P. Right Against Involuntary Servitude

S. Right Against Involuntary Servitude

1987 CONST., art. III, sec. 18

> art. III, sec. 18

SECTION 18. (1) No person shall be detained solely by reason of his political beliefs and aspirations.

(2) No involuntary servitude in any form shall exist except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

Involuntary Servitude

Every condition of enforced or compulsory service of one to another no matter under what form such servitude may be disguised. (Rubi v. Provincial Board, G.R. No. L-14078, March 7, 1919)

A private person who contracts obligations of rendering services in a civil capacity to the Army as an employee in its offices cannot, by law, either civil or military, be compelled to fulfill them by imprisonment and deportation from his place of residence. (In Re A.O. Brooks, G.R. No. L-507, November 5, 1901).

Slavery

The status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised. (R.A. No. 10364, Sec. 3(e))