Prostitution in Argentina (exchanging sex for money) is legal under Federal law. Article 19 of the constitution states: "The private actions of people that do not offend in any way the public order and morality, nor damage a third person, are only reserved to God, and are exempt from the authority of the magistrates."[1] Organised prostitution (brothels, prostitution rings and pimping) is illegal.[2][3][4][5][6] In addition, individual provinces may place further restriction on the trade.[7] For example, in San Juan, publicly offering sex services for money is punishable by up to 20 days in jail.[7] In 2012, newspapers were banned from carrying classified-ads offering sexual services.[7] UNAIDS estimated there to be about 75,000 prostitutes in the country in 2016.[8]
Sex workers and the 2016 Human Rights Report of the US Department of State, report corruption, abuse and violence towards sex workers by the police.[7][9] AMMAR report that between July 1996 and November 2001, 41 of their members have been murdered. Only 3 of these have been solved.[7]
Traffickers from across Argentina bypass regulations that ban brothels by establishing “mobile brothels” in vans and trucks, making raids more difficult; this practice is particularly prevalent in the northern area of the country.[10]
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- ^ Reed Lindsay in Buenos Aires (25 January 2004). "Argentina's prostitutes get militant | World news | The Observer". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Codigo Penal De La Nacion Argentina". Infoleg.gov.ar. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "2008 Human Rights Reports: Argentina". State.gov. 25 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Dubove, Adam (4 December 2015). "Argentinean Sex Workers Demand the Right to Sell Their Own Bodies". PanAm Post. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Sex workers: Population size estimate - Number, 2016". www.aidsinfoonline.org. UNAIDS. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Argentina 2016 Human Rights Report" (PDF). United States Department of State • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
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