sex work

Sex work and the law: The implementation of the Nordic Model in N. Ireland…

Queen’s Policy Engagement on November 7, 2019, 10:09 am

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By Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill In September, The Department of Justice released a report assessing the impact of the change in law regarding sex work in Northern Ireland, with some surprising results. The law around sex work had been changed in 2015 to what is known as the Sex Purchase Law, or The Nordic Model, which criminalises the purchasing, but not the selling of sex. Supporters of this law suggest that by only penalising the buyers of sex, there will …

If you pay for it, you are now a criminal

Robert Campbell on June 1, 2015, 9:22 am

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Clause 15 of Lord Morrow’s Anti-Trafficking Act came into force a few hours ago, here. This makes it a criminal offence to pay by money, goods or services, for sexual services in N Ireland. It remains legal to sell such services. Previously, it was illegal to buy sexual services from a trafficked person; now there is blanket criminalisation. The expressed intent behind the Act is to reduce or eliminate the trafficking of women into prostitution. Human trafficking is a complex …