Violencia de género, prostitución y trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual: hacia un Convenio del Consejo de Europa
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Aunque a lo largo de los últimos 30 años el Consejo de Europa ha adoptado distintos instrumentos y mecanismos jurídicos que han contribuido a definir estándares internacionales dirigidos a los Estados para combatir y erradicar la trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual, abordándose las conexiones existentes entre violencia, prostitución y trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual, sin embargo, los principales estándares están definidos en Recomendaciones y Resoluciones de la Asamblea Parlamentaria, así como en Recomendaciones del Consejo de Ministros, que son instrumentos jurídicos de limitada fuerza vinculante para los Estados. Asimismo, la trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual quedó excluida del ámbito de aplicación del Convenio de Estambul (CETS No. 210) al existir otros mecanismos específicos sobre trata, especialmente el Convenio sobre la lucha contra la trata de seres humanos (CETS No. 197). Por tanto, para garantizar la efectiva eficacia de los estándares jurídicos de protección internacional europeos en la erradicación de esta manifestación extrema de la cultura de la violación, es necesario que el Consejo de Europa adopte un Convenio específico para combatir la trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual.
Although, over the past thirty years, the Council of Europe has adopted various legal instruments and mechanisms that have contributed to defining international standards addressed to States for combating and eradicating trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation, including by examining the links between violence, prostitution and such trafficking, the principal standards are nevertheless contained in Recommendations and Resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as in Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers, which are legal instruments of limited binding force for States. Moreover, trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation was excluded from the scope of the Istanbul Convention (CETS No. 210), given the existence of other specific mechanisms on trafficking, particularly the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197). Therefore, in order to ensure the effective implementation of European international legal protection standards aimed at eradicating this extreme manifestation of rape culture, it is necessary for the Council of Europe to adopt a specific convention to combat trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Although, over the past thirty years, the Council of Europe has adopted various legal instruments and mechanisms that have contributed to defining international standards addressed to States for combating and eradicating trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation, including by examining the links between violence, prostitution and such trafficking, the principal standards are nevertheless contained in Recommendations and Resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as in Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers, which are legal instruments of limited binding force for States. Moreover, trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation was excluded from the scope of the Istanbul Convention (CETS No. 210), given the existence of other specific mechanisms on trafficking, particularly the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197). Therefore, in order to ensure the effective implementation of European international legal protection standards aimed at eradicating this extreme manifestation of rape culture, it is necessary for the Council of Europe to adopt a specific convention to combat trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
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Saldaña Díaz, María Nieves: “Violencia de género, prostitución y trata de mujeres con fines de explotación sexual: hacia un Convenio del Consejo de Europa”. La cultura de la violación a debate: mitos y realidades, M. Gallego y J. Ivashkina (eds.), Dykinson, Madrid, pp. 101-138 (2023). ISBN: 978-84-1170-677-3














