Doha Declaration

Education for Justice

Tackling Trafficking by Targeting Sex Buyers: Can It Work?

Full title in original language:

Tackling Trafficking by Targeting Sex Buyers: Can It Work?

Education level:

University

University (18+ years)

Topic / subtopic:

Trafficking in persons / smuggling of migrants

Prevention of trafficking in persons

Target audience:

Teachers / Lecturers, Students, Professors

Type of resource:

Publication / Article

Languages:

English

Region of relevance:

Global

Access:

restricted access: requiring payment

Individual authors:

Johanna Niemi, Jussi Aaltonen

Publication year:

2017

Published by:

Violence Against Women

Copyright holder:

Contact name and address:

Violence Against Women

Contact website:

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/vaw

Key themes:

Links:

Publication

Short description:

The European legal instruments on human trafficking encourage states to tackle the demand for services of trafficked persons, for example, by making the use of services of a trafficked person a criminal offense. In Finland, buying sex from a trafficked person is a criminal offense. This article reports the results of an evaluation of the Finnish law and shows that the implementation has been inefficient. The authors argue that with an amendment of the law, the implementation could be improved but a truly efficient policy would require a total ban of sex purchase along the lines of the Swedish model.

Short description:

The European legal instruments on human trafficking encourage states to tackle the demand for services of trafficked persons, for example, by making the use of services of a trafficked person a criminal offense. In Finland, buying sex from a trafficked person is a criminal offense. This article reports the results of an evaluation of the Finnish law and shows that the implementation has been inefficient. The authors argue that with an amendment of the law, the implementation could be improved but a truly efficient policy would require a total ban of sex purchase along the lines of the Swedish model.

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Education for Justice

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