Moral Damages
التعويض عن الضرر الأدبي
Moral damages are monetary compensation awarded to a claimant for non-financial harm — injury to reputation, dignity, feelings, or family relations — caused by the defendant's wrongful act. Under Articles 292 and 293 of the UAE Civil Code, compensation extends to "harm to feelings, to honour, to dignity, to reputation, to social standing and to physical suffering." UAE courts accept moral damages in defamation, wrongful arrest, medical negligence, wrongful termination, and cases of gross insult, and may award them alongside actual (material) damages. The amount is left to the court's discretion, guided by the gravity of the wrong, the claimant's circumstances, and precedent. Moral damages are ordinarily personal to the victim and do not transfer to heirs except in defined circumstances.
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التعويض عن الضرر الأدبي هو مبلغ يُحكم به للمتضرر جبراً لضرر غير مالي أصابه — كالمساس بالسمعة أو الكرامة أو العاطفة أو العلاقات الأسرية — بسبب فعل خاطئ ارتكبه المدعى عليه. وتقضي المادتان 292 و293 من قانون المعاملات المدنية الإماراتي بامتداد التعويض إلى "الضرر الأدبي الذي يصيب الإحساس أو الشرف أو الكرامة أو السمعة أو المركز الاجتماعي أو الألم البدني". تقبل المحاكم الإماراتية الحكم بالتعويض الأدبي في دعاوى التشهير والقبض التعسفي والإهمال الطبي والفصل التعسفي وحالات السب الجسيم، وقد يُحكم به إلى جانب التعويض المادي. وتحدّد المحكمة المبلغ بسلطتها التقديرية وفق جسامة الفعل وظروف المتضرر والسوابق القضائية. وهو شخصي للمتضرر أصلاً ولا ينتقل للورثة إلا في حالات محددة.
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