Sunday, April 10, 2016
Ending Brothel Slavery
France joins Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Canada and Northern Ireland in
adopting the “Nordic Model” of helping victims of sex-trafficking by criminalizing clients, not prostitutes,
and by providing support and exit services for the 89% of prostitutes
who are not prostitutes by choice. Recognizing the tremendous violence
in prostitution, including assault, rape, physical and psychological
torture, the French National Assembly on April 6, 2016 chose to protect
prostitutes’ fundamental rights as human beings.
