CONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN ISSUED IN 2002 AND
ITS AMENDMENTS WHICH ISSUED IN 2012
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa took his Reins of Power in the Kingdom of
Bahrain on 6 March 1999. This was followed by an initiative from His Majesty the King
on December 16, 2000 to put in place the National Action Charter project, to be a
covenant document and a pillar of a new social decade in the kingdom. On 14th and 15th
February 2001, The Bahraini People voted in favor of the National Charter with
overwhelming result of 98.4%.
The Charter sets out the main principles, foundations and objectives of the reform
project of His Majesty the King, which deals with; the basic introductions of Bahraini
society; the objectives of governance and its foundation; fundamental rights and
freedoms of the citizen of Bahrain; the foundations that family, community and civil
society organizations are based on; education, culture and science; finally, confirming
work as a right and an obligation.
The Charter is considered as the General frame of the reform project of His Majesty,
which includes the most important documents of the fundamental reform of the
Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and also the Economic Vision of 2030 that
outlines the features of the next stage and what it has for renaissance and
comprehensive reform process in various fields. From this point of view, an order was
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