The Essential-Liberalism Manifesto (Article III)
III. RIGHT TO LIBERTY
1. Slavery prohibited: Slavery, slave trade,
involuntary servitude, and trafficking for involuntary servitude are
strictly prohibited, as they are based on the immoral principle of
ownership over another person.
2. Forced labor prohibited:
Forced labor is prohibited except for criminals serving prison time,
for members of the armed forces performing their lawful military
service, or during a general draft in wartime.
3. Forced medical experimentation
prohibited: No one can be subjected without his or
her free and informed consent to physically invasive or otherwise
harmful medical or scientific experimentation.
4. Forced pregnancy prohibited:
A woman cannot be forced to become pregnant, and is free to use
birth control methods to avoid becoming pregnant. A man is also free
to use such methods for the same end.
5. Kidnapping, unlawful confinement,
and rape as serious crimes: Kidnapping or otherwise
greatly limiting the free movement of another person without their
consent is deemed a serious criminal offense (felony). Rape (sexual
intercourse with another through unlawful duress or threat of harm)
is also deemed a felony.
6. Right to free movement:
A citizen has the right to free and independent movement within his
or her country, and a right to leave the country and return to it an
unlimited number of times. The state may not
force any citizen to go into exile.
7. Right to reside anywhere:
A citizen has the right to reside alone or with others anywhere in
his or her country of residence (where residential property is
available for rent or purchase).
8. Compliance with lawful detention
and arrest procedures required: Detention of a
person by government agents can only be made for a brief period
(typically minutes or hours), and only as part of a routine security
check, or if the agents have probable cause to suspect the person
detained has violated the law. Government agents can only arrest a
person if such person fails to comply with the mandates of the law
which allows for the arrest of a person reasonably suspected of its
violation. Such arrest must be approved within a reasonable time by
a judge upon a determination that the arrest is legally justified.
9. Right to challenge your detention
as unlawful: A detainee or their legal
representative may, under specified circumstances, petition a high
court to request that the government show the detention (pre-trial
or post-trial) is, in fact,
legally justified.
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