United Arab Emirates.
The UAE federal government has a Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence that oversees the Cabinet-endorsed National Tolerance Program, a federal law on volunteering (Federal Law No. 13 of 2018), and a national volunteering platform, Volunteers.ae. The government also declared 2017 the Year of Giving.
Is there a legal duty to help a stranger?
Varies by regionIt was not possible to retrieve the official text of the current Penal Code (Federal Decree-Law No. 31 of 2021) and so could not confirm whether it contains a general duty to help a stranger in danger. Secondary search results pointed only to duties to report crimes and to endangerment offenses, which are not the same thing.
Are people who help protected?
Varies by regionNo official source that could be opened confirms a specific good-faith helper protection. One secondary legal commentary mentions a provision on good-faith first aid in the older 1987 Penal Code, but It was not possible to verify it against the statute, so it is not relied on here.
How the government promotes giving and service
One thing worth knowing
The government pairs a tolerance ministry with a volunteering law and a single national volunteering platform, so promotion of giving and volunteering is organized through named federal bodies.
What this does not mean
This guide describes what official pages say these programs are for, not how they work in practice. The federal anti-discrimination law of 2015 was replaced by Federal Law by Decree No. 34 of 2023 (per u.ae); it is about discrimination, hatred and extremism, not about helping strangers. Not legal advice. This is a plain-language summary of public sources, not legal advice, and it does not rank countries. No government named here has endorsed this site.