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Legislation and the Situation Concerning Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation in EU Member States

Document number
2434
Date
2010
Title
Legislation and the Situation Concerning Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation in EU Member States
Author/publisher
International Center for Migration Policy Development
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Prostitution; Sex work; Clients, Abolitionism; New Abolitionism; Prohibitionism; Regulationism, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution, Sex tourism, Pornography, Domestic violence, Prostitution, Rape, Sexual harassment,
Summary

Notably, the study pays special attention to the gaps in available data on trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation and prostitution. It then analyses the external factors shaping demand and supply such as migration, labour and non-discrimination policy, gender equality, which might intervene in the effective implementation of certain policies, and produce side effects with a negative impact on trafficking for sexual exploitation at national or even EU level. The study attempts to explore, in a politically/ideologically neutral manner, and subject to the data available, whether certain legal approaches to prostitution have an influence on the quantitative and qualitative dimension of trafficking in human beings.

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