Prostitution Laws

How the world's countries regulate prostitution and sex work: the legal model, whether selling, buying, brothels, procuring and advertising are legal, penalties, statutes, pending reforms and the official sources, for 196 countries. Read-only, no key, CC BY 4.0. Ask in plain text ("Is prostitution legal in Germany?", "Where is buying sex a crime in Europe?") or call a skill with a data part {"skill": "get_country_law", "arguments": {...}}. Also an MCP server at https://prostitutionlaws.org/mcp.

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• Ask in plain text
  Answer a short plain-text question about prostitution law: one country, a comparison, where something is legal or a crime, pending reforms, or which countries are covered. Every answer links the sourced profile and says when it was checked.
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• Prostitution law in one country
  How one country regulates prostitution and sex work: its legal model and, for each question, whether it is legal, the penalty, the statutory provisions, regional differences, pending bills and the official sources, with the date each answer was last checked. For questions like "Is prostitution legal in Germany?" or "Can sex workers advertise in Spain?". Describes the law; not legal advice. Call it with a data part {"skill": "get_country_law", "arguments": {...}}; the arguments follow this JSON Schema: {"type":"object","properties":{"country":{"type":"string","minLength":2,"maxLength":80,"description":"Country name in English or the local language, or its ISO 3166 code: \"Germany\", \"Deutschland\", \"DE\", \"DEU\", \"United States\", \"UK\"."},"topics":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string","enum":["selling","buying","brothels","sharedPremises","procuring","advertising","platforms","street","registration","tax","migrants"]},"minItems":1,"maxItems":11,"uniqueItems":true,"description":"Only these questions (default: all). Asking for specific ones also returns their longer explanation. One of: selling (selling sexual services), buying (buying sexual services), brothels (brothels and managed venues), sharedPremises (sex workers sharing premises), procuring (third parties profiting (procuring / pimping)), advertising (advertising sexual services), platforms (online platforms and ad sites), street (street-based sex work and soliciting), registration (registration, licensing and health checks), tax (tax and social security), migrants (migrant sex workers)."}},"required":["country"],"additionalProperties":false}
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• Compare prostitution laws between countries
  A side-by-side table of how 2 to 10 countries regulate prostitution: the legal model and the status of each chosen question (default: selling, buying, brothels, procuring, advertising), with a link to each full profile. Call it with a data part {"skill": "compare_countries", "arguments": {...}}; the arguments follow this JSON Schema: {"type":"object","properties":{"countries":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string","minLength":2,"maxLength":80,"description":"Country name in English or the local language, or its ISO 3166 code: \"Germany\", \"Deutschland\", \"DE\", \"DEU\", \"United States\", \"UK\"."},"minItems":2,"maxItems":10,"description":"The countries to compare (names or ISO codes)."},"topics":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string","enum":["selling","buying","brothels","sharedPremises","procuring","advertising","platforms","street","registration","tax","migrants"]},"minItems":1,"maxItems":11,"uniqueItems":true,"description":"The questions to compare (default: selling, buying, brothels, procuring, advertising). One of: selling (selling sexual services), buying (buying sexual services), brothels (brothels and managed venues), sharedPremises (sex workers sharing premises), procuring (third parties profiting (procuring / pimping)), advertising (advertising sexual services), platforms (online platforms and ad sites), street (street-based sex work and soliciting), registration (registration, licensing and health checks), tax (tax and social security), migrants (migrant sex workers)."}},"required":["countries"],"additionalProperties":false}
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• Find countries by legal approach
  Lists the countries that match a legal model and/or a status on one question, optionally within a region. For questions like "Where is prostitution legal?" (model), "Where is buying sex a crime?" (topic buying, status illegal) or "Where are brothels legal in Europe?" (topic brothels, status legal and regulated, region europe). Call it with a data part {"skill": "find_countries", "arguments": {...}}; the arguments follow this JSON Schema: {"type":"object","properties":{"model":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string","enum":["decriminalisation","regulation","abolitionism","neo-abolitionism","prohibition"]},"minItems":1,"uniqueItems":true,"description":"Legal models to match (any of): decriminalisation (Decriminalisation), regulation (Regulation (legal & licensed)), abolitionism (Legal, organisation banned), neo-abolitionism (Buying criminalised (Nordic model)), prohibition (Selling and buying prohibited)."},"topic":{"type":"string","enum":["selling","buying","brothels","sharedPremises","procuring","advertising","platforms","street","registration","tax","migrants"],"description":"The question `status` refers to: selling (selling sexual services), buying (buying sexual services), brothels (brothels and managed venues), sharedPremises (sex workers sharing premises), procuring (third parties profiting (procuring / pimping)), advertising (advertising sexual services), platforms (online platforms and ad sites), street (street-based sex work and soliciting), registration (registration, licensing and health checks), tax (tax and social security), migrants (migrant sex workers)."},"status":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string","enum":["legal","regulated","restricted","illegal","varies"]},"minItems":1,"uniqueItems":true,"description":"Statuses to match on `topic` (any of): legal (Legal), regulated (Legal under licence / registration), restricted (Legal with restrictions), illegal (Illegal), varies (Varies by region). Requires `topic`."},"region":{"type":"string","enum":["europe","north-america","latin-america","middle-east","africa","asia","oceania"],"description":"Limit to one region: europe (Europe), north-america (North America), latin-america (Latin America & Caribbean), middle-east (Middle East & North Africa), africa (Sub-Saharan Africa), asia (Asia), oceania (Oceania)."}},"additionalProperties":false}
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• Pending prostitution law reforms
  Bills, consultations and reviews in progress that would change how prostitution is regulated, soonest known next step first. Optionally for one country or one region. Call it with a data part {"skill": "list_pending_changes", "arguments": {...}}; the arguments follow this JSON Schema: {"type":"object","properties":{"country":{"type":"string","minLength":2,"maxLength":80,"description":"Only this country. Country name in English or the local language, or its ISO 3166 code: \"Germany\", \"Deutschland\", \"DE\", \"DEU\", \"United States\", \"UK\"."},"region":{"type":"string","enum":["europe","north-america","latin-america","middle-east","africa","asia","oceania"],"description":"Only this region."}},"additionalProperties":false}
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• Countries covered
  Every country the reference covers, with its legal model, region, coverage depth (full profile or overview), the date it was last reviewed and its link. Optionally one region. Call it with a data part {"skill": "list_countries", "arguments": {...}}; the arguments follow this JSON Schema: {"type":"object","properties":{"region":{"type":"string","enum":["europe","north-america","latin-america","middle-east","africa","asia","oceania"],"description":"Only this region."}},"additionalProperties":false}
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