About the Ministry of Justice

The implementation of the provisions of the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates was announced on December 2, 1971. Since that date, the first major transformation in the judicial system began. The Constitution included a specific chapter on the judiciary in the Union and the Emirates, which is covered in Chapter Five, from Article 94 to Article 109. This chapter defined the Union’s courts, the formation of the Federal Supreme Court, its jurisdictions, the authority of its judges, and its location. It also outlined the jurisdiction of the federal primary courts and referred many matters related to the judicial process to be detailed in subsequent laws to be issued.

The Constitution, in its Article 104, preserved for the local judicial authorities in each Emirate all judicial matters entrusted to the federal judiciary under the provisions of the Constitution. Additionally, in Article 105, it outlined the methodology to be followed for transferring all or some of the jurisdictions handled by the local judicial authorities to the federal primary courts. The Constitution also regulated the appointment of the Attorney General and referred to the Judicial Authority Law regarding the appointment of Public Prosecution members and the regulations related to them. The Constitution defined the general framework for judicial operations, starting from the highest judicial authority, the Federal Supreme Court, and ending with the authority of the Attorney General.