UAE more peaceful than US, France, Canada: Report

Sunday 14 Jun 2015 - 14:33 Makkah mean time-27-8-1436

Abu Dhabi, (IINA) - The UAE has excelled major developed countries such as the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany and others with regard to the rule of law and order and security, because crime is effectively controlled and people here are peaceful and don’t resort to violence to redress personal grievances, said the chief research officer at The World Justice Project, according to Emirates24/7 news.
"Thanks to its low crime ratio and rule of law, the UAE’s status as a safe haven got a shot in the arm as The World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index 2015 has rated the country top in law and order and security in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) and sixth in the world."
Alejandro Ponce, chief research officer at WJP, said that the UAE enjoys high rating in law and order and security because crime is effectively controlled, effectively limited and people do not resort to violence to redress personal grievances.
According to the general population, crime rates are very low in the UAE, he said, adding that the UAE has a very high score for absence of crime, outperforming its regional and income-level peers.
The index measures how the rule of law is experienced in everyday life for 102 countries worldwide.
The findings are based on answers of 1,000 respondents in the three largest cities per country and a set of in-country legal practitioners and academics.
In law and order and security rating, the UAE excelled Sweden, Canada, Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, UK, US, France, Spain and others.
Japan, Denmark, Finland, Singapore and Uzbekistan notched highest rating in law and security.WJP Rule of Law Index 2015 rated the UAE 27th on the rule of law. Globally, the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2015 rated UAE 27th among 102 countries ahead of Italy, Greece, Malaysia, Russia, Turkey and others.
The WJP poll for the UAE was administered in the spring of 2015 by a local polling company using a probability sample of 1,600 respondents in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.
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