United Arab Emirates

Abduction 1
Access to procedures 7
Administrative law 1
Ahmadis 6
Airports 1
Aliens 1
Anglican 1
Anti-terrorism law 5
Appeal / Right to appeal 4
Arbitrary arrest and detention 73
Armed forces / Military 3
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
Asylum policy 2
Asylum-migration nexus 2
Asylum-seekers 7
Baha'i 11
Bail 1
Bedoon 2
Border conflict 1
Buddhist 10
Burden of proof 1
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
Catholic 1
Changes of circumstances in home country 1
Child labour 5
Child prostitution 4
Child soldiers 3
Children's rights 27
Children-at-risk 17
Christian 11
Citizenship / Nationality law 5
Civil and political rights 5
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Conflict situation 2
Constitutional law 1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 2
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
Copts 2
Corruption 5
Country of origin information (COI) 1
Credibility assessment 2
Criminal justice 20
Death in custody 1
Death penalty 17
Democracy 7
Deportation / Forcible return 6
Disappeared persons 33
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 21
Domestic violence 13
Drug trafficking 1
Druze 8
Economic, social and cultural rights 16
Effective protection 2
Effective remedy 3
Egyptians 2
Elections 8
Embargo 1
Emigrants 1
Equal opportunities 1
Equality before the law 1
Evangelical 1
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
Exiles 1
Expulsion 3
Extradition 1
Extrajudicial executions 14
Falun Gong 1
Family reunification 2
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
Forced labour 27
Foreign occupation 1
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 56
Freedom of assembly and association 68
Freedom of conscience 9
Freedom of expression 172
Freedom of information 110
Freedom of movement 22
Freedom of religion 51
Freedom of speech 76
Fresh / New claim 1
Gender discrimination 34
Gender mainstreaming 1
Gender-based persecution 2
Generalized violence 1
Good governance 4
HIV and AIDS 5
Habeas corpus 1
Harmful traditional practices 1
Hindu 11
Honour killings 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
Human Rights Council 10
Human rights activists 48
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 65
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 14
Humanitarian assistance 1
Illegal entry 1
Immigration Detention 7
Immigration law 2
Impunity 5
Independence of judiciary 12
International criminal law 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 3
International protection 4
Involuntary repatriation 1
Ismaili 6
Jew 9
Jurisdiction 1
Juvenile justice system 1
Kurd 1
Labour law 2
Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 7
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 1
Mass exodus 1
Maternal and child health care 1
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Migrant rights 32
Migrants 46
Military operations 4
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
Minorities 9
Minority rights 1
Multiple nationality 1
Muslim 12
National security / Public order 5
Naturalization 1
Non-refoulement 3
Opposition 8
Orthodox Christian 3
Palestinian 7
Passports 6
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
Persecution based on nationality 2
Persecution based on political opinion 31
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 9
Persons with disabilities 12
Police 15
Political groups 2
Political parties 7
Political situation 22
Polygamy 2
Pre-trial detention 8
Prison or detention conditions 32
Prisoners of war 2
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 11
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
Public health 2
Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
Refugee / Asylum law 1
Refugee seamen 2
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 2
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
Refugees 15
Religious discrimination 21
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 11
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 1
Residence permits / Residency 19
Right to a nationality 3
Right to development 1
Right to education 5
Right to employment 15
Right to family life 1
Right to health 1
Right to justice 5
Right to leave 2
Right to liberty and security 4
Right to life 1
Right to registration at birth 2
Right to return 1
Right to self-determination 4
Rights of non-citizens 7
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 46
SGBV 26
Safe country of origin 1
Sale of children 2
Security forces 9
Security situation 12
Sexual and reproductive rights 3
Shia 11
Sikh 11
Smuggling of persons 4
Social group discrimination 13
Social group persecution 1
State protection 3
Statelessness 24
Sunni 11
Sur place persecution 1
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 6
Tamil 1
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 34
Threats / Intimidation 2
Torture 28
Trafficking in persons 64
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
Travel documents 2
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 13
Unlawful departure 1
Visas 14
Well-founded fear of persecution 1
Witnesses 1
Women's rights 53
Women-at-risk 16
Work permits 11
Zoroastrian 5

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UAE: Stop Policing Gender Expression 7 September 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy 18 August 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
2016 Report on International Religious Freedom - United Arab Emirates 15 August 2017 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
A Dangerous Gulf in the Horn: How the Inter-Arab Crisis is Fuelling Regional Tensions 3 August 2017 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country News
Country Reports on Terrorism 2016 - United Arab Emirates 19 July 2017 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Arab Gulf States: Assault on Online Activists 12 July 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy 28 June 2017 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
2017 Trafficking in Persons Report - United Arab Emirates 27 June 2017 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Yemen: UAE Backs Abusive Local Forces 22 June 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
United Arab Emirates (UAE): End the arbitrary imprisonment of prominent rights defender Ahmed Mansoor 20 June 2017 \| Publisher: International Federation for Human Rights \| Document type: Country News

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