See also: Human rights in the United Arab Emirates, Same-sex relationship § Laws against, and Sex and the lawĪrticle 354 of the Federal Penal Code states: 'Whoever commits rape on a female or sodomy with a male shall be punished by death.' The Federal Penal Code, which follows Sharia Law, does not replace the legal system of each emirate, unless it is contrary to the federal law. Homosexuality is illegal in the UAE, and is punishable by the death penalty under sharia law. Adultery and fornication are crimes punished with death, and a person convicted of homosexuality may also face charges of adultery if they have an opposite-sex spouse while having sexual relations with a person of the same sex. Punishments include death, life in prison, floggings, fines, deportation, chemical castration, forced psychological treatments, honor killings, vigilante executions, beatings, forced anal examinations, forced hormone injections, and torture.
All sexual relations outside of heterosexual marriage are criminalized. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT) people in the United Arab Emirates face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT people.
Death, life in prison, floggings, fines, deportation, chemical castration, forced psychological treatments, honor killings, vigilante executions, beatings, forced anal examinations, forced hormone injections, and torture.
