Human Rights–Style Reports/Case Studies (for Advocacy and Policy Reform)

General articles on human rights and their applications to people in sex work

Csete, J. & Seshu, M. (2004). "Still underground: searching for progress in realizing the human rights of women in prostitution." HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review, 9(3), 8-14. Download PDF. Also available at: www.aidslaw.ca/publications/publicationsdocEN.php?ref=201.

Center for Reproductive Rights (2002). Bringing rights to bear: An advocate’s guide to the UN treaty monitoring bodies on reproductive and sexual rights. Download PDF. While this report is not specific to sex work, it provides a useful overview of the treaty body’s commentary with regards to women’s reproductive and sexual rights, which are applicable to individuals in sex work.

Documentation of violations against people in sex work

Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network (2005). Sex work, HIV/AIDS, and human rights in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Download PDF.

Human Rights Watch (2006). Rhetoric and risk: Human rights abuses impeding Ukraine’s fight against HIV/AIDS. Download PDF. (Users of this website may download only one copy of this document, solely for personal, noncommercial use, but may not alter or redistribute the document.)

Human Rights Watch (2003). Ravaging the vulnerable: Abuses against persons at high risk of HIV infection in Bangladesh. Download PDF. (Users of this website may download only one copy of this document, solely for personal, noncommercial use, but may not alter or redistribute the document.)

Human Rights Watch (2002). Epidemic of abuse: Police harassment of HIV/AIDS outreach workers in India. Download PDF. (Users of this website may download only one copy of this document, solely for personal, noncommercial use, but may not alter or redistribute the document.)

Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center (2005). Behind closed doors: An analysis on indoor sex work in New York City. Download PDF.

Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center (2005). Revolving door: An analysis of street-based sex work in New York City. Download PDF.

Jenkins, C., et al (2006). Violence and exposure to HIV among sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Washington, DC: USAID. Download PDF.

Human rights violations against sexually marginalized persons

People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Karnataka (2003). Human rights violations against the transgender community: A study of Kothi and Hijra sex workers in Bangalore, India. Download PDF.

Amnesty International USA (2005). Stonewalled: Police abuse and misconduct against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the U.S. Available at: www.amnestyusa.org/outfront/stonewalled/.

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