Photo-tribute to Amnesty International's decision on the decriminalization of human trafficking

[uhnope]

Can someone photoshop this sign to say "Amnesty Int'l Says Selling Woman is a Human Right"?



Please change this to read "Human Traffickers are protected under the law"



"Human Trafficking SPECIAL HALF PRICE PROMOTION Month"



"LEGALIZE IT"


"GO"



Because this is the Internet, on edit i will make clear that the above is intended as dark satirical humor in protest of AI's decision to decriminalize the sex trade. AI doesn't get my money anymore.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-33850749
But there are many who argue that the German experiment has gone badly wrong with very few prostitutes registering and being able to claim benefits. Above all, the number one criticism is that it's boosted sex tourism and fuelled human trafficking to meet the demand of an expanded market.
Figures on human trafficking and its relationship to prostitution are hard to establish. But one academic study looking at 150 countries argued there was a link between relaxed prostitution laws and increased trafficking rates.
Other critics of the German model point to anecdotal evidence of growing numbers of young Romanian and Bulgarian women travelling to Germany to work on the streets or even in mega-brothels.
An investigation in 2013 by Der Spiegel described how many of these women head to cities such as Cologne voluntarily but soon end up caught in a dangerous web they can't easily escape.
The Coalition Against Trafficking In Women argues that pimps would be the only ones to benefit from decriminalising prostitution..

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Maybe you could provide a tiny bit of background?

Where or how has Amnesty International started backing human trafficking? That doesn't sound much like them.

[uhnope]

2. OK. See update

[Cleita]

3. They are trying to get it decriminalized in Thailand.

It's an attempt to get the sex workers legalized so they can be protected by the law if they are beaten by a client or their pimp and any other number of crimes committed against sex workers so that they are not afraid to report such crimes to the police. It's not a perfect solution but since sex workers of both sexes aren't going to stop earning their living this way tomorrow at least they might have some protection under the law if they can come out of the shadows.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

5. Hm.

Even if you accept the decriminalization of prostitution, does that mean you have to decriminalize pimping? Shouldn't any economic benefits that come from a woman's body belong to that woman, not someone else?

[Cleita]

7. I'm only the messenger answering your question.

I just heard about it this morning on the news and have really formed no opinion on it without knowing more details.

[Lee-Lee]

4. Sex work exists. It has always existed. It always will

I would rather see it legalized and brought out of the shadows than continue to exist all underground.

The greater chance for abuse is when it's all underground.

[cali]

6. you realize that a lot of sex trafficking involves minors, right?

[Lee-Lee]

8. I do. Moving the industry out of the shadows will make it easier

to fight the exploitation of minors inside it.

One of the most disturbing cases I ever worked when I was a deputy was when we by luck stumbled onto a huge sex trafficking ring that was all minors inside the migrant community- they had about 30 13-16 year old girls following the workers as they moved around.

If you legalized and regulated it you can more easily stop the human trafficking because you have more viability on it, and you know the ones that stay underground are up to no good and can more easily target resources on them.

I've come a long way in my thinking on this. I know you can never stop the sex trade, so the best course of action is legalization and close regulation- with harsh enforcement for violations and exploitation of adults or minors.

[LanternWaste]

9. I think "it's always existed" is a poor rationale to support a thing.

I think "it's always existed" is a poor rationale to support a thing. Imagine the odd contexts it would create if applied consistently.

Underground - loansharking. Above ground - payday lenders... six of one, half a dozen of the other.

[Lee-Lee]

10. Your never going to eliminate it

So your choices are in the open and regulated or in the shadows totally unregulated.