Contrasting Approaches: Alcohol Regulations vs. Criminalizing Sex Work

Prostitution, despite being one of the world’s oldest professions, remains controversial across the globe. While most nations, including Bhutan, prohibit the sale of sexual services, recent times have seen many countries, particularly in Europe, fully or partially legalising it. It is time to reevaluate the country’s current policy of criminalisation in the context of constitutional rights.

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