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Mensenhandel en prostitutie: bestraffing of zelfregulering ter voorkoming van bewust gebruik van gedwongen prostitutie en gedwongen arbeid? Ghent University
Talking about prostitution and the representation of a (problematic) group : identifying frames in Flemish news coverage on prostitution Ghent University
Prostitution and its relations with informal economies Ghent University
Prostitution and the Prostitute: Demonization or Sanctification, Vixen or victim? The Belgian Experience KU Leuven
That prostitution is a phenomenon of all times and is a necessary evil, is a commonplace in need of proper evaluation. May it be that prostitution exists since time immemorial; it is, however, not widely accepted as an unavoidable fact of life. Globally we can distinguish very different policies on prostitution: abolitionism, prohibition and legalization. The various policies arise from moral attitudes of the public and legislators. Those ...
Prostitution and fundamental rights: a comparative analysis of Constitutions and national legislations Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The work deals with the existing relationship between prostitute's fundamental rights and all the legal frameworks which are in force in Europe.
Chapter I examines some legal, thorny issues concerning prostitution, such as the disposal of the body, the notion of human dignity, the equality principle, the general clause of good customs, the right to work and to health and. In Chapters II-V these issues are transposed into the analysis of ...
Chapter I examines some legal, thorny issues concerning prostitution, such as the disposal of the body, the notion of human dignity, the equality principle, the general clause of good customs, the right to work and to health and. In Chapters II-V these issues are transposed into the analysis of ...
When the Law Meets Feminisms: The Shortcomings of Contemporary Prostitution Policies across the European Union Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Prostitution is a multi-faceted reality at the intersection of divergent meanings. Some feminism narratives have led to its polarised interpretation, conflating prostitution with a practice of gender oppression or an instance of personal autonomy. Framed according to legal principles, such binary has been transposed into three legal frameworks that are currently in force across the European Union; namely, neo-prohibitionism (where the purchase ...
Prostitution laws across the European Union: to go beyond the existing dichotomy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
By representing a major ideological target for policy makers and scholars, prostitution has often been a thorny issue to analyse. Accordingly, relating legal discourses tend to be extremely polarised in their theoretical premises and usually rely on the conflicting dichotomy between prostitution ‘as violence’ and ‘a job like another’. To date, whilst the European Union refrains from including ‘the oldest profession in the world’ in its Strategic ...