Section 1. Freedom from Coercion
No person shall be compelled to act, labor, comply, or submit through threat of deprivation, violence, detention, exposure, or loss of basic necessities. Consent obtained through coercion shall have no legal force.
Section 2. Prohibition of Forced and Compelled Labor
No person shall be forced, compelled, or economically coerced into labor or service. Labor performed under threat of poverty, hunger, homelessness, loss of healthcare, or exclusion from social participation shall be presumed involuntary.
Section 3. Protection Against Survival-Based Compliance
Systems or practices that condition access to food, shelter, healthcare, safety, or dignity upon compliance, silence, or submission shall be prohibited. Survival shall not be used as leverage to compel behavior.
Section 4. Economic Exploitation
No economic arrangement shall extract labor, value, or compliance while denying the conditions necessary for a dignified life. Exploitation shall include arrangements that rely upon precarity, fear, or lack of viable alternatives.
Section 5. Freedom from Retaliation
No person shall suffer retaliation, penalty, or exclusion for refusing coerced labor, resisting exploitation, or asserting the rights secured by this Constitution.
Section 6. Equal Application
The protections of this Article apply equally to all persons and shall not be diminished by status, contract, classification, or economic condition.
Section 7. Interpretation
This Article shall be interpreted to expand protection against coercion and exploitation. Ambiguity shall be resolved in favor of free consent, dignity, and autonomy.
Section 8. Enforcement
Violations of this Article shall be recognized as violations of fundamental rights and shall be subject to immediate judicial remedy, without requirement of exhaustion, delay, or deference.
Section 9. Non-Derogation
The rights secured by this Article shall not be suspended, limited, or reinterpreted under any circumstance except through amendment by the people.
Consent obtained under conditions of deprivation, threat, dependency, or lack of meaningful alternatives shall not be considered valid.