[DRAFT - ON HOLD] Don't Prosecute Sex Workers

[Astrobolt]

Don't Prosecute Sex Workers
Category: Civil Rights | Strength: Significant

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The General Assembly,

Noting that the legality of sex work remains controversial among member nations,

Recognizing however, that criminalizing sex workers harms individuals who are victims of sexual violence,

Cognizant of the fact that penalizing sex workers reduces their trust in national and regional authorities, causing cases of abuse and trafficking to go unreported,

Aware that criminal sanctions attached to sex work disproportionately harm minority groups,

Hereby enacts the following:

1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
   
   
   1. “Sex work” as the act of selling one’s own sexual services.
      
      
   2. A “sex worker” as an individual who sells their own sexual services.
   
   
2. Requires member nations to legalize sex work within their jurisdictions.
   
   
3. Prevents member nations from deporting any individual based on their status as a sex worker.
   
   
4. Clarifies that nothing in this resolution prevents member nations from criminalizing the act of purchasing sexual services.

[Astrobolt]

Reserved.

[Bears Armed]

OOC: Have you read this existing Resolution?

[Astrobolt]

OOC: Have you read this existing Resolution?

OOC: I am aware of the resolution, which is why I defined sex work as simply the act of "selling one's own sexual services" instead of something like "the exchange of sexual services". I don't believe there is a contradiction as this resolution would simply shield sex workers from deportation and prosecution, not make the entire exchange legal.

[Imperium Anglorum]

OOC: Have you read this existing Resolution?

OOC: I am aware of the resolution, which is why I defined sex work as simply the act of "selling one's own sexual services" instead of something like "the exchange of sexual services". I don't believe there is a contradiction as this resolution would simply shield sex workers from deportation and prosecution, not make the entire exchange legal.

How is this not a distinction without a difference? A person seeking a prostitute is not really "exchanging" sexual services insofar as purchasing another person's sexual services for money.

[Astrobolt]

OOC: For some reason I was certain that prostitution referred to the exchange of sexual services. As a result, I didn't think this proposal would contradict GAR#179, since one side of the exchange, buying sexual services could still be banned.

However, I realized that "prostitution" refers to the act of "engaging in sexual services for money", in other words, it refers to selling sex. Thus, my proposal would likely contradict GAR#179 and would be a rules violation if I were to submit it.

This proposal will go on hold until GAR#179 is repealed, unless others think this proposal would not contradict the resolution.

TLDR: I was silly and misunderstood the exact definition of prostitution, so this is now on hold.

[Wallenburg]

179 only deals with prostitution. You would be entirely within the limits of existing WA law to legalize all other forms of sex work.