Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the United Arab Emirates.

Under Emirati law, multiple crimes carry the death penalty, and the sole method of execution is firing squad.[1][2][3][4] Current law allows the death penalty for treason, espionage, murder, successfully inciting the suicide of a mentally ill person, arson resulting in death, indecent assault resulting in death, nuclear waste disposal in the environment, apostasy, rape of a minor, perjury causing wrongful execution, aggravated robbery, terrorism, drug trafficking[4] and joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[3][2] Overseas nationals and UAE nationals have both been executed for crimes. As of 2023, the last known execution occurred in 2017.[5]

  1. ^ "Timeline of executions in UAE". Gulf News. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "UAE sentences 'jihadi teenager' to death for joining IS". The New Arab. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "UAE sentences four to death for joining IS". The New Arab. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ^ a b "The Death Penalty in United Arab Emirates". Death Penalty Worldwide. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. ^ "United Arab Emirates". WCADP. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

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