Right to health and criminalization of same-sex conduct and sexual orientation, sex-work and HIV transmission 2010, para. 40
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In China, laws have evolved to allow for the punishment of sex workers through administrative detention; workers are detained for the purposes of re-education, which causes significant psychological suffering, along with stigmatization and shaming of those involved in sex work in the region.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2010
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2010), A/HRC/14/20, para. 40.