För några veckor sedan framkom det att Amnesty International (UK) förordar legalisering av sexköp i ett dokument. Sveriges Kvinnoorganisationer uttalade oss mycket kritiskt till detta förslag som går rakt emot de mänskliga rättigheterna. Nu fördömer även USA:s expresident Jimmy Carter Amnestys uttalande.
“It’s inconceivable to me that Amnesty International or any other organization that respects human rights would endorse slave masters who buy young girls and put them into involuntary servitude to be sex slaves,” säger Carter. “And when they go and do this with brothel owners and pimps, then to me that violates the basic principles of human rights.”
Carter förespråkar den nordiska sexköpslagen där köparen kriminaliseras.
”Sweden has taken the most enlightened and the most effective position by saying that the . . . prosecution should be focused on brothel owners and pimps and male customers. This has been extremely effective by dramatically reducing the amount of prostitution in Sweden but also particularly almost eliminating the involuntary servitude of girls who are been bought into the slave trade.” Carter föreslår att den nordiska modellen ska implementeras i USA.