"The Assembly notes the existence of a debate between abolitionist and decriminalisation models of prostitution. Numerous human rights organisations, experts and officials have recommended full decriminalisation of prostitution as the best way to protect the health and human rights of people in prostitution. The Assembly notes, however, that many others, including organisations of survivors of prostitution or defenders of women's rights, support the abolition of prostitution, notably by criminalising procuring and the purchase of sexual acts, on the grounds that prostitution is contrary to the fundamental rights recognised in international law, in particular freedom and human dignity. Indeed, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol - 2000) condemns procuring as a form of human trafficking (Art. 3.a.) and requires States Parties to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of human exploitation (Art. 9.5.). This obligation is reiterated in UN General Assembly Resolution 77/194 and explicitly recognised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in its report "Discouraging the demand that fosters trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation (2021)". The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) explicitly recognises, in paragraph 8 of its General Comment No. 38 (2020), that international law relating to trafficking in women and the exploitation of prostitution of women has been codified and developed in the aforementioned 1949 UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others, ratified by more than half the member States of the Council of Europe. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) requires States parties to "take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to suppress all forms of traffic in women and exploitation of prostitution of women" (Art. 6). The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197) condemns the purchase of sexual acts and, to discourage demand, encourages States to criminalise the use of exploitative services. The European Parliament resolution on the regulation of prostitution in the European Union, adopted on 14 September 2023 reaffirms the same principles, considering prostitution to be incompatible with human dignity, calling for the decriminalisation and support of people in prostitution, and affirming the need to tackle the demand for prostitution."