Text file: 4802.txt
author: Paty
downvotes: 4
end consideration date: 2013-07-27
id: '4802'
number comments: 46
number views: 2452
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response by the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities\n\
  There are four different models for regulating prostitution in Europe, depending\
  \ on the tolerance of each country towards outdoor prostitution, indoor prostitution\
  \ and the prohibition or acceptance of brothels. These are the regulatory, prohibitionist,\
  \ abolitionist and new abolitionist models. The approach to regulation is conditioned\
  \ by the reasons for which the State decides to adopt a particular model.\nThe proposal\
  \ is similar to the Dutch model of regulating prostitution, which falls under the\
  \ regulatory model. It is characterised by local authorities setting specific working,\
  \ safety and hygiene conditions under which prostitutes operate. In the Netherlands,\
  \ prostitution is not regulated by a specific law, but is regulated by the Local\
  \ Government Act. In the Netherlands, street prostitution is allowed, but to a limited\
  \ extent, as is brothels and window or shop window prostitution - depending on the\
  \ regulation in each local community. Prostitutes have to obtain a licence to practise\
  \ and pay taxes.\nIn countries with similar regulation to the Netherlands, the percentage\
  \ of prostitutes who register their activity is very low (around 80-90% of prostitutes\
  \ work in the unregistered sector), which means that, despite regulation, a large\
  \ proportion of prostitution is still unregulated. There is a large amount of low-level\
  \ prostitution, especially street and window prostitution, which is linked to poor\
  \ working conditions, low pay, exposure to violence, etc.\nIn some countries, the\
  \ proposal for legalisation has also been put forward by prostitutes, who have acted\
  \ as social partners and initiators in the agreements. The legalisation, which is\
  \ intended to improve the situation, safety and health of prostitutes, is also conditional\
  \ on more extensive studies being carried out on the characteristics of prostitution\
  \ in a given area, which we do not have in our country.\nIn the Netherlands, a study\
  \ by the Ministry of Justice on the effects of the abolition of the legal ban on\
  \ brothels showed that the amended legislation did not have any positive effect\
  \ on the situation of prostitutes.\nSlovenia belongs to the abolitionist model.\
  \ It is characterised by the fact that prostitution is allowed but not regulated\
  \ as in the Netherlands, meaning that there are no specific regulations setting\
  \ the conditions for the practice of this activity. As regards prostitution, only\
  \ the abuse of prostitution is criminalised. The legal regulation of prostitution\
  \ thus allows prostitution to be practised as a profession and as an activity, but\
  \ as there are no specific conditions for practising prostitution, a prostitute\
  \ can start practising her profession as soon as she is registered in the court\
  \ register. In practice, however, due to the nature of prostitution in Slovenia,\
  \ this activity is carried out without being entered in the relevant register.\n\
  Most prostitution in Slovenia takes place in a clandestine and uncontrolled manner,\
  \ mostly undetected and at a fairly high level. There is no street prostitution\
  \ or open-air prostitution. Unlike in the Netherlands, where the majority of prostitutes\
  \ are migrant women, in Slovenia the majority of prostitutes are estimated to be\
  \ of national origin, often working in owner-occupied flats. For them, the income\
  \ they earn from prostitution is mainly an additional source of income, which in\
  \ turn means that most of them do not want to register. In addition to the above,\
  \ registration also means public stigmatisation, which is a major problem in a relatively\
  \ small country.\nGiven that the regulation of prostitution in individual countries\
  \ has not led to concrete improvements in terms of improving the situation of prostitutes,\
  \ reducing the volume of prostitution and preventing undeclared work, we consider\
  \ that it is better to maintain the existing system, with some improvements in the\
  \ direction of greater protection of minors and prostitutes against abuse and improved\
  \ human rights standards.\n \nResponse from the Ministry of the Interior\n \nThe\
  \ police consider that the legislation is already sufficiently well drafted, as\
  \ it does not criminalise prostitution and prosecutes those who seek to profit from\
  \ their work. Prostitution workers can report various forms of criminal conduct\
  \ against them without incriminating themselves.\nAlso, the profession of \"prostitute/prostitute\"\
  \ is defined in the catalogue of professions in several EU legal sources and the\
  \ profession or activity as such is not controversial at the level of the EU legal\
  \ order.\nThe above-mentioned legal framework enables the Police to deal with the\
  \ area of prostitution in a quality manner, in terms of detecting crimes related\
  \ to forced prostitution or its exploitation and ensuring security, public order\
  \ and peace, and therefore there is no particular need to amend the legislation.\n\
  \ "
response date: 2013-08-20
response due date: null
sent date: 2013-06-28
title: Legalisation of prostitution
upvotes: 18
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/4802
