Mr. Daniel McCartney:

May I add something to that point? Coming here I was surprised that the Swedish approach is the one that has been spoken about most. I thought that, at a minimum, the committee would look at what recently happened in Canadian legislation where the laws are quite similar to those in Ireland. I believe a stronger example would be the New Zealand model, which is more a form of legalisation and regulation. With regulation, however, I am completely against the mandatory HIV testing that New Zealand had originally included in its model before retracting it. That is the kind of idea I would consider.

The one report that has not been raised is that published by the global commission on HIV and the law which was organised by the United Nations development programme. It does not focus only on public health but looks a range of different issues. There are also some working papers that were submitted as part of this worldwide consultation on issues of criminalisation elsewhere, not only in sex work.