Decision expected in sex workers' Charter challenge of criminal prostitution laws

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The Ontario Superior Court is expected to release its decision this morning on a constitutional challenge launched by an alliance of groups advocating for the rights of sex workers.

Sex workers and their supporters gather outside the Ontario Superior Court during the launch of their constitutional challenge to Canada's sex work laws, Oct. 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martinthis morning on a constitutional challenge launched by an alliance of groups advocating for the rights of sex workers.

That law was passed in 2014, about a year after the Supreme Court of Canada struck down previous anti-prostitution laws after lawyers argued existing provisions were disproportionate, overbroad and put sex workers at risk of harm.

 

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