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Source: https://www.nswp.org/sex-work-laws-map
About the map
The map provides information on laws which criminalise the sale of sexual services, the purchase of sexual services and the facilitation, management or organisation of sex work.
Countries which criminalise sex work are highlighted on the map in three shades of red representing selling, buying and third parties. Countries which regulate sex work through ‘legalisation’ are highlighted in yellow. Countries which have decriminalised sex work are highlighted in green.
You can use the key above to filter the map according to these different types of legal frameworks. Some countries are marked with a ⚠ symbol to indicate that additional information is provided on the country page regarding its sex work laws. A full list of countries is available here.
*Where we indicate an activity is criminalised, this includes activities associated with selling sexual services that are intrinsic to the work or protect safety (e.g. soliciting on the streets or in a public place, advertising, sharing premises with other indoor sex workers), or other activities associated with buying (e.g. "kerb crawling"). The term ‘third parties’ includes managers, brothel keepers, receptionists, maids, drivers, landlords, hotels who rent rooms to sex workers and anyone else who is seen as facilitating sex work and can also include sex workers themselves.
The information in the map reflects legislation (as of 31 March 2020) that exists in relation to sex work, rather than how laws are enforced or the impact they have on sex workers. The map does not include all countries where sex work legislation has been conflated with trafficking legislation, given the complexity of the legislation, but the map highlights some examples on specific country pages.
NSWP will continue to work on more national case studies that will provide insight into how law enforcement implement the legislation and its impact upon sex workers, these will be added to the country pages as they are completed, as funding allows.
While it can be difficult to obtain up to date and reliable information on the sex work laws that exist across the world, every attempt has been made to ensure that the information on this map is as accurate as possible. If you are aware of any inaccuracies in the information provided about specific countries please contact us by emailing communications@nswp.org.
The information was last updated in March 2020.
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