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No evidence of any legislation (passed or proposed) that specifically mentions AI sentience, consciousness, or sentient AI systems. The UAE has extensive AI regulation including the National AI Strategy 2031, AI Ethics Guidelines, and the UAE Charter for AI Development, but none of these documents address AI sentience or consciousness. There is academic discussion about granting legal personality to autonomous robots in UAE law, but this remains theoretical research, not legislation. The UAE has Federal Law No. 16 of 2007 on animal protection, but there is no evidence it formally recognizes animal sentience in the manner required for the bonus point.

No laws prohibiting causing suffering specifically to AI systems. UAE AI regulations focus on human safety, privacy, bias prevention, and ethical AI use, but do not address the concept of AI suffering or welfare.

The UAE has established multiple AI governance bodies including the Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council (AIATC), the UAE Council for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transactions, and appointed the world's first Minister of State for AI. However, none of these bodies explicitly focus on AI sentience or welfare. They focus on AI strategy, innovation, ethics, safety, and economic development—not sentience/consciousness/welfare.

No evidence of a science advisory board specifically focused on AI sentience or consciousness research. The UAE has research institutions like Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and various AI councils, but these focus on general AI development, not sentience/consciousness research.

The UAE has published its International Stance on Artificial Intelligence Policy (2024) and participates in international AI governance forums, but these focus on AI safety, ethics, security, and development—not artificial sentience welfare. No evidence of international pledges specifically addressing AI sentience or consciousness welfare.

UAE has Federal Decree Law No. 25 of 2018 on Projects of Future Nature allowing interim licensing for AI projects, and various sector-specific AI regulations (healthcare, finance, autonomous vehicles). However, none of these specifically address training, deployment, or maintenance of potentially sentient systems. They regulate AI systems generally, not sentience-capable systems specifically.

No laws specifically governing commercial use of sentient-capable AI. The UAE has general AI commerce regulations, data protection laws, and guidelines for AI in financial services, but these do not distinguish sentient-capable systems from general AI systems.

No safeguards specifically for decommissioning or retirement of potentially sentient systems. UAE AI regulations mention modifying or removing risky AI systems and require human oversight, but these provisions apply to general AI safety, not to considerations of sentience or consciousness in system retirement.