In the United Arab Emirates, there exist various types of punishment for wrongdoings including the death penalty for the most egregious of violations like assault. UAE has updated law against rape aimed to protect women. Rapes are vigorously rebuffed in Dubai and can frequently incorporate capital punishment, particularly in occurrences of rape on minors. The UAE has sanctioned a new and refreshed Federal Crime and Punishment law with harder punishments for the wrongdoing of rape and assault. The new laws were enacted on January 2, 2022.
The new regulation forces a punishment of life imprisonment for the offense of assault or non-consensual sex.
If you or someone you know is facing charges related to assault or rape, it is crucial to seek legal counsel from experienced Dubai Criminal Lawyers who can provide expert guidance and representation throughout the legal process. The new regulations have not just decriminalized connections outside of wedlock (except if you are engaging in extramarital relations, and a spouse or wife records a complaint) yet in addition added various meanings of assault and utilization of force, making it significantly simpler for a lady to get justice whenever attacked.
“Assault” under the UAE law is represented by the provisions of Federal Law No. 3 of 1987 proclaiming the penal code and its changes. Articles 354-357 of the UAE penal code, describe and rule the crime of rape.
According to Article 354 of the UAE penal code, capital punishment will be forced on whoever exercises coercion to be involved in having sex with a female or sodomy with a male. Pressure will be thought of as carried out on the off chance that the victim is under fourteen years old when the wrongdoing is executed or on the other hand assuming that the wrongdoing is perpetrated against an individual whose will isn’t perceived because of minority, or insanity.
Article 354 is now changed and enacted, under the past form of this article, any sexual connections outside of the wedlock were criminalized. This prompted a circumstance wherein, frequently, the victim of a rape was likewise thought to be as involved with the wrongdoing unless someone can demonstrate something to the contrary. The new revisions have remedied this position, and the said article presently criminalizes and covers just rape.
An attempt to carry out assault is similarly arduously culpable as expressed by Article 355, “Endeavor to execute the violations specified in the former article will be endorsed to life detainment.
Article 356 of the penal code also criminalizes rape, and Article 357 forces the death penalty in the event that any such go about as examined in the past articles brings about the death of the person in question. Article 357 states, that if the demise of the victim results from one of the wrongdoings accommodated in the former articles, the punishment will be capital punishment.
In cases where the victim is younger than 18, handicapped, or generally delivered in a condition unfit to offer obstruction, punishment can be reached out to a death sentence. It can also be imprisonment up to 25 years and it cannot be less than 10 years.
The new regulation likewise addresses the offense of sexual assault with detainment or a fine of around Dh10,000 no matter what the victim’s gender.
If the crime is committed by using force or threat the punishment will be detainment for a time of something like five years and can be up to twenty years.
Likewise, the more serious punishment applies on the off chance that the wrongdoing happens in a position of work, study, house, or care.
A rape offense can be reported to the police, action will be taken if the case is reported late (not later than 3 years). However, to prove the crime it’s important to report it on time because forensic evidence plays a vital role in proving the crime of rape.