With thanks to David Boudon for volunteering to provide this translation into French.

In 1999, the Swedish government embarked on an experiment in social engineering to end men’s practice of purchasing commercial sexual services. The government enacted a new law criminalising the purchase (but not the sale) of sex (Swedish Penal Code). It hoped that the fear of arrest and increased public stigma would convince men to change their sexual behaviour. The government also hoped that the law would force the estimated 1,850 to 3,000 women who sold sex in Sweden at that time to find another line of work. Lastly, the government hoped that the law would eliminate trafficking into forced prostitution and the presence of migrant sex workers.

This is the French version of the Specialist Submission, by the UNAIDS Advisory Group on HIV and Sex Work, to the Global Commission on HIV and the Law.

This is the French version of the Note for Record of the April 2011 UNAIDS Advisory Group on HIV and Sex Work Teleconferences.

This document details the events of the group teleconferences, including:

• UNAIDS Division of Labour
• Monitoring and Evaluation Operation Guidelines for Most at Risk Populations
• UNGASS Indicators
• WHO Guidelines Development
• World Bank Global Analysis of HIV in Sex Workers

You can download this X page PDF resource above. This resource is in English.

This is the Plain English version of the Note for Record of the June 2010 UNAIDS Advisory Group on HIV and Sex Work.