Have a read of what those Fundamental Rights and Freedoms are as contained at section 3 of the Act.
(a) the right to life, liberty and security of the person
and the right not to be deprived thereof except in the execution of the
sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence of which the person has
been convicted;
(b) the right to freedom of thought, conscience, belief and
observance of political doctrines;
(c) the right to freedom of expression;
(d) the right to seek, receive, distribute or disseminate
information, opinions and ideas through any media;
(e) the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and
association;
(f) the right to freedom of movement, that is to say, the
right
(i) of every citizen of Jamaica
to enter Jamaica; and
(ii) of every person lawfully in
Jamaica, to move around freely throughout Jamaica, to reside in any part of
Jamaica and to leave Jamaica;
(g) the right to equality before the law;
(h) the right to equitable and humane treatment by any
public authority in the exercise of any function;
(i) the right to freedom from discrimination on the ground
of—
(i) being male or female;
(ii) race, place of origin,
social class, colour, religion or political opinions;
(j) the right of everyone to—
(i) protection from search of the
person and property;
(ii) respect for and protection
of private and family life, and privacy of the home; and
(iii) protection of privacy of
other property and of communication;
(k) the right of every child—
(i) to such measures of
protection as are required by virtue of the status of being a minor or as part
of the family, society and the State;
(ii) who is a citizen of Jamaica,
to publicly funded tuition in a public educational institution at the pre-primary
and primary levels;
(l) the right to enjoy a healthy and productive environment
free from the threat of injury or damage from environmental abuse and degradation
of the ecological heritage;
(m) the right of every citizen of Jamaica—
(i) who is qualified to be
registered as an elector for elections to the House of Representatives, to be
so registered; and
(ii) who is so registered, to vote
in free and fair elections;
(n) the right of every citizen of Jamaica to be granted a
passport and not to be denied or deprived thereof except by due process of law;
(o) the right to protection from torture, or inhuman or
degrading punishment or other treatment as provided In subsections (6) and (7);
(p) the right to freedom of the person as provided in
section 14;
(q) the protection of property rights as provided in section
15;
(r) the right to due process as provided in section 16; and
(s) the right to freedom of religion, as provided in section
17.
