Amnesty International called for prostitution to be decriminalised in order to protect human rights, it was reported in late January.
The proposal says: ‘The criminalisation of voluntary sex between adults, whether for direct monetary gain or otherwise, threatens the rights to health, non-discrimination, equality, privacy, and security of person.’
It goes on to state: ‘Amnesty International understands the imperfect context in which individuals choose to become sex workers’.
A former member of Amnesty accused them of ‘betraying women’s rights’. They said: ‘We do not solve the problems for women in the developing world by encouraging them to be prostitutes. Who benefits from that? The men. Prostitution is a form of exploitation and abuse’.
