Know Your Laws (Fundamental Duties and Rights)
All persons shall have the right to life, liberty and security of person and shall not be deprived of such rights except in accordance with the due process of law.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to freedom of speech, opinion and expression.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to information.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. No person shall be compelled to belong to another faith by means of
coercion or inducement.
There shall be freedom of the press, radio and television and other forms of dissemination of information, including electronic.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to vote.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to freedom of movement and residence within Bhutan.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to equal access and opportunity to join the Public Service.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to own property, but shall not have the right to sell or transfer land or any immovable property to a person who is not a
citizen of Bhutan, except in keeping with laws enacted by Parliament.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to practice any lawful trade, profession or vocation.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, other than membership of associations that are harmful to the peace and unity of the country, and shall have the right not to be compelled to belong to any association.
Every person in Bhutan shall have the right to material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he or she is the author or
creator.
A person shall not be deprived of property by acquisition or requisition, except for public purpose and on payment of fair compensation in accordance with
the provisions of the law.
All persons are equal before the law and are entitled to equal and effective protection of the law and shall not be discriminated against on the grounds of race,
sex, language, religion, politics or other status.
A person charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in accordance with the law.
A person shall not be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
A person shall not be subjected to capital punishment.
A person shall not be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her privacy, family, home or correspondence nor to unlawful attacks on the
person’s honour and reputation.
A person shall not be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention.
A person shall have the right to consult and be represented by a Bhutanese Jabmi of his or her choice. (for continuation include from page 12 & 13 of
Constitution)
A Bhutanese citizen shall preserve, protect and defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity, security and unity of
Bhutan and render national service when called upon to do so by Parliament.
A Bhutanese citizen shall have the duty to preserve, protect and respect the environment, culture and heritage of the
nation.
A Bhutanese citizen shall foster tolerance, mutual respect and spirit of brotherhood amongst all the people of Bhutan
transcending religious, linguistic, regional or sectional diversities.
A person shall respect the National Flag and the National Anthem.
A person shall not tolerate or participate in acts of injury, torture or killing of another person, terrorism, abuse of
women, children or any other person and shall take necessary steps to prevent such acts.
A person shall have the responsibility to provide help, to the greatest possible extent, to victims of accidents and in
times of natural calamity.
A person shall have the responsibility to safeguard public property.
A person shall have the responsibility to pay taxes in accordance with the law.
Every person shall have the duty to uphold justice and to act against corruption.
Every person shall have the duty to act in aid of the law.
Every person shall have the duty and responsibility to respect and abide by the provisions of this Constitution.