HRC56 side event | Decriminalising sex work: a human rights imperative
HRC56 side event | Decriminalising sex work: a human rights imperative
Date: Monday 24 June 2024
Time: 3 PM CEST
Location: Room XXV, Palais des Nations, United Nations, Geneva
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Multiple human rights mechanisms have reaffirmed and recommended to states that decriminalising sex work is a necessary pre-condition to the full realisation of human rights including but not limited to sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Amongst the many principles that underpin the need to decriminalise sex work is the framework of the right to bodily autonomy, which highlights that consent and autonomy of all people are fundamental while making laws and policies.
The side event at the 56th UN Human Rights Council — co-organised by SRI and NSWP, and co-hosted by several human rights organisations, including ILGA World — will showcase evidence from sex worker movements on the human rights imperative to decriminalise sex work if states want to respect, protect and fulfil all human rights of everyone.