UK police chief supports decriminalization of brothels

Problems linked to prostitution could be solved by decriminalizing brothels, says a senior Greater Manchester Police officer.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15558800

Deputy Chief Constable Simon Byrne said academic evidence supports this model, with benefits for sex workers including improved access health to services and increased personal security.

“An approach like this would help to bridge the gap between tackling neighbourhood nuisance and the exploitation of sex workers by organised criminals and gangs.”

Mr Byrne added that policing prostitution needed effective partnerships to support victimised individuals and communities with appropriate legislation and enforcement resources in order for it to work long term.

Further reading: UK Home Office report responding-to-prostitution

Police on the beat – the missing link of HIV prevention in Southeast Asia

Insightful piece published in ‘The Conversation’ by LEAHRN’s Professor Nick Crofts

http://theconversation.edu.au/police-on-the-beat-the-missing-link-of-hiv-prevention-in-southeast-asia-2609

Watch this: Harm reduction in Kyrgyzstan prisons

Check out this short video of harm reduction services in prisons of Kyrgyzstan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUK8AlJmD1A&feature=share

Read this: Illicit drugs and the threat to development

Insightful article by Associate Professor Robert Ali , the Chair of the Asia-Pacific Committee of the Australian National Council on Drugs.

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3667594.html

Read this: Inflicting Harm: Judicial corporal punishment for drug and alcohol offences in selected countries

Recently launched report by Harm Reduction International finds that over forty states apply some type of judicial corporal punishment for drug and alcohol offences. The vast majority of these sentences are handed down in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Iran and Saudi Arabia.According to the report, such state-sanctioned violence is in clear violation of international law.

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