Dubai has witnessed fast economic growth marked by major improvements in economic and social indicators. In order to ensure sustainable human development, it is necessary to maintain a dignified, safe life for its residents by improving security, justice and safety.
Dubai ranks among the world's safest cities as evidenced by its low crime rate. In addition, it has realised many achievements in the justice sector with noticeable improvements in case management and registration procedures.
In order to improve public health and safety, the government focused on developing and improving relevant legislation, regulation and standards.
Aims
The Security, Justice and Safety sector plan aims to provide the infrastructure necessary to ensure human rights and public safety in light of the socio-economic environment and the global challenges that Dubai faces.
Within this context, eight aims were identified for Security, Justice and Safety.
Strategic Thrusts
In order to achieve the aims for Security, Justice and Safety, the following strategic thrusts will be pursued:
(1) Preserve Security and Order
- Improve criminal investigation's effectiveness and efficiency
- Increase the number of patrols in order to prevent crimes
- Improve efficiency and effectiveness of operations in responding to citizen's requests
- Improve border and ports security through the use of advanced equipment and technology
- Improve electronic sharing of data among government departments to facilitate crime detection and prevention
(2) Protect rights and freedoms
- Enhance transparency within the security sector
(3) Manage crises and disasters
- Develop crisis and disaster contingency plans
- Ensure concerned stakeholders adopt contingency plans
- Provide necessary equipment and infrastructure for crisis and disaster management
(4) Ensure access to justice
Eliminate all economic, geographic, legal and procedural barriers that restrict access to procedural services or justice by:
- Improving legislation and laws
- Increasing awareness of rights and duties
- Facilitating resolution of labour disputes
(5) Maintain accuracy and clarity of investigations and judgments
- Improve judicial inspection
- Improve mechanisms for resolving rental disputes
- Improve the quality of judicial investigations and judgments
- Expedite the Process of Case Disposal
- Activate commercial arbitration
- Enhance cases management system
- Support development of lawyers' and experts' competencies
- Reduce execution timeframe
(6) Ensure the safety of all UAE nationals, residents and visitors
- Update safety legislation, specifications and standards
- Establish and reinforce safety regulation mechanisms and programmes to organise key safety sectors
- Establish a mechanism to collect and process statistical data, and prepare applied studies and field research
- Unify and develop enforcement and monitoring systems for safety at the emirate level and raise level of coordination among relevant enforcement departments at the federal level
- Develop laboratories specialising in safety in the emirate of Dubai and provide necessary mechanisms, equipment and infrastructure
- Increase safety awareness and culture
(8) Protect public health and improve quality
of life of UAE nationals, residents and visitors
- Update and develop legislation and specifications related to public health
- Develop mechanisms, facilities and plans associated with supervision and monitoring systems for all elements of public health
- Establish effective coordination and collaboration mechanisms and electronic networking among stakeholders in public health
- Develop emergency plans to deal with accidents and risks that threaten public health
- Enhance public health awareness and educatio
