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The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others consolidates other international agreements concluded on this issue since 1904.The main objective of the Convention is to provide effective measures against all forms of trafficking in women and the exploitation of prostitution. For the first time in an international instrument, the Convention declares prostitution and the traffic in persons to be incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person and to endanger the welfare of the individual, the family and the community.
States Parties agree to punish any person who procures, entices or leads away another person for purposes of prostitution, even with the consent of that person; exploits the prostitution of another person, even with the consent of that person; or keeps or supports a brothel. The Convention requires that these offences be classified as extraditable offences.
The Convention requires that States Parties take measures to prevent prostitution, and provide rehabilitation and social reintegration of its victims. States Parties are also required to supervise employment agencies in order to prevent persons seeking employment, in particular women and children, from being exposed to the danger of prostitution. Obligations are further imposed to establish systems of coordination and exchange of information among States Parties and to take appropriate measures in connection with immigration and emigration procedures.
The Convention obliges States Parties to communicate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations information on the laws and regulations relating to the Convention, as well as the measures taken for its implementation.
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Open
for signature (indefinitely) on behalf of any Member of the United Nations
and any other State to which an invitation has been addressed by the Economic
and Social Council and to ratification and accession
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Entry
into force: 25 July 1951
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Status
as at 15
June 2001:
Signatories:
13 Contracting Parties:
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