Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify "lack of recognition as a person before the law" as an important but undocumented barrier to accessing services and conclude that multi-faceted, setting-specific reform is needed-rather than a singular focus on decriminalization-if the health and human rights of sex workers are to be realized.
Complex combinations of law, policy, and enforcement practices determine sex workers vulnerability to HIV and rights abuses. We identify "lack of recognition as a person before the law" as an important but undocumented barrier to accessing services and conclude that multi-faceted, setting-specific reform is needed-rather than a singular focus on decriminalization-if the health and human rights of sex workers are to be realized.
Authors: Lawrence O Gostin; John T Monahan; Jenny Kaldor; Mary DeBartolo; Eric A Friedman; Katie Gottschalk; Susan C Kim; Ala Alwan; Agnes Binagwaho; Gian Luca Burci; Luisa Cabal; Katherine DeLand; Timothy Grant Evans; Eric Goosby; Sara Hossain; Howard Koh; Gorik Ooms; Mirta Roses Periago; Rodrigo Uprimny; Alicia Ely Yamin Journal: Lancet Date: 2019-04-30 Impact factor: 79.321