Oral statement at the 56th regular session of the Human Rights Council
As a joint effort among organisations supporting Sex Workers rights, GAATW submitted a statement for the 56th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. As part of a delegation of representatives of Sex Workers groups and organisations, Sabra Boyd from Sex Workers and Survivors United, a member organisation of our US member organisation Freedom Network USA, spoke on behalf of GAATW. The attendance of this delegation to the hearing at the UNHRC comes as a result, and as a clear sign of rejection, of the last report on prostitution launched by the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls last month.
In her oral statement, Sabra emphasised "a human rights approach to combating trafficking centers on protecting people’s agency and autonomy to work – rather than increased policing and surveillance". Sabra referred to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (SR VAWG)'s report on how it "dangerously conflates the needs of children and adults. To address these two populations simultaneously is ineffective and contrary to international human rights law."
Oral statement at the 56th regular session of the Human Rights Council
As a joint effort among organisations supporting Sex Workers rights, GAATW submitted a statement for the 56th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. As part of a delegation of representatives of Sex Workers groups and organisations, Sabra Boyd from Sex Workers and Survivors United, a member organisation of our US member organisation Freedom Network USA, spoke on behalf of GAATW. The attendance of this delegation to the hearing at the UNHRC comes as a result, and as a clear sign of rejection, of the last report on prostitution launched by the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls last month.
In her oral statement, Sabra emphasised "a human rights approach to combating trafficking centers on protecting people’s agency and autonomy to work – rather than increased policing and surveillance". Sabra referred to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (SR VAWG)'s report on how it "dangerously conflates the needs of children and adults. To address these two populations simultaneously is ineffective and contrary to international human rights law."
