Protecting the human rights and improving the lives of sex workers and victims of sexual exploitation

Amendment No. 50 | Doc. 16044 | 03 October 2024

Signatories:

Ms Laura CASTEL, Spain, UEL ; Ms Andrea EDER-GITSCHTHALER, Austria, EPP/CD ; Ms Heike ENGELHARDT, Germany, SOC ; Ms Alessandra MAIORINO, Italy, NR ; Mr Berdan ÖZTÜRK, Türkiye, UEL

Origin

2024 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 9, insert the following paragraph:

"Besides, this judgement acknowledges that the combined effect of the decriminalisation of people in prostitution and the criminalisation of the purchase of sexual acts had a positive effect on the protection of persons in prostitution by reversing the balance of power between sex buyers and persons in prostitution to the benefit of the latter."