International Committee for Prostitutes' Rights

The International Committee for Prostitutes' Rights (ICPR) emerged from the prostitutes' rights movement starting in the mid-1970s. The ICPR adopted the World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights in 1985 in response to feminist arguments that all prostitution is forced prostitution. The Charter calls for the decriminalisation of "all aspects of adult prostitution resulting from individual decision". The Charter also states that prostitutes should be guaranteed "all human rights and civil liberties, including the freedom of speech, travel, immigration, work, marriage, and motherhood and the right to unemployment insurance, health insurance and housing". The Charter established a human rights based approach which has subsequently been further elaborated by the prostitutes' rights movement.

International Committee for Prostitutes' Rights

The International Committee for Prostitutes' Rights (ICPR) emerged from the prostitutes' rights movement starting in the mid-1970s. The ICPR adopted the World Charter for Prostitutes' Rights in 1985 in response to feminist arguments that all prostitution is forced prostitution. The Charter calls for the decriminalisation of "all aspects of adult prostitution resulting from individual decision". The Charter also states that prostitutes should be guaranteed "all human rights and civil liberties, including the freedom of speech, travel, immigration, work, marriage, and motherhood and the right to unemployment insurance, health insurance and housing". The Charter established a human rights based approach which has subsequently been further elaborated by the prostitutes' rights movement.