Zur Langanzeige Abstract: In the Netherlands, the general ban on brothels was lifted on 1 October The essence of the amendment of the law is that, under certain conditions, those forms of prostitution in which prostitutes of age are voluntarily engaged are no longer prohibited.
At the same time, the legislator intends to crack down forcefully on unacceptable forms of prostitution in particular various forms of trafficking in human beings.
A first evaluation of the amendment of the law was carried out in and The Minister of Justice promised Dutch Parliament that a second evaluation study would be carried out a few years after the amendment of the law had become effective.
Three sub-studies were commissioned by and carried out under the supervision of the Research and Documentation Centre. In this report, the results of the sub-studies will be summarised and combined with relevant information from other studies and reports. The aim of this study is to provide information on the state of affairs regarding prostitution in the Netherlands in in the context of the evaluation of the lifting of the brothel ban, in order to be able, if necessary, to develop flanking policy.
The research questions are: — What is the current situation regarding prostitution in the Netherlands with regard to municipal policy, enforcement and compliance? Das Dokument erscheint in:.
