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ARE-2006-L-78234
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Title_of_text
Federal Law No. 51 of 2006 on Combatting Human Trafficking Crimes.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Arab Emirates
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of forced labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
2006-11-09
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides that a person who traffics in human beings shall be sentenced to a minimum period of five years in prison, with a maximum of life imprisonment if there are aggravating circumstances (i.e. foundation of a trafficking network; if the victim is a woman, child or disabled person; the crime was committed through deception or force or threats of force; the crime was committed by two or more persons or an armed person; if a person is a member of a criminal organization or participated in acts of the group; if the perpetrator is the spouse of the victim or has other authority over him/her; the perpetrator is a public servant or in charge of a public service; if the crime was of a transitional type. Provides penalties for other persons involved in trafficking. Also provides for the establishment of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, sets out its composition and competencies.
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
2014-08-31 (ARE-2014-L-98658)
Federal Law No. 7 of 2014 on Combating Terrorism Offences.
Implementing text(s)
2016-03-15 (ARE-2016-L-104100)
Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 on Child Rights.
Implementing text(s)
2018-12-31 (ARE-2018-L-108491)
Federal Law No. 9 of 2018 on Combating Begging.
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2015-01-28 (ARE-2015-L-101815)
Federal Law No. 1 of 2015 amending some provisions of Federal Law No. 51 of 2006 on Combating Human Trafficking Crimes.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
Publisher
http://gulfmigration.eu/
URL
http://gulfmigration.eu/
File
UAE78234 Ara.pdf (PDF of Law in Arabic)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
Place of publication
http://gulfmigration.eu/
URL
http://gulfmigration.eu/
File
UAE78234 Eng.pdf (PDF of Law in English)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Unofficial English Translation
Page range
17 pages