The United Arab Emirates announced legal amendments to some provisions of the Personal Status Law and the Civil Transactions Law, as well as the Penal Code and Criminal Procedures, the most important of which is the amendment of amendments to the laws on honor crimes.

Article (334) stipulates the punishment of temporary imprisonment for the person who is surprised to see another person, close to him, in the act of adultery, then he kills this person or the adulterer with him, or both together, and the penalty of temporary imprisonment ranges between three years and fifteen years. As for the crime of premeditated murder, the penalty is imprisonment. Life or death sentence

The amendments also included the residence of the man and the female together, even if they were not married, while before the amendments constituted the crime of indecent assault on consensual consent, and a sentence of imprisonment and deportation from the country was issued for the duration of life

According to the text of Article 121 of the Federal Penal Code, which stipulates that, if a foreigner is sentenced in a criminal offense with a penalty restricting freedom or for crimes committed against the show, the ruling must be deported from the state

The court may rule to deport him from the state in matters relating to misdemeanors or ruling to deport him instead of ruling him with a freedom-restricting penalty

On our part, we see that these amendments are in line with the state of society in the United Arab Emirates, as the country is one of the countries that attract foreign workers and more than 200 foreign nationalities work on its soil, and the previous laws were not compatible with the cultures, customs and traditions of those societies and were exposing them to major legal problems that reach Limiting their and their families' exclusion from the state and leaving their businesses and property in the state as a result of that, and the deportations are due to a reason that may be simple according to the customs and traditions of those societies

Also, from our point of view, these amendments will be a major reason for attracting foreign investment to the state and tourism, and with it the foreigner feels stable, which makes him plan for a long life with his family and encourages him to own real estate and transfer his investments into the country.

Among the important amendments that came to the articles of the UAE Penal Code is the abolition of the penalty for drinking alcoholic drinks after drinking alcoholic beverages requires the presence of a license from the state, in which alcohol laws differ from one emirate to another.

Among the important amendments also included in the Penal Code is the death penalty for rape of minors and the decriminalization of the punishment for suicide or attempted suicide.

as such. The amendments also included the adoption of the laws of foreigners residing on the land of the state, their laws related to matters of marriage, divorce and inheritance

There is no doubt that these amendments reflect the expansion of the scope of personal freedoms for the United Arab Emirates, the development of the legislative and investment environment, the consolidation of the principles of tolerance and are consistent with multiculturalism and the state’s commitment to building a competitive and safe social and economic environment.