JusTICeJusTech & Innovation Centre

JusTech & Innovation Centre, JSW Law

What should justice look like in an AI-enabled Bhutan?

JusTICe exists to keep innovation anchored in law, human dignity, and Gross National Happiness.

The Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law at Pangbisa, Paro

Who we are

Bhutan's national hub where the law of technology and technology for law converge

Justice is entering a period of transformation driven by digital platforms, data, and artificial intelligence. These technologies offer real gains in accessibility, efficiency, and transparency. They also raise questions of privacy, bias, accountability, and human oversight.

JusTICe, the JusTech & Innovation Centre at Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law, was established so that Bhutan shapes this future responsibly, in line with its constitutional values and the principles of Gross National Happiness.

The choices Bhutan makes now about how AI and digital systems are governed and designed will shape society far more than the technologies themselves.

Why it matters

The farmer in Panbang

Behind every strategy is a person. This is the justice gap JusTICe exists to close, and the future we are working towards.

Today

He walks three hours to find a lawyer's office. It is closed.

He goes to court. He cannot understand the forms.

He goes home. Nothing happens.

The future we are building

He asks in his own language and receives plain legal information.

He files from a phone, or with help at a community centre.

A human mediator helps both sides resolve it. Technology assists; people decide.

We Aim to Close this Gap