The UAE is a progressive, diverse and tolerant country that is deeply committed to human rights and to working with international partners to advance these rights at home and abroad.
From cooperating with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, to implementing legislation in the UAE to protect the most vulnerable, the UAE has a proven track record of upholding and promoting human rights domestically and internationally.
The UAE has ratified several international treaties to protect human rights, and is working hand-in-glove with international bodies to strengthen and uphold the implementation of these treaties globally.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ratified in 1974).
Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified in 1997).
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (ratified in 2004).
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 (ratified in 2005).
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ratified in 2010).
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ratified in 2012).
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (ratified in 2016).
The UAE is proud of its voluntary funding contributions to international human rights bodies.
UN Special Rapporteurs
The UAE continues to strengthen collaboration in the field of human rights with regional organisations, such as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the League of Arab States (LAS) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
The UAE is a signatory of the League of Arab States’ ‘Arab Charter for Human Rights’ since 2006. Building on this commitment, the UAE is dedicated to implementing the provisions of the Charter at a national level, and regularly submits periodic reports to the Arab Charter Committee for Human Rights.