Hier ein erster Entwurf - sicherlich noch sehr verbesserungsbedürftig.
Wäre net wenn ein anderer sich zwischenzeitlich einmal darum kümmern würde, ich bin gerade etwas betriebsblind
Liebe Grüße, Aoife
*** Sexworker.at Declaration ***
The sex worker forum is concerned about unjustified interference in the fundamental human rights of women, men and transgender persons in the scope of sex work, be they suppliers, customers, operators or family members. The recognition of human dignity includes respect for the the sex lives of others as the core realm of their privacy, even and especially in the context of sex work, as the sexual self-determination is sacrosanct.
Sexworker.at therefore presses for respect of the individual rights of all people in the scope of sex work, both on the level of legislation, and as well regarding the practical implementation of the laws
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From this follow these specific requirements:
1. Fundamental human rights may be restricted only to achieve a fair balance of interests with fundamental human rights of others. Any precautionary restriction, e.g. for easier prevention of possible crime, is disproportionate and therefore rejected. For in a logical extrapolation of this excessive precautionary thought, solitary confinement of all citizens would be the best protection for potential victims of crime.
2. No slanderous mixing of consensual sex with crime! Sex slavery and human trafficking ain't prostitution and these concepts must be clearly separated. The reference to milieu-related crime is a violation of the principle of 'presumption of innocence', pertaining to the origin of the perpetrator or the victim. Demands for state regulation of prostitution in order to combat milieu-related crime
are therefore themselves already violations of fundamental human rights. Any accusations of exploitative pimping can't be accurate, if standards applied are not the same as in other industries.
3. No monitoring of administrative violations with basic rights impairing methods, as are permitted only for the prosecution of serious crimes! Of course, any unlawful gaining of insights into the intimate sphere by state and government (agent provocateur, & c.) have cease with immediate effect. Incidents from the past should be investigated and perpetrators prosecuted in the cases degrading treatment had occurred.
4. No compulsory registration because of sex work! People in the area of sex work differ in the specific form of their sex life. Registering these people because of their sex life is a resurgence of undemocratic procedures believed to be overcome, similar to the registration of homosexuals.
For such a serious (because stigmatizing) interventionism into the sex life there's by no reason any place in a democratic society.
5. No compulsory testing of sex workers! Experience has shown that the public health concern is not served with mandatory testing of sex workers. Regarding the risk of degrading treatment of examinees, also observed by the United Nations (CAT 44th Session), we demand the abolition of existing compulsory examinations and definitely reject all demands for the introduction of compulsory tests . We call instead for the development of low-threshold, anonymous and free examination, counseling and treatment services for all. Herein we join the demand of WHO.
6. Sex work is 'freiberuflich”! This German term means more than just self-employed, even in the case a sex worker has an employer ist's the sole decision of that sex worker, what kind of service s(h)e offers, and to whom. Being de facto anyway 'freiberuflich' sex work has also to be recognized as such officially. Sex work is inherently 'freiberuflich', because it is a highly personal, non-delegable service, and there is no right to give instructions fpr any employer. The alternative, to apply trade law control to the actual provision of sexual services, would be a violation of fundamental and human rights.
7. No special regulations for paysex in tax laws! Requirements for sex workers
and people in the scope of sex work are only permissible if they affect all citizens. Sex workers pay taxes on their earned income, as all other business people. Any special treatment regarding taxation, because of the activities (entertainment tax, flat tax, venue of tax investigation instead of the normal tax office) is inappropriate, against equality, and thus rejected.
8. Abolish any restricted area regulations and special codes for building usage, restricting the exercise of sex work! Sex work as a publicly unvisible phenomenon (such as the visit of a sex worker at the customer's home), does not justify any official supervision. Besides other concerns, such laws limit in a not human rights compliant manner the sex life of immobile persons (disabled clients). All regulations that are meant for the avoidance of public annoyance, but only applied to the area of paid sex, are to be repealed.
9. No decisions about sex work without the participation of sex workers! Sex workers have to participate in all relevant decisions with self-elected representatives. A policy of speaking not with, but about, sex workers is evidence of the decline of democratic values, as well as any argument
on the basis of an alleged "immorality".
Only rights can stop the wrongs!
State attempts to regulate the sexuality are not only by themselves violations of basic rights, but furthermore only support mafia-like structures.
2. June 2010
Intl. Sexworker Day
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