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February 23, 2016

New UNAIDS strategy calls for decriminalization of sex work

On 11 of August 2015 in Dublin at the International Council Meeting, Amnesty International voted to adopt policy that would decriminalize all aspects of adult consensual sex work, while still classifying coercion into sex work or having sex with a minor as a major human rights violation.

As stated in the UNAIDS strategy, stigma and discrimination against key populations is a major contributor to high HIV prevalence among them and linked to lower access to health care and housing.

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September 1, 2015

Ukraine Starts Talking about Legalization of Sex Work Again

In July and August police busted several premises that were used to provide sex services in Kiev. In one case, the sex workers were arrested and they faced administrative fines, in the other case, the owners are under criminal investigation. At the same time Amnesty International voted for decriminalization of all the aspects of sex work, and shortly after the head of Kiev police Aleksandr Tereshchuk supported the idea of legalization of sex work. Moreover, on August 30 a petition was launched on the e-petition website of the President of Ukraine.

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August 11, 2015

Amnesty International voted for decriminalization of sex work

The vote came on the last day of a biennial meeting in Dublin of about 400 members of the human rights organization from 60 countries. They had gathered to set the group’s future policies. The resolution recommends a policy that would decriminalize all aspects of adult, consensual sex work, while still classifying coercion into sex work or having sex with a minor as a major human rights violation. The resolution is intended to protect adult sex workers from stigma and abuse by decriminalizing aspects of sex work including buying sex, pimping and operating a brothel.

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August 7, 2015

Sex Work, Decriminalization and Amnesty International

1,5 weeks ago Amnesty International’s draft policy calling for the decriminalisation of sex work got public attention. Since then, there were letters sent to Amnesty International the organization to reconsider its position regarding sex work, petitions were created that ask Amnesty International to stand firmly on its position. The Internet got flooded with numerous articles that have a wide range of emotions: from support up to the total condemnation of Amnesty International’s position. In order to clarify the situation with the policy draft of Amnesty International.

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August 6, 2015

“The purpose of my life is decriminalization of sex work in the Russian Federation”. Interview with Irina Maslova

Irina, you advocate that sex workers should not be called commercial sex workers or in any other way in lot of interviews. Why?

This decision was not made by us only, it was made at a general conference of sex workers in 2005. At the same time the declaration of sex workers, which enumerated all their basic rights, was developed.

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