الحماية القانونية للمواقع الأثرية في التشريع الإماراتي

الملخص EN

The antiquities, including archaeological sites, are considered as the historical record of peoples and nations.

In fact, they represent the historical depth that shows what Man has achieved throughout the successive stages of time.

In addition to the historical importance of the archaeological sites are the support of the peoples and nations, they are also one of the most significant means to develop the tourism sector.

They attract the tourists who visit these sites to discover the implications of the events and experiences of the people in ancient times and ages.

When we know the importance of the archeological sites and the need to protect and preserve them both from the effects of nature represented by factors of the environment and climate or from the attacks that can occur from Man himself as sabotage and theft, the international conventions and national legislations take the initiative to adopt mechanisms to protect and preserve these archaeological sites.

The UAE have taken into consideration the protection of the archeological sites, Thus, the UAE legislator issued the Federal Law No.

6 of 2008 which provides establishing a National Council for Tourism and Antiquities and reinforced by Federal Law No.

11 of 2017 on the protection of antiquities, and on the establishment of the National Council for Tourism and Antiquities concerning the protection of archeology.

On the local level, the local legislator in the Emirate of Sharjah has initiated early to provide legal protection for archeological sites.

Law No.

1 of 1991 under the Antiquities Law was passed the Law No.

2 of 2017 which is “Sharjah Archeology Authority Law”.

The present study aims at finding out the legal protections established by the legislation in the United Arab Emirates for archeological sites to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of the legislation in order to provide real and effective protection for them in this analytical and inductive method of the legislative texts issued in this regard.