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30.07.2025

A Guide on the Human Rights of Sex Workers

"The guide offers an accessible overview of key issues in sx work, e.g. impacts of criminalization, stigma, and different legal models. It also makes a case for decriminalisation & a rights based approach, supported by facts & data." (https://www.eswalliance.org/ohchr_guide_human_rights)

Compiled by:

Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the highest standard of physical and mental health
(SR health): https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-health ,

the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on
sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI): https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/ie-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity 

and the UN Working Group on discrimination
against women and girls (WGDAWG): https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/wg-women-and-girls 


Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.