Statement on South Africa's Proposal to Decriminalize the Sex Trade/Declaración sobre la propuesta de Sudáfrica para despenalizar el comercio sexual/Déclaration sur la proposition de l'Afrique du Sud de décriminaliser le commerce du sexe/Declaração sobre a proposta da África do Sul para descriminalizar o comercio sexual/Stellungnahme zum Vorschlag Südafrikas zur Entkriminalisierung des Sexhandels
On 30 November 2022, the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, presented for public comments a bill that would repeal all criminal offences related to prostitution, which the Minister characterized as a bill to "decriminalise sex work" (the Bill). Among other provisions, the Bill would repeal "brothel owning and keeping, including any house or place kept or used for purposes of prostitution or for persons to visit," as well as "engaging in sexual services of persons 18 years or older." The Bill, in effect, decriminalises the sex trade in its entirety, including patronising (sex buying), brothel keeping, and procuring prostitution (pimping).

We, the undersigned, women's and human rights advocates, frontline services providers, and sex trade survivor leaders from around the world, are offering our comments on the Bill to the Government of South Africa.

We stand with the sex trade survivors and the people of South Africa who oppose this Bill.

The full statement can be read here in English, Español, Français, Português, and Deutsch.
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