According to two recent reports by the United Nations on the independence of judges by the Special Rapporteur Ms. Gabriela Knaul and on racism by the Special Rapporteur Mr. Githu Muigai in the United Arab Emirates, it has been confirmed that the current judicial system in the UAE has serious violations of due process, unfair trials, judges lacking impartiality, illegal bias, and prejudice towards non-UAE nationals. The reports also reported that some fundamental human rights like the right to be treated equally before the law is not always guaranteed to non-UAE citizens.
In addition, they confirmed that evidence is sometimes manipulated and fabricated by members of the police, security agencies, the public prosecution, and is accepted by judges knowing that it is unlawful.
The reports pointed out that in the UAE there is no independent self-regulating lawyers’ association with statutes that comply with international standards to enforce disciplinary measures. This means that lawyers are on the loose and can harm their clients at will.
In one case, a British man in Dubai reported to the police that his money was completely embezzled in Dubai city by a woman and a man of UAE nationality.
In order to stop the British man from recovering his money, the UAE man impersonated the British citizen in the Dubai court and filed a lawsuit against the other accused UAE woman. The UAE man attended all the hearings posing as the British man and made fabricated facts confirming that the British man had committed a crime. Then, both of the UAE nationals used this fabricated court judgment as evidence and requested the Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant against the British man.
Further, both of the UAE nationals, took advantage of the victim being a non-UAE national to manipulate the management of justice at Dubai courts. The UAE nationals were allowed to illegally represent both of the plaintiff and the defendant before the same judge in the British man's court cases against the UAE nationals causing unfair trials and damage to the delivery of justice. The UAE nationals also managed to accuse the British man of committing a crime inside Dubai even though he was outside Dubai when the alleged crime had happened.
Although the victim reported the UAE nationals for fabricating crimes against him and manipulating the legal system, his complaints were totally ignored and he has been unable to stop them from causing unfair trials because he is a non-UAE national. The UN report on the independence of judges in the UAE mentioned that sometimes persons are found guilty of committing crimes in the UAE while they are outside of the country and then prosecuted and convicted of acts they could not have possibly committed.
1-The identity of the UAE man above is Habib Al Mulla the advisor to the Ruler of Dubai, the chairman of Baker & McKenzie-Dubai, and the chairman of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC).
2-The UN report on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers in UAE (https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/088/85/PDF/G1508885.pdf?OpenElement).
3-The UN report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in UAE (https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/125/76/PDF/G1012576.pdf?OpenElement).
In addition, they confirmed that evidence is sometimes manipulated and fabricated by members of the police, security agencies, the public prosecution, and is accepted by judges knowing that it is unlawful.
The reports pointed out that in the UAE there is no independent self-regulating lawyers’ association with statutes that comply with international standards to enforce disciplinary measures. This means that lawyers are on the loose and can harm their clients at will.
In one case, a British man in Dubai reported to the police that his money was completely embezzled in Dubai city by a woman and a man of UAE nationality.
In order to stop the British man from recovering his money, the UAE man impersonated the British citizen in the Dubai court and filed a lawsuit against the other accused UAE woman. The UAE man attended all the hearings posing as the British man and made fabricated facts confirming that the British man had committed a crime. Then, both of the UAE nationals used this fabricated court judgment as evidence and requested the Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant against the British man.
Further, both of the UAE nationals, took advantage of the victim being a non-UAE national to manipulate the management of justice at Dubai courts. The UAE nationals were allowed to illegally represent both of the plaintiff and the defendant before the same judge in the British man's court cases against the UAE nationals causing unfair trials and damage to the delivery of justice. The UAE nationals also managed to accuse the British man of committing a crime inside Dubai even though he was outside Dubai when the alleged crime had happened.
Although the victim reported the UAE nationals for fabricating crimes against him and manipulating the legal system, his complaints were totally ignored and he has been unable to stop them from causing unfair trials because he is a non-UAE national. The UN report on the independence of judges in the UAE mentioned that sometimes persons are found guilty of committing crimes in the UAE while they are outside of the country and then prosecuted and convicted of acts they could not have possibly committed.
1-The identity of the UAE man above is Habib Al Mulla the advisor to the Ruler of Dubai, the chairman of Baker & McKenzie-Dubai, and the chairman of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC).
2-The UN report on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers in UAE (https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G15/088/85/PDF/G1508885.pdf?OpenElement).
3-The UN report on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in UAE (https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/125/76/PDF/G1012576.pdf?OpenElement).
