Background

The Prostitution Reform Act 2003 (PRA) decriminalised sex work in New Zealand and represents a best practice model for sex work legislation (Radačić, 2017, p.2). This article is based on a project that focuses on Dunedin, New Zealand, due to the absence of council bylaws that may contradict the PRA and a lack of post-decriminalisation research.

Methods

The project involved qualitative, semi-structured interviews with seven Dunedin-based sex workers and one brothel manager in 2018 to determine what decriminalisation can look like under the legislation of the PRA. The analysis and methodology are framed by feminist standpoint theory.

Results

This article concludes that the PRA is successful when (a) the operators (managers) adhere fully to the provisions of the PRA and the NZPC guidelines, (b) sex workers are confident and knowledgeable about their rights under the legislation, and (c) councils do not introduce bylaws that contradict the provisions of the PRA. Success is defined as a system that ensures workers’ rights and equitable and fair treatment. I name this success the ‘Dunedin Model’.

Conclusions

Wider implications of this model include (a) the importance of creating situated legislation based on the recommendations of socially situated people, who possess the knowledge necessary to create it; (b) the necessity of full adherence to this legislation by both management and local councils; and (c) the obligation to allow for, create and maintain systems that allow for persons to be aware of their rights.

中文翻译：

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达尼丁模式：新西兰奥特罗阿非刑事化下的但尼丁性工作者经历

背景

2003年《卖淫改革法案》（PRA）将新西兰的性工作定为非刑事犯罪，并代表了性工作立法的最佳实践模式（Radačić，2017年，第2页）。本文基于一个针对新西兰达尼丁的项目，这是由于缺乏可能与PRA相抵触的理事会章程以及缺乏非犯罪化后的研究。

方法

该项目于2018年对七名但尼丁的性工作者和一名妓院经理进行了定性的，半结构化的采访，以确定根据PRA的法律将非刑事犯罪化是什么样子。这种分析和方法论是由女性主义观点理论构架的。

结果

本文的结论是，当（a）操作员（经理）完全遵守PRA和NZPC准则的规定，（b）性工作者对其法律规定的权利充满信心和了解时，PRA成功。理事会不会制定与PRA规定相抵触的细则。成功被定义为确保工人权利以及公平公正待遇的系统。我将这次成功称为“ Dunedin模型”。

结论

这种模式的广泛含义包括：（a）根据具有社会地位的人的建议来制定环境立法的重要性，这些人拥有创建法律的必要知识；（b）管理层和地方理事会都必须完全遵守该立法；（c）允许，建立和维护使人们意识到自己的权利的系统的义务。