UAE continues to modernise its legislative system by 2024
In order to stay in line with present needs and prepare for future advancements, the United Arab Emirates kept updating its legislative system during 2024.
This strategy places a strong focus on reducing red tape, making processes simpler, and defining roles and duties.
The International Humanitarian and Philanthropic Council was established in 2024 by a Federal Decree signed by President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The council is in charge of overseeing global charitable and humanitarian activities.
The year also saw the start of a number of humanitarian projects in the United Arab Emirates. In order to honor the heritage of generosity ingrained by the late Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founding Father of the United Arab Emirates, and carried down through the generations and accepted by the UAE’s populace, Mohamed bin Zayed issued a Federal Decree to create Erth Zayed Philanthropies.
In order to create the UAE Aid Agency, which is connected to the International Humanitarian and Philanthropic Council, Mohamed bin Zayed signed a Federal Decree. The agency will possess complete legal power to act and an autonomous juridical entity.
Implementing foreign assistance programs in accordance with the overarching international humanitarian affairs policy is the agency’s responsibility.
A Federal Decree-Law modifying some articles of the Federal Decree-Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Illegal Organizations was released by the United Arab Emirates government.
In order to help the nation’s relevant authorities fight financial crimes, the Decree seeks to improve the legal framework. Consolidating the UAE’s technical adherence to international treaties and guidelines in the area is another goal. The National Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Illegal Organizations would be established by a Cabinet resolution as part of the revisions.
The “UAE Labour Law” is a Federal Decree-Law that was released by the UAE government that amends some articles of the Federal Decree-Law Regarding the Regulation of the Employment Relationship.
The objectives of this decree are to guarantee the labor market’s efficiency and competitiveness, control employment relationships, specify the rights and responsibilities of each party, and provide them legal protection.
Any employer who violates the new decree and its Executive Regulations by hiring workers without the proper permit, bringing workers into the country and failing to provide them with a job, abusing work permits, or closing a business or suspending its operations without resolving workers’ rights faces fines of at least AED 100,000 and up to AED 1 million. Minors who are illegally employed or whose guardians let them to work in violation of the law face the same consequences.
Both the executive rules of the federal decree for financial restructuring and insolvency and the decision to release a federal law on combatting communicable illnesses were approved by the Cabinet. A ruling on the executive rules of the federal decree pertaining to marine law was also adopted.
The decision to enact a federal legislation to fight communicable illnesses was endorsed by the Cabinet. The bill outlines the clauses required to provide a legal framework that addresses the demands of the fight against infectious illnesses.
A resolution about the Executive Regulations of the federal decree-law pertaining to bankruptcy and financial reorganization was also adopted by the Cabinet. To safeguard the UAE’s maritime interests, marine safety, and marine environment, a decision on the Executive Regulations of the federal decree-law on maritime law has also been adopted.
Laws on the Unified List of Violations and Administrative Penalties for Violations of Measures to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, which are overseen by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economy, were also adopted by the Cabinet.
