Sex Work

Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex is difficult to enforce and its impact is difficult to measure, a long-awaited review has concluded. The Department of Justice ...

A long-delayed review of Ireland's ban on buying sex is to be published shortly, according to reports. Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 ...

A criminal ban on buying sex does not violate the rights of sex workers, the European Convention on Human Rights has ruled. The Strasbourg court yesterday handed ...

An organisation representing sex workers in Ireland has called on the government to reverse a decision to complete a review of the 2017 sex buyer ban law ...

A legal challenge brought by more than 250 sex workers against France's ban on the purchase of sex is to be heard by the European Court of ...

Sex workers are facing greater violence and abuse as a result of Ireland's ban on the purchase of sex, Amnesty International has said in a new report. ...

Sex workers in Spain have the right to form their own union, the country's Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The OTRAS union was established in August 2018 but ...

Hundreds of previous convictions for selling sex are set to be expunged under a new government initiative. Justice Minister Helen McEntee yesterday announced that those convicted of ...

A district judge in Northern Ireland who openly questioned why buying sex is a criminal offence but selling sex is not will now receive "specific guidance" on ...

Gardaí should continue to crack down on sex buyers and organised criminal gangs in order to reduce abuse and exploitation in the Irish sex trade, a new ...

Legislation banning the purchase of sex in Ireland could be putting sex workers at greater harm of human rights violations and abuses, Amnesty International has said. The ...

A coalition of 80 academics has called on the government to repeal a law criminalising the purchase of sex in Ireland as soon as possible in order ...

Solicitor Maura Butler has been appointed to lead a review of the law criminalising the purchase of sex three years after it came into effect. Part 4 ...

The PSNI has appointed three new sex work liaison officers under a scheme launched in 2015, bringing the total to five. A specialised operational lead officer has ...

Only three people have been convicted of buying sex under legislation commenced nearly three years ago, according to a new report on the law. Family lawyer Dr ...