower and increase women’s representation in the judiciary.
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:National ReportIssue:
- Domestic violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:N/AContents:Dubai Women's and Children's Foundation
This Foundation was set up in 2007 to provide direct assistance to victims of violence, including domestic violence, human trafficking and child abuse, by offering them safe houses, training opportunities and rehabilitation services which meet international standards, thus helping to strengthen human rights protection. [Page 15] -
State Under Review:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALSource Of Reference:PalestinePalestineRegional groupObserverPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's participation
Type:CommentSession:3rd session, December 2008Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Commended measures taken to ensure the participation of women in politics.