1.The grounds and procedure for Mongolian citizenship, acquisition or loss of citizenship shall be determined only by law. 2.Deprivation of Mongolian citizenship, exile and extradition of citizens of Mongolia shall be prohibited. Article Sixteen The citizens of Mongolia are guaranteed to exercise the following rights and freedoms: 1/the right to life. Deprivation of human life shall be strictly prohibited unless capital punishment is imposed by due judgement of the Court for the most serious crimes, pursuant to Mongolian Criminal law; 2/the right to healthy and safe environment, and to be protected against environmental pollution and ecological imbalance; 3/the right to fair acquisition, possession, ownership and inheritance of movable and immovable property. Illegal confiscation and requisitioning of the private property of citizens shall be prohibited. If the State and its bodies/organs appropriate private property on the basis of exclusive public need, they shall do so with due compensation and payment; 4/the right to free choice of employment, to be provided with favorable conditions of work, to receive a remuneration, to rest and to conduct private enterprise. No one shall be subjected to forced labor; 5/the right to material and financial assistance in old age, disability, childbirth and childcare and in other circumstances as provided by law; 6/the right to the protection of health and to obtain medical care. The procedure and conditions of free medical aid shall be determined by law; 7/the right to education. The state shall provide basic general education free of charge. Citizens may establish and operate private schools if these meet the requirements of the State; 8/the right to conduct cultural, artistic and scientific activities, to engage in creative works, and to benefit thereof. Copyrights and patents shall be protected by law; 9/the right to take part in the conduct of State affairs directly or through representative bodies. The right to elect and to be elected to State bodies. The right to elect shall be exercised from the age of eighteen years and the age eligible for being elected shall be determined by law according to the requirements in respect of the state bodies or positions concerned; 10/right to form a party or other mass organizations and freedom of association to these organizations on the basis of social and personal interests and opinion. All political parties and other mass organizations shall uphold public order and state security, and abide by law. Discrimination and persecution of a person for joining a political party or other mass organization or for being their member shall be prohibited. Party membership of some categories of state employees may be suspended; 11/men and women shall enjoy equal rights in political, economic, social, cultural fields and in family relationship. Marriage shall be based on the equality and mutual consent of the spouses who have reached the age determined by law. The State shall protect the interests of the family, motherhood and the child; 12/the right to submit a petition or a complaint to State bodies and officials. The State bodies and officials shall be obliged to respond to the petitions or complaints of citizens in conformity with law;