Is selling sex criminalised?
Selling sex is legal but soliciting and loitering are criminalised. There is also provision in law to remove children from mothers who are sex workers.
Is organising/managing criminalised?
Yes - procuring, living on earnings and brothel-keeping are criminalised. Legislation similar to UK
Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing?
No
Is there mandatory registration?
No
Are there travel restrictions that apply only or specifically to sex workers?
Immigration law gives right to refuse entry if reasonable belief that coming to country for the 'purposes of prostitution'
Is sex work recognised as work?
No
Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation?
No
Sources/further reading
PANCAP (2009) Prostitution, Sex Work and Transactional Sex in the English, Dutch and French Speaking Caribbean. A report by the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS, funded by World Bank, available at https://pancap.org/pc/pcc/media/pancap_docu
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