UN Study focus of WUNRN
Juridical Aspects
A.1.International Covenant on Civil &
Political Rights
2.Conventions Related to
Slavery
B.1.CEDAW
2.Convention on the Rights of the
Child
Factual Aspects
B.Women's Health
E.Right to Dignity
1.Prostitution & Slavery
2.Rape & Sexual Abuse
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Page 12 of Report:
"As a direct consequence of alleged sexual exploitation and
abuse of women and girls by United Nations peacekeeping troups in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, released a
much-awaited strategy to eliminate future sexual exploitation and abuse in
United Nations peacekeeping operations in April 2005.............."
"In contrast to peacekeepers from other countries, Swedish
peacekeeping forces stationed abroad are subject to the Law. 33"
Reference 33 - According to the Penal Code, chapter 2, section
3 (2): "Even in cases other than those listed in section 2, crimes committed
outside the Realm shall be adjudged according to Swedish law and by a Swedish
court: for example, 3. if the crime was committed in the course of duty outside
the Realm by a person employed in a foreign contingent of the Swedish armed
forces or a foreign contingent of the Swedish police force."
"In 2002, three military officers stationed at the Swedish
Kosovo Force (KFOR) battalion in Kosovo
were charged and convicted for purchasing sexual services in
Macedonia during a furlough." (FN-befal, 2002; Sodertalje Tingsratt,
2001)
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This article is
an updated version of the article, "The Swedish Law That Prohibits the
Purchase of
Sexual Services: Best Practices for Prevention of Prostitution and Trafficking
in
Human Beings," published in the October 2004 issue of the journal Violence against Women. 2004;
10:1187-1218. (Sage Publications, United States: 2004).
The
Swedish Law That Prohibits the Purchase of A Sexual Service: Best
Practices for Prevention of Prostitution
and Trafficking in Human Beings
GUNILLA EKBERG
Ministry of Industry, Employment, and
Communications
After
several years of public debate initiated by the Swedish women's movement,
the
Law that Prohibits the Purchase of Sexual Services came into force on January
1,
1999. The Law is the first attempt by a country to address the root cause of
prostitution and trafficking in beings: the
demand, the men who assume the right to purchase persons for prostitution
purposes. This groundbreaking law is a cornerstone of Swedish efforts to create a
contemporary, democratic society where women and girls can live lives free of all forms
of male violence. In combination with public education, awareness-raising
campaigns, and victim support, the Law and other legislation establish a zero tolerance
policy for prostitution and trafficking in human beings. When the buyers risk
punishment, the number of men who buy prostituted persons decreases, and
the local prostitution markets become less lucrative. Traffickers will then choose other
and more profitable destinations.
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