Law for Equity, Respect and Rights in Sex Work
Draft law based on the results of the workshop series “Sex workers write the law”
Sex workers are often affected by legal regulations that are passed over their heads and without their consent. This draft law is a document written directly from the perspective of sex workers themselves. It summarizes their criticism of existing legal regulations and describes concrete demands and measures to improve their living and working conditions. Our goal with this draft is to intervene in the debate, raise awareness of the concerns of sex workers, and achieve long-term legal implementation of these demands.
This draft law aims to address precisely this issue: It refers to all forms of sex work, regardless of place of work, residence status, gender or origin, and aims to create regulation that secures rights, reduces discrimination and criminalisation and enables political participation.
To develop this alternative draft law, we conducted intensive discussions in six workshops between November 2024 and April 2025. Sex workers exchanged views, analyzed various legislative models from other countries (e.g., Belgium, New Zealand and Sweden), and ultimately developed their own proposal that reflects their vision for fairer and safer legislation. Of course, this draft law does not claim to be exhaustive, but it is a starting point for an in-depth discussion on the rights of sex workers, which will hopefully generate further ideas.
This draft law provides a comprehensive blueprint for legal equity for sex workers. It offers a clear, actionable path to sustainably improving the situation of sex workers and strengthening their rights.
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The document with the draft law can be downloaded here for free. Please use it for your work and distribute it further. Please name the authors and contributors (at the beginning of the document). The document may not be modified.
