Latest items for IRP-LAW-5
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"[There is] the lack of information as to whether women who are exploited in prostitution are recognized as victims and whether their identity is protected, including when they are called as witnesses in criminal proceedings" (9).
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"[There is] the lack of information as to whether women who are exploited in prostitution are recognized as victims and whether their identity is protected, including when they are called as witnesses in criminal proceedings" (9).
March 9, 2024, 11:40 a.m.
Countries: Slovakia
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"Law enforcement initiated investigations of 25 new cases in 2022, a small increase compared with 20 cases in 2021, but similar to 28 cases in 2020; 46 case investigations initiated in prior reporting periods remained ongoing. Of the 25 new investigations, 17 cases were for sex trafficking, six cases were for labor trafficking (including two for domestic servitude), and two cases were unspecified" (para 18).
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"Law enforcement initiated investigations of 25 new cases in 2022, a small increase compared with 20 cases in 2021, but similar to 28 cases in 2020; 46 case investigations initiated in prior reporting periods remained ongoing. Of the 25 new investigations, 17 cases were for sex trafficking, six cases were for labor trafficking (including two for domestic servitude), and two cases were unspecified" (para 18).
Dec. 11, 2023, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"Though illegal, prostitution is generally tolerated in North Korea, with occasional crackdowns by local authorities looking to extract bribes from those they catch" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"Though illegal, prostitution is generally tolerated in North Korea, with occasional crackdowns by local authorities looking to extract bribes from those they catch" (para 6).
Sept. 25, 2023, 8:02 a.m.
Countries: Guyana
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"The law prohibits the commercial sexual exploitation of children age 18 and younger" (9).
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"The law prohibits the commercial sexual exploitation of children age 18 and younger" (9).
Sept. 22, 2023, 8:51 a.m.
Countries: Angola
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"The legal age for consensual sex is 18" (21).
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"The legal age for consensual sex is 18" (21).
Nov. 28, 2007, 6:48 p.m.
Countries: Albania
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"While welcoming the amendment to the Penal Code by the State party in 2001 to include anti-trafficking articles which increased the punishment for trafficking in persons, the Committee remains concerned that internal and cross-border trafficking in persons continues to be a serious problem in the State party. The Committee is also concerned that the victims of trafficking in persons are penalized, due to the Criminal Code provision which punishes anyone who engages in the act of prostitution. The Committee is also concerned by the lack of appropriate care for such victims" (4).
Variables: IRP-LAW-5
"While welcoming the amendment to the Penal Code by the State party in 2001 to include anti-trafficking articles which increased the punishment for trafficking in persons, the Committee remains concerned that internal and cross-border trafficking in persons continues to be a serious problem in the State party. The Committee is also concerned that the victims of trafficking in persons are penalized, due to the Criminal Code provision which punishes anyone who engages in the act of prostitution. The Committee is also concerned by the lack of appropriate care for such victims" (4).
May 21, 2007, 9:11 p.m.
Countries: Austria
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-2, IRP-LAW-5
Prostitution is a legal profession with a regulated registery program. "In 2003 there were 531 registered female prostitutes in Vienna (as against 12 men). In the preceding years the figures had been declining (to a low of 474 in 2002), but in 2003 they began to rise again for the first time. This might be due to the fact that at the end of 2002 agreement was reached with the Aliens' Police that asylum seekers holding a temporary residence permit may apply for a so-called 'health-check card' allowing them to work as prostitutes. This led to a rise in the number of registrations, especially among black African women. Non-registered prostitutes:...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-2, IRP-LAW-5
Prostitution is a legal profession with a regulated registery program. "In 2003 there were 531 registered female prostitutes in Vienna (as against 12 men). In the preceding years the figures had been declining (to a low of 474 in 2002), but in 2003 they began to rise again for the first time. This might be due to the fact that at the end of 2002 agreement was reached with the Aliens' Police that asylum seekers holding a temporary residence permit may apply for a so-called 'health-check card' allowing them to work as prostitutes. This led to a rise in the number of registrations, especially among black African women. Non-registered prostitutes:...more