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Public Consultation on the New Personal Status Law (Civil)
The Ministry of Justice is committed to fostering an inclusive and responsive environment where the voices and opinions of the public are valued. With a steadfast dedication to continuously improving policies and regulations, the ministry actively seeks and encourages the input of individuals, organizations, and communities. By engaging in open dialogues, soliciting feedback, and gathering opinions, the ministry strives to better understand the needs and concerns of the public it serves. This ongoing process of obtaining diverse perspectives and ideas enables the ministry to adapt and enhance its policies, programs, and initiatives, ultimately leading to a more effective and equitable justice system that serves the public in the best possible manner.
Accordingly, the Ministry would like to obtain the public's opinion regarding the Personal Status Law (Federal Decree Law No. 41 of 2022
The Ministry would like to obtain the public's opinions regarding the Personal Status Law, which states:
First: Scope of application of the law
1. The law applies to non-Muslim citizens of the United Arab Emirates.
2. To non-Muslim foreigners residing in the country unless one of them insists on the application of his law regarding the articles of marriage, divorce, inheritance, wills, and proof of parentage, without prejudice to Articles 12,15. 13, 16 and 17 of Federal Law No. (5) of 1985 on Civil Transactions and its amendments.
3. The parties mentioned in paragraph (1) may agree on other legislation regulating the family and personal status in force in the State instead of applying the provisions of this Decree Law.
4. The provisions of the Law shall apply to all incidents that occur after the entry into force of its provisions.
Second:
1. Divorce lawsuits filed in accordance with the provisions of this Decree Law shall be excluded from being presented to family guidance officers and shall be submitted directly to the court for issuance of a judgment from the first session.
2. Equality between men and women in rights and duties, this is exemplified by the following:
1) Testimony: Equality in testifying before courts.
2) Inheritance: Equality between men and women in the distribution of inheritance according to the provisions of this Decree Law.
3) Right to seek divorce: Both husband and wife may request a divorce from the court without prejudice to their rights related to divorce.
4) Joint custody between the two until the child reaches the age of eighteen, after which the child has freedom of choice.
Third: Provisions of Civil Marriage Article 5:
1. Conditions of the civil marriage contract.
2. Civil marriage contract procedures and documentation.
3. Divorce alimony and its renewal date.
4. Compensation of any of the spouses to the other for any damage caused due to divorce.
Fourth:
Fourth: Custody of children:
1. Joint custody.
2. Who has the right to custody and when it drops?
3. The dispute between the father and mother regarding.
Fifth: Inheritance and wills:
1. Who owns the right to the estate and its amount?
2. The law applicable to foreign heirs.
3. The amount of distribution of the heritage in the absence of its will.
Sixth: Procedures for opening and distributing the estate file:
1. Procedures Guide for Addressees of the Provisions of the Decree Law.
2. Issued by the Council of Ministers.
Seventh: Procedures for registering wills:
1. The register prepared for the registration of the wills of those addressed by the provisions of the Decree Law in accordance with the procedures specified in the executive regulations of the decree.
2. Fill out the will registration form during the signing of the marriage contract to indicate how the money is distributed in the event of death of either one of them.
Eighth: Proof of parentage:
1. by proving the parentage of the newborn.
2. The court orders a DNA test and does not issue an order to prove parentage for those who wish except after investigating two cases:
a) Child of unknown parentage.
b) The possibility of the age difference for the person who claims his lineage.
c) Cabinet Decision on Adoption and Alternative Families Procedures and Implications.
The Ministry of Justice aims to spread awareness of the Civil Personal Status Law Federal Decree-Law No. (41) of the year 2022 and launch a dialogue with the interested public regarding the provisions of the law.
Advice on the Ministry of Justice's Performance in the "Zero Government Bureaucracy Programme"
Consultation for Private Notary Registration Initiation
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, issued Federal Decree Law No. 20 of 2022 on the Regulation of Private Notary Profession. This law introduces private notary licensing and conditions for practicing the profession. The new legislation brings a variety of advantages, including the enhancement of the local workforce, alignment with the Federal Government's strategic vision to boost Emiratization rates, promotion of competition between the private and public sectors, offering of increased options for customers, and the opportunity for qualified professionals to deliver notary public services through nationally licensed notaries in their private offices, available 24/7. The Ministry of Justice has initiated the registration process for individuals interested in pursuing this career, allowing them to apply for licenses via its digital platforms
Your feedback and suggestions will be integrated into the MOJ's strategies aimed at refining and expediting the registration procedures for individuals seeking to register as private notary, thereby facilitating a more efficient and expedient experience.
Consultation regarding the Ministry of Justice's WhatsApp channel
The Ministry of Justice has introduced the WhatsApp channel as a swift and effective communication platform for customers, ensuring they receive prompt responses to their inquiries and comments. This initiative aligns seamlessly with modern technologies, catering to accessibility for all.
Through the WhatsApp channel, customers and members of the community can communicate with the Ministry easily and conveniently 24/7. The Ministry publishes information about the Ministry's services and acquaints the customer with the main procedures, application channels, and documents required to complete the service, fees, etc. It also provides access to laws and legislation, and contributes to educating community members. Legally.
As part of its commitment to customer satisfaction, the Ministry actively involves customers in the development of communication channels, aiming to enhance overall happiness levels and maintain sustained relationships with its clientele.
The diversity of communication channels that the Ministry adopts to enhance communication with customers and members of society to learn about their needs and inquiries and to obtain their opinions on the procedures, channels and systems for obtaining services in a way that suits their preferences and contributes to achieving happiness, quality of life, justice and equality for all.
Share your opinion about the legal portal page
The Ministry of Justice has established the UAE Legal Portal on its website https://elaws.moj.gov.ae/HomePages/indexAR.aspx, where the most recent legislation, decisions from the Federal Supreme Court, fatwas issued by the Legislation Department, international agreements, and federal laws are presented in Arabic, English, and other languages.
Through this digital platform, our aim is to actively engage with the audience, solicit their opinions regarding the portal, assess their satisfaction with the content, and identify optimal strategies for enhancement. Digital feedback may encompass inquiries about the portal's design and usability, its shareability on social media, the accessibility of crucial information to the public, and any suggestions or feedback to advance the portal's development.
The digital consultation aims to know the extent of the public's satisfaction with the UAE legal portal and their benefit from its contents.
Digital consultation enables us to obtain feedback and suggestions from the public about the legal portal which will support us in developing and improving the portal and its contents.
Prediction map of future issues
The Ministry of Justice has unveiled the "Prediction Map of Future Issues" on its open data page at www.moj.gov.ae. This interactive tool forecasts the number of cases anticipated to be registered in the coming two years.
This digital consultation initiative is to actively involve the audience, solicit their opinions regarding the page, gauge their satisfaction with the content, and identify optimal ways to enhance it.
Digital consultation may include questions about the design and usability of the page, its sharing with others on social media, the availability of important information to the audience, as well as any suggestions or feedback that can be provided to develop the content.
Digital consultation aims to determine the extent of the public's satisfaction with and benefit from the map of predicting future issues and open data.
Digital Consultation enables us to obtain feedback and suggestions from the public on the development of open data content which will support us in developing and improving our prediction map of future issues.
Public Consultation on the Issuance of Digital POA Service
The Ministry of Justice launched a new service (issuing the digital POA ), within the digital platform of the Ministry, which aims to encourage the use of the remote litigation system to facilitate the customer's journey.
The customer from anywhere and at any time can submit his transaction and issue his digital POA in less than 10 minutes without the need for the intervention of a notary public. This system also allows safe keeping of POAs by linking with the blockchain system and digital wallet and issuing digital agencies documented with this modern technology. With the possibility to share it digitally with various parties and competent authorities, and the possibility of verification later through the digital platform of the government.
Announcing the new digital service and urging customers to complete and submit their transactions through this system.
During this consultation, the Ministry diligently studied and analyzed the significant proposals put forth by the public. By carefully considering the ideas and suggestions provided, the Ministry has embraced the aspirations of the people and taken appropriate actions to enhance the POA service. This reflects the Ministry's commitment to actively incorporating the public's input and ensuring that the POA service aligns with the needs and expectations of the community. By leveraging the valuable insights gained from the consultation, the Ministry aims to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and overall quality of the POA service. These efforts highlight the Ministry's dedication to responsive governance and its endeavor to deliver
a service that truly serves the public and contributes to their welfare and satisfaction
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Public Consultation on the Justice Services the Public Needs in the Future - Provisioned by the Ministry of Justice
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Campaign Brief & Details
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Re-engineering of services and processes - launching a new list of services
Public Consultation on the Summer Training Program by the Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice, in cooperation and coordination with the Judicial Training Institute, holds a summer training program, which targets the category of newly graduated citizens who are expected to graduate from the universities in the State. The program aims to provide trainees with practical skills complementary to theoretical studies and to develop their abilities in the context of the work environment.
Knowing the extent to which youth and graduates benefit from the content of the training program.
The opinions and observations of participants and community members will be collected to develop the content of the program.
The feedback and suggestions provided will be considered collaboratively with the relevant departments to establish coordination and explore the incorporation of the participants' ideas from the summer training in future endeavors. Efforts will be made to implement these ideas in a manner that aligns with the practical training conducted within the court's work domain.
Public Consultation on the New Proactive Services Provided by the Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice has launched a package of proactive services with the aim
Through this advice, the Ministry of Justice seeks to listening to the voice of the customer and studying the impact of the proactive services that have been launched. It is also keen to involve the customer in the process of designing new proactive services that reduce time and effort
The Ministry of Justice aims to measure the impact of customers on proactive services
https://www.moj.gov.ae/ar/services/proactive-services.aspx
Development and improvement -launching other proactive services
The family counseling portal
The family counseling portal launched by the Ministry of Justice is a unique model that accelerates results and stimulates innovation; in order to achieve the ambitious strategic plans of the Ministry within a short period of time.
Through this portal, the Ministry aspires to build a cohesive society, support family stability, consolidate marital relations, reduce divorce cases, avoid problems resulting from family disintegration, and reduce feelings of tension, anxiety and alienation between spouses.
The Ministry has used the artificial intelligence feature in the portal to ensure government efficiency and speedy response to all inquiries and consultations; Where the artificial intelligence develops and selects the best answers for the direct automated response to the customer, and the family counseling team undertakes the process of reviewing and updating the answers and automated responses and then joining them again to the artificial intelligence database in order to improve the automated responses and collect the largest number of related topics.
The advice aims to know the opinions and suggestions of the public about the portal and its importance in strengthening family and marital relations and consolidating social cohesion, and making family consultations fast, flexible 24/7
The Ministry will monitor the most prominent suggestions and opinions, study them, and take the appropriate action and amendment in this regard
To improve the customer's experience with the Smart Family Counseling System, we are improving the capabilities of the AI (Artificial Intelligence) in responding to customer consultations by reviewing the questions and answers that are received on the system through the family counseling team, then we fed the artificial intelligence database with them again to improve the efficiency of the automatic responses to the customer.
Customer satisfaction questionnaire on the electronic services of the Ministry of Justice
Within the framework of the Ministry of Justice's keenness to continue developing its services, this questionnaire was established to assess the extent of customers' satisfaction with the electronic services provided by the Ministry.
The results of the consultation will be shared with the relevant departments to prepare an action plan to develop and improve services based on the results of the questionnaire .
Ask Adel
The (Ask Adel) platform represents one of the effective daily channels of communication with customers and the public to provide services and respond to inquiries through the virtual assistant and the work team. In order to ensure the quality of these services, the Ministry of Justice launched a questionnaire to measure customer satisfaction with the platform's effectiveness and speed of response
Through this consultation, Ministry of Justice aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the virtual assistant (chatbot) and the response of the work team to instant messages through Ask Adel channel in addition to measuring customer satisfaction so as ensure service improvement to meet the needs and expectations of all categories of customers.
All suggestions and opinions will be reviewed and studied to further develop and enhance the service based on the results of the consultation
Service of Execution of Returned Cheques
A new service related to registering a request for the execution of returned cheques for non-fulfillment of the full value of the cheque or partial fulfillment of the value of the cheque, through which the cheque bearer can apply for the service to implement and collect the remaining amount owed by the cheque owner in accordance with Federal Law No. 14 of 2020 amending some provisions of the Commercial Transactions Law No. 18 for the year 1993.
Which helps to speed up the litigation process and raise the standards of the judicial work system and ensure the provision of the best judicial services to individual litigants. The direct execution of returned cheques is a qualitative transfer to the process of collecting the value of the cheque from what it was previously working. And through a fast-electronic service.
The advice aims to know the public's opinions and suggestions about the service and its importance in saving time and effort, and to make the cheque execution service of quality and speed and contribute to enhancing customer satisfaction.
The service will be developed based on public opinion
Letters Rogatory
The letters Rogatory service provides a smart link between the state's courts to exchange judicial correspondence and enables the applicant to access his dues by seizing the property of the defendant anywhere in the country, which helps to speed up the litigation process and raise the standards of the judicial work system, and ensure the provision of the best judicial services to litigants and the rest of the groups concerned in the judicial work, such as lawyers and experts all over the country, and making the judicial implementation a swift and immediate matter. This service is a vital project requiring the transfer of courts within the process of smart transformation to a whole new stage, in smart linking between state courts and government departments and institutions, so that judicial 'correspondence' is exchanged among them through the smart system, whereas the requesting court sends the letter rogatory to the requested court via the system, which enables the requested court to send the letter rogatory to the institution or department that has inquired about it to carry out the letter rogatory.
The advice aims to know the opinions and suggestions of the public on the service and its importance in saving time and effort, and making the judicial implementation a swift and immediate matter.
The ministry will monitor the most prominent suggestions and opinions, study them, and take appropriate action and amendment in this regard.
The following have been added :-
- Transferring the system to the ministry's infrastructure
- Modify the entities by country
- Adding the attachments feature for sent letter rogatory
- Adding a user to letter rogatory inquire
- Automatic closure of letter rogatory that have passed 14 days from the date of response without action.
- add users requests.
- Adding the complaints and suggestions section in the system.
- Establishment of a CRM for the letter rogatory system to consider complaints and suggestions.
- Modify the dashboard to add a section for late letter rogatory.
- Lock accounts that have not been logged in for 14 days
- Forgot password feature
- Activate SMS notifications
- Changing the design according to the visual identity of the ministry
- Smart phone application design and programming
- Live Chat application service
- Create a user guide for the letter rogatory and divide it into 3 sections
- Linking with the Ministry's Active Directory
- Modifying the mechanism for adding attachments to the letter rogatory system
- Activate the messaging feature in the system
- Modify reports by adding filters
Qualification of judges, prosecutors and lawyers on a distance-training course
Although distance training was a method used by many educational and training institutions, it was used with a clump when the Covid-19 (Corona) pandemic appeared in various fields, The Judicial Training Institute has been required to continue basic training courses for prosecutors and lawyers to relate to the duration of the training requirement and has continued to conduct ongoing training courses, hold seminars for members of the Ministry of Justice and those related to remote legal work and bring this exceptional circumstance to the end. To stimulate the management capabilities of the Institute to search for the best means and methods and to provide the best of their abilities to carry out the training programs in a most effective manner.
The advantages of remote training can be summarized in the following points:Reducing time and disengagement from training venue:The adoption of remote training reduced the duration for the trainee as it took time to reach the institute's headquarters. While remote learning can save time for attendance at training headquarters and does not need to be present at the training location and only requires entering a device Computer or even a mobile phone.Providing the opportunity to attend programs outside the state for the trainee and to benefit from a trainer outside the state:
Remote training allows you to attend training courses regardless of their location, as it does not require that the trainee be present in the country in which the training is, which saves time and money of visa-entry or booking of travel tickets, hotel cost, etc. It is possible to benefit from the lecturers from outside the country and to save time and money.
The Ministry aims to develop the training system by providing remote training to the above-mentioned categories (judges - Prosecutors - Lawyers). Whether basic training and ongoing training to encourage the largest number of participants attending the courses, the Institute noted the difficulty of many members of the judiciary attending the actual courses on the grounds that they were away from their residence, and took time to attend the institute building.The institute also aims to benefit from lecturers who are located outside the country and to reduce the expenses of hosting and transportation for their actual presence
, examine and make appropriate action and adjustment to the most prominent proposals and views thereon
study and analyze the most prominent proposals and add the public's aspirations to take suitable actions
Minor payment service
As part of the Ministry of Justice's pursuit of the UAE's Vision 2021 towards Smart Government, a Minor payment service has been launched on the Ministry's website : www.moj.gov.ae where the guardian can submit various payment requests through the Ministry 'swebsite without having to access customer happiness centers.
Smart Services aim to reduce the time and journey of customers to obtain payment request by logging on to the Ministry's website and submitting a payment request for free of charge.
Based on the questionnaire's results, the service will be developed such as: processing the most frequent observation of customers, simplifying procedures, speeding up the system and increasing the efficiency of loading attachments, or electronic connection with the current system to view the balances of the minor without any effort on the guardian to provide a bank statement.
The service was developed based on public opinion
Mobile Intellectual Property Department
- On 1/5/2018 and according to the resolution of the Minister ofJustice, the competent and mobile Intellectual Property Department was formed
throughout the Federal Judiciary in the UAE which is the first along the Arab Gulf and locally within the State.
- The establishment of this specialized and mobile department in the various emirates in the federal judiciary had achieved the Vision of the Ministry in " bringing justice to the customer" in obtaining intellectual property rights, trademarks and patents, and contributed to raising the efficiency and quality of the judicial services provided by preparing specialized judges to consider cases in an accurate and specialized manner. Therefore, the issued judicial sentences by these courts will establish specialized legal rules in the field of intellectual property that constitute a reference for the implementation of the Ministry's tasks related to trademarks and intellectual property.
Copy of cort judgment as proactive service
UAE’ Attorney General Office has launched a proactive public service, which is “copy of the
sentence” based on the Ministry-of- Possibilities instructions via the development of a proactive service management to launch and implement initiatives and to develop packages
of government services to the customer.
Therefore, “copy of the sentence” was chosen as a proactive service by the public prosecution through which the physical presence of the customer to the customer service offices or placing a request via one of our channels is no longer requested. However, a “copy of the sentence” will be sent via online link automatically to the customer with a code to ensure the confidentiality of the data that he/she can access to immediately with the copy of the sentence.
This service aims at facilitating the procedure for the customer to obtain “copy of the sentence” in order to facilitate the payment process and to achieve the public interest in
saving time, effort and reduce the waiting time in customer service centers.
Electronic marriage system
The Ministry of Justice will send the approved electronic copy of the marriage contract through the electronic marriage system, so those who wish to
marry can benefit from this service without bearing the trouble of attending to the headquarters of the courts, by sending an approved electronic copy of the marriage contract to the parties via e-mail directly after completing the contract procedures by the marriage officer electronically and approved by the judge
To view the service, please visit the link
https://www.moj.gov.ae/en/services/esystems/defaultaspx.aspx
The UAE's legal portal
The new UAE legal portal was launched by the MOJ, in line with the 2021 UAE Vision and the MOJ Strategic Plan, in order to provide the best innovative services in updating, developing and upgrading legislation to the international standards, through legal culture archiving using the state-of-the-art techniques and methods.
The Legal Portal aims to enable the public and professionals to research into a set of federal legislations in Arabic, including 4000 key themes and sub-themes, in addition to the issues of the Official Gazette since its creation in 1971, as well a set of more than 300 federal laws in English. This Portal also enables the perusal of the criminal and civil rulings of the Federal Supreme Court, more than 200 fatwas (advisory opinions) of Fatwa & Legislation Department at the MOJ from 1973, and more than 800 international agreement endorsed by the UAE and classified according to the states and themes, in order to diffuse legal knowledge and culture among the all stakeholders in different legal sectors, including judges and consultants, and public as well.
Development the website of Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice aims to develop its current website in a new interactive interface, providing a wide range of services for the general public and
legal users.
We are inviting you to share your creative ideas with us by filling survey and participating in achieving the desired development by your suggestions to be a part of our new website
study and analyze the most prominent proposals and add the public's aspirations to take suitable actions.
The website of the Ministry of Justice has been updated
www.moj.gov.ae
Application called" My safe Society
Mediation and Conciliation Centers- Ministry Of Justice
· The role of Mediation and Conciliation Centers in the federal courts is to spread the spirit of reconciliation and widen the range of community tolerance, and reach to reconciliation and settlement by mutual consent, besides, implementing whatever agreed upon by the parties guarantees the rights of the plaintiff to be delivered in an easy and quick manner, the mediator listens to the parties and recognizes both the points of agreement and conflict and tries to reach to a point at which both parties agreed upon, then both parties, the mediator and the judge will sign on the document that contains the consent.
· The centers also aim at reducing the number of the incoming cases to the courts to save time and effort, quick cases disposition and achievement of Justice.
This counsel is designed to learn the views and suggestions of the public about the centers and their relevance to spread peace and reconciliation among the conflicting parties.
Flexibility of amending ministerial decision in accordance with the proposals, views and aspirations of the public.
The establishment of Civil Mediation Centers has resulted in an increase in disputes reconciliation ratios, the statistics indicate that the ratio of
reconciliation has increased from 31.1% in 2015 to 59.5% in 2018 as outlined below:
Year
2015
2016
2017
2018
Reconciliation Ratio
31.1
35.8
59.4
59.5
Office for the Management of the Proceedings- Ministry Of Justice
The Ministry of Justice is pleased to publish Law No. 10 of 2014 regarding the establishment of the case management office for the Non-Criminal Matters, for the purpose of launching a dialogue among the interested public on the provisions of the Act.
The Ministry of Justice aims, through the law, to speed up the procedures and achieve a successful justice through the rapid ruling of disputes by enabling the judge to proceed to his fundamental role, namely the hearing of the case.
The phase of case management is the preliminary one in the proceedings of the case, which is conducted by the Office for the purpose of processing the case and completing its initial elements to save the wasted court time as the result of pending cases to complete the requirements
This share aims at identifying the views and suggestions of the public about the case management office, and the purpose of its establishment is toachieve a successful justice through the rapid ruling of disputes
The Ministry will monitor, and study the proposals and opinions and then take the appropriate action
Case management phase was included in smart justice system launched by the Ministry of Justice, the system allows litigators to register their disputes online, this process directly contributed to achieving the required goal which is quick disposition of disputes.