San Marino

Level 3

Recognition of Same-Sex Union

/Unregistered cohabitation since 2012 (Only for one entitlement)[416]

Level: 1

1.Life=Y ; 2.Health=N ; 3.Mental=N ; 4.Rape=N ; 5.Defect=N ; 6.Social=N ;

7.Demand=N ;

 Serbia

Level 4

Same-Sex Sexual Activity

 Legal from 1858, when nominally a vassal ofOttoman Empireto 1860[418] and again since 1994 (As part ofYugoslavia)
+ UN decl. sign.[38]

Level:

1.Life= ; 2.Health= ; 3.Mental= ; 4.Rape= ; 5.Defect= ; 6.Social= ;

7.Demand= ;

 Spain

Level 7 Fully Enabled

Same-Sex Marriage

 Legal since 2005[424]

Level: 5

1.Life=Y ; 2.Health=Y ; 3.Mental=Y ; 4.Rape=1 ; 5.Defect=2 ; 6.Social=N ;

7.Demand=N ;

Spain

Fully prostitution enabled,

Population: 40,525,002

Prostitution: Limited Legality
Prostitution is not a crime but the exact legal status is unclear.

Brothel Ownership: Illegal in some regions

Pimping: Illegal

"Is prostitution a form of violence and exploitation of women, which should be banned, or a job like any other, which should be regulated? The question has divided Europe, with Sweden trying to eradicate prostitution by penalizing the clients, while others such as the Netherlands have legalized the trade. For Spanish legislators, however, prostitution proved too tough a nut to crack.

After nearly three years of debate, a parliamentary commission advising the government threw in the towel, rejecting both of the proposed approaches and simply leaving prostitution where it was: a shady zone where it is neither legal nor illegal....

Its incapacity to adopt a clear policy angered both the main camps: women's rights activists regarding prostitution as a form of slavery, incompatible with democratic values, and prostitutes' associations saying sex workers needed legal rights to protect themselves.

Spain has been dubbed the 'brothel of Europe,' with up to 500,000 women working as prostitutes. Every day, 1.5 million men buy sex in Spain, said Maribel Montano of the governing Socialist Party (PSOE). The trade, which is plied in places ranging from parks and flats to roadside brothels, turns over an estimated 40 billion euros (54 billion dollars) annually, almost the equivalent of Spain's education budget."

Sinikka Tarvainen, "Spain Divided Over Semi-Legal Prostitution," German Press Agency, May 8, 2007

 Turkey

Level 2

Same-Sex Sexual Activity

 Legal since 1858[38]

Level: 7 Fully Enabled to terminate unborn children

1.Life=R ; 2.Health=R ; 3.Mental=R ; 4.Rape=1 ; 5.Defect=R ; 6.Social=1 ;

7.Demand=1 ;

Turkey

Prostitution: Legal

Prostitution in Turkey is legal and regulated. Brothels are also legal. However, many local governments now have a policy of not issuing new registrations, and in some cities, such as Ankara and Bursa, brothels have been demolished by court order.[1][2]

 Vatican City

Level 1

Same-Sex Sexual Activity

 Legal since 1890 (As part of Italy)[38]

Level: 0

1.Life=N ; 2.Health=N ; 3.Mental=N ; 4.Rape=N ; 5.Defect=N ; 6.Social=N ;

7.Demand=N ;

 Belgium

Level 7 Fully Enabled

Same-sex marriage

 Legal since 2003[428][429][430]

Level: 7 Fully Enabled to terminate unborn children

1.Life=Y ; 2.Health=Y ; 3.Mental=Y ; 4.Rape=Y ; 5.Defect=Y ; 6.Social=Y ;

7.Demand=Y ;

Belgium

Fully prostitution enabled,

Population: 10,414,336

Prostitution: Legal

Brothel Ownership: Legal

Pimping: Illegal

"As the 9 a.m. shift began at Villa Tinto, which calls itself Europe's most high-tech brothel, prostitute Andrea Maes put on her leather boots, pressed her finger on a biometric scanner and started posing for potential clients in her neon-lit display window. After matching her fingerprint with the one in its database, the brothel's system clocked her in and flashed her ID number -- A9018 -- to a control room manned by a fellow prostitute. It also switched on the lights in her designer-furnished room -- more boutique hotel than bordello....

Villa Tinto, House of Pleasure, is a pioneering example of a widening European drive to legalize prostitution, while combating the crime and violence it fosters -- including the explosion in human trafficking in recent years. The brothel opened in January, with the help of the Antwerp city council, the police and the prostitutes themselves as part of a 'tolerance zone,' begun in 2001. The Belgian government views the three-block area as a test case as it considers national legalization -- a move to wrest prostitution from the control of organized criminals and bring in some lost tax revenue."

Dan Bilefsky, "Belgian Experiment: Make Prostitution Legal To Fight Its Ills," Wall Street Journal, May 26, 2005

 France

Level 7 Fully Enabled

Same-sex marriage

 Legal since 2013[434]

Level: 7 Fully Enabled to terminate unborn children

1.Life=Y ; 2.Health=Y ; 3.Mental=Y ; 4.Rape=1 ; 5.Defect=Y ; 6.Social=1 ;

7.Demand=1 ;

France

Prostitution: Legal

Prostitution in France (the exchange of sexual services for money) is not illegal, but several surrounding activities are. These include procuring, operating a brothel, living off the avails (pimping), and paying for sex with someone under the age of 18, although the age of consent for non-commercial sex is 15.[1]

Guernsey
(Crown dependencyof the United Kingdom)

Level 4

Same-sex sexual activity

 Legal since 1983
+ UN decl. sign.[437][438][38]

Level:

1.Life= ; 2.Health= ; 3.Mental= ; 4.Rape= ; 5.Defect= ; 6.Social= ;

7.Demand= ;

 Ireland

Level 7 Fully Enabled

 Legal since 2015. Approved via referundum[444]

Level: 1

1.Life=Y ; 2.Health=N ; 3.Mental=N ; 4.Rape=N ; 5.Defect=N ; 6.Social=N ;

7.Demand=N ;

Ireland

Fully prostitution enabled,

Population: 4,203,200

Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994 (13 KB) 

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993

Prostitution: Legal

Brothel Ownership: Illegal

Pimping: Illegal

"Organised crime gangs are setting up foreign language schools to act as a front for prostitution, Fine Gael’s spokesman on immigration and integration Denis Naughten has claimed.

Mr Naughton said bogus schools, established by organised crime groups, were assisting students in obtaining visas by providing the necessary documents.

Members of the Oireachtas were informed during a cross-party briefing on Wednesday 'that language schools in Dublin are breeding grounds for prostitution. We need urgent action to deal with the proliferation of sex trafficking into Ireland’s €80 million illegal sex industry,' he said."

Aoife Carr, "Language Schools Act as Fronts for Brothels - Naughten," Irish Times, June 19, 2009

 Isle of Man
(Crown dependencyof the United Kingdom)

Level 6 Almost Fully Enabled

Recognition of same-sex unions

 Civil partnership since 2011[450]

Level:

1.Life= ; 2.Health= ; 3.Mental= ; 4.Rape= ; 5.Defect= ; 6.Social= ;

7.Demand= ;

Israel

Fully prostitution enabled,

Population: 7,233,701

Prostitution: Legal

Brothel Ownership: Illegal

Pimping: Illegal
Procurement and living on the earnings of a woman in prostitution is prohibited.

"The Supreme Court on Monday rescinded a district court decision that awarded NIS [Israel Shekel] 150,000 in compensation to a disabled man to pay for sexual services. The plaintiff, 31, was seriously injured in a car crash in 1988 as a result of which he was diagnosed as suffering from a mental disorder and erectile dysfunction. His lawyer argued that ever since, his condition has necessitated visits to prostitutes....

Justice Eliezer Rivlin wrote in his decision that the claimant would not be given funds that would be used to violate the law by encouraging prostitution. 'The proper way of society to deal with prostitution has been subject for contention over many years,' Rivlin wrote. 'There are those who see prostitutes as slave laborers and others who claim there are those among them who make a calculated choice to make a living thusly. The difficult questions over prostitution shall not be resolved, here but we cannot ignore the fact that criminal law frowns upon it.'"

Yuval Yoaz, "Court Rescinds Ruling Funding Disabled Man's Brothel Visits,"Haaretz, Oct. 16, 2006

 Jersey
(Crown dependencyof the United Kingdom)

Level 6 Almost Fully Enabled

Recognition of same-sex unions

 Civil partnership since 2012[456]

Level:

1.Life= ; 2.Health= ; 3.Mental= ; 4.Rape= ; 5.Defect= ; 6.Social= ;

7.Demand= ;

Luxembourg

Level 7 Fully Enabled

Same-sex marriage

 Legal since 2015[461][462]

Level: 6 Almost Fully Enabled to terminate unborn children

1.Life=R ; 2.Health=R ; 3.Mental=R ; 4.Rape=R ; 5.Defect=R ; 6.Social=R ;

7.Demand=N ;

Luxembourg

Fully prostitution enabled,

Population: 491,775

Prostitution: Legal

Brothel Ownership: Illegal

Pimping: Illegal

"Prostitution is legal and was common, but the activities associated with organized prostitution, such as profiting from, aiding, or trafficking prostitutes are punishable by law...

The country is a destination for women trafficked transnationally for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Source countries during the year primarily included Romania and Ukraine. During the year the government identified nine victims of trafficking. At year's end authorities were prosecuting one perpetrator for trafficking, and had tried and convicted nine others for procuring prostitution and human trafficking."

US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, "2008 Human Rights Report: Lithuania," www.state.gov, Feb. 25, 2009

 Monaco

Level 3

Same-sex sexual activity

 Legal since 1793 (As part ofFrance)
+ UN decl. sign.[38]

Level: 1

1.Life=Y ; 2.Health=N ; 3.Mental=N ; 4.Rape=N ; 5.Defect=N ; 6.Social=N ;

7.Demand=N ;

Monaco

Prostituion: Legal

Prostitution in Monaco is legal, but organized prostitution (brothels, prostitution rings and other forms of pimping) is prohibited. Solicitation is also illegal. Forcing another person into prostitution is illegal, with penalties from six months to three years of imprisonment, plus a fine. A husband who forces his wife to engage in prostitution can be sentenced to one to five years of imprisonment plus a fine.[1] [2]

Netherlands

Level 7 Fully Enabled

Same-sex marriage

 Legal since 2001[467]

Level: 7 Fully Enabled to terminate unborn children

1.Life=Y ; 2.Health=Y ; 3.Mental=Y ; 4.Rape=Y ; 5.Defect=Y ; 6.Social=Y ;

7.Demand=Y ;

Netherlands

Fully prostitution enabled,

Population: 16,715,999

Dutch Policy on Prostitution

Prostitution: Legal
Officially legal since Oct. 2000. Prostitutes must be over 18 and clients must be over 16. Prostitutes must register and pay taxes.

Brothel Ownership: Legal
Subject to licensing and zoning requirements.

Pimping: Legal
Living off income from a prostitute is legal if it doesn't involve coercion.

"One third of the famous 'window' brothels and sex clubs of Amsterdam are facing closure after the city council recently refused to renew 33 licences in a crackdown against organised crime....

The Christian Democrat CDA and the ChristenUnie (CU) parties - both of which are expected to form part of the new governing coalition - want even tougher measures, including the prosecution of men who frequent prostitutes who are working against their will....

But others, such as Petra Timmermans from the International Committee on the rights of Sex Workers in Europe, said the Dutch were experiencing outside pressure from countries that did not understand their traditions. 'The Netherlands has decided to do things differently so it is under tremendous pressure from neighbouring countries to re-evaluate its position,' she said. 'People look at the Netherlands and say it is a failed experiment because not every sex worker is a millionairess.'"

Nicola Smith, "Amsterdam Cleans Ip Its Act," Expactica.com, Jan. 10, 2007

 United Kingdom

Level 6 ½ Almost Fully Enabled

Same-Sex marriage

 Legal in England, Wales and Scotland since 2014.[472][473]
 Illegal in Northern Ireland

Level: 5

1.Life=2 ; 2.Health=2 ; 3.Mental=2 ; 4.Rape=N ; 5.Defect=2 ; 6.Social=2 ;

7.Demand=N ;

United Kingdom

Fully prostitution enabled,

Population: 61,113,205

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (7 KB) 

Sexual Offences Act 1985 (46 KB) 

Sexual Offences Act 1956 (168 KB) 

Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (21 KB) 

Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (51 KB) 

Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Act 2007 (46 KB)

Prostitution: Legal
"Persistent" solicitation in public places is illegal.Kerb crawling is illegal.

Brothel Ownership: Illegal

Pimping: Illegal
Pimping law defined as "controlling prostitution for gain."

"New laws making it a criminal offence to have sex with prostitutes controlled by pimps may be too complex to work in practice, police have warned.

The legislation, which is due to come into effect later this year, aims to protect women forced into the trade.

Gloucestershire Chief Constable Dr Tim Brain said he feared the complexity of the law may make gaining evidence hard...

The government's planned change to the law in England and Wales aims to protect women forced into the trade by traffickers and pimps.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith launched the new legislation with an unequivocal message, saying 'there will be no more excuses for those who pay for sex'.

At present it is not illegal to pay for sex. Under the new legislation a man will face prosecution if he pays for sex with a woman who is being 'controlled for gain' by someone else...

The Home Office says more than 160 victims of sex trafficking were rescued by police in a six-month period last year.

The bill also includes tougher controls on kerb crawlers."

BBC News, "Police Doubt over Prostitute Laws," www.news.bbc.co.uk, Apr. 7, 2009

Abkhazia

Level 1

Same-sex sexual activity

 Legal after 1991[citation needed]

Level:

1.Life= ; 2.Health= ; 3.Mental= ; 4.Rape= ; 5.Defect= ; 6.Social= ;

7.Demand= ;