Safeguarding Children In A UAE Education Context

UAE Federal Law No. 3 of 2016 (the "Child Rights Law") enshrines the basic principle that children have the right to life and safety, and specifically provides that every child is entitled to an education.

The Child Rights Law seeks to prevent all kinds of violence in educational institutions and to preserve children's dignity in an education context. The law states that a child's mental, psychological, physical or ethical safety must not be prejudiced. These principles are reiterated and further elaborated on under Executive Council Resolution No. 2 of 2017 (the "Resolution") which obliges private schools in Dubai to take all necessary measures to care for and protect their students' rights.