Migrant worker’s right to health 2013, para. 59

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Document type
Special Procedures' report
Paragraph text
The possibility of arrest, detention and deportation due to immigration status further discourages access to health facilities, goods and services, particularly for transgender sex workers who may face severe discrimination and abuse in their home country. Health needs of migrant sex workers are poorly understood in many countries, resulting in policies that fail to address their needs and vitiate the right to health. For example, possession of a condom as evidence of sex work-related criminality actively deters migrant sex workers from carrying condoms, which results in risky sexual behaviour and exposure to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Procedures: Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health 
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • LGBTQI+
  • Persons on the move
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/41, para. 59.
Paragraph number
59