Talk:Prostitution in Trinidad and Tobago

Legality
Trinidad and Tobago's Sexual Offences Act was an Act to repeal and replace the laws of Trinidad and Tobago relating to sexual crimes, to the procuration, abduction and prostitution of persons and to kindred offences. It was amended in 1994, 2000 & 2012: version up to date as of 31st December 2015.

This makes activities related to prostitution such as brothel keeping, soliciting, living off the earnings of prostitutes etc illegal. It does not make prostitution illegal.

The 2008 Human Rights Report: Trinidad and Tobago states prostitution is illegal, the 2015 version doesn't. Similarly the previously referenced 1999 book "Gender Equality and the Judiciary: Using International Human Rights Standards to Promote the Human Rights of Women and the Girl-child at the National Level : Papers and Statements from the Caribbean Regional Judicial Colloquium, Georgetown, Guyana" is also out of date. --John B123 (talk) 10:57, 26 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Moin John B123!
 * I'm not a native speaker so I may very well misinterpret the wording of the respactive legal act. Does "A person who (a) knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution; or (b) in any place solicits for immoral purposes, is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for five years." not clearly state that prostitution remains illegal in TT?
 * Kind regards, Grueslayer 11:15, 26 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi. As in many countries, for example the UK, solicitation is illegal but not prostitution itself i.e you can't approach someone in a bar or the street and offer to sell them sex. The ban on solicitation doesn't make the act of prostitution illegal. --John B123 (talk) 11:35, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. Kind regards, Grueslayer 18:27, 26 November 2017 (UTC)