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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11003
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) women

MEPs want to criminalise prostitutes' clients

Brussels, 23/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - In an effort to reduce prostitution, the European Parliament's women's rights committee is seeking ing to make using a prostitute a criminal offence. On Thursday 23 January 2014, the committee voted by 14 votes to 2, with 6 abstentions, to adopt the draft report by Mary Honeyball (S&D, United Kingdom), based on the so-called “Nordic” model, which does not punish prostitutes but rather their clients. This model helps to effectively combat human...

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