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Scotland's prostitution laws 'outdated and unjust'





Scotland's laws on prostitution are "outdated and unjust", an alliance of frontline agencies has said.

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At present, soliciting in public, "kerb crawling" and brothel-keeping are illegal but running a pimping website or paying for sex are legal.

Campaigners want to shift the burden of criminality to those who pay for sex.

At May's election, the Scottish government pledged to develop "a model for Scotland" that challenged men's demand for purchasing sex.

The results of a Scottish government consultation on prostitution, published in June, said it wanted to "design future policies which fully support and protect women and girls".

Community Safety minister Ash Denham told BBC Scotland the government was committed to developing this "Scottish model" but there was no timeframe as yet.

Meanwhile, an alliance of frontline agencies are demanding more action from the government.

The agencies - including Tara (Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance), the Encompass Network, Routes Out and Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland - want to "decriminalise" victims of sexual exploitation and wipe previous convictions for soliciting from their criminal records.

They want Scotland to adopt something similar to the "Nordic model", introduced two decades ago in Sweden, which decriminalises the sale of sex but targets the buyers of sexual services.

Supporters argue that it would make Scotland less attractive to traffickers, while targeting the demand for sex work.

However, some sex-workers' groups claim the policy increases the risk of violence and leads to a reliance on more dangerous customers.

They argue that full decriminalisation, better financial support and workers' rights would better serve those involved in prostitution.