Criminalisation of Sex Work: A Critical Approach to Criminalisation Theories from a Human Rights Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorEkinci, Başak
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:48:31Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:48:31Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractCriminalisation is a popular legal approach to sex work. It adopts the view that sex work is harmful and wrong both for sex workers and the community. This argument seemingly coincides with fundamental principles of criminalisation, namely harm and wrong principles. However, I provide a new approach to criminalisation theories which introduces a real restriction on the state’s authority to criminalise. In doing so, I first discuss that harm and wrong principles are only defining principles which determine the scope of behaviours that can be considered within the criminal law realm. On the other hand, the restricting principles, namely those of proportionality and prohibition of discrimination, determine the boundaries of the state’s authority to criminalise the defined harmful wrongdoings. After I apply the defining principles to sex work, I investigate whether the restricting principles give countervailing reasons against criminalisation. The conclusion is that, unless it is proven to be contrary in a specific jurisdiction, sex work should not be criminalised because prima facie reasons cannot turn into all-things-considered reasons to justify criminalisation of sex work. © 2024 Istanbul University Press. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.26650/annales.2024.74.0006
dc.identifier.endpage131
dc.identifier.issn0578-9745
dc.identifier.issue74
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85198530077
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage99
dc.identifier.trdizinid1272344
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26650/annales.2024.74.0006
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1272344
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10194
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIstanbul University Press
dc.relation.ispartofAnnales de la Faculte de Droit d'Istanbul
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectCriminalisation Theory
dc.subjectHuman Rights
dc.subjectProhibition Of Discrimination
dc.subjectProportionality
dc.subjectSex Work
dc.titleCriminalisation of Sex Work: A Critical Approach to Criminalisation Theories from a Human Rights Perspective
dc.typeArticle

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