Bosnia Herzegovenia

Is selling sex criminalised?
Sex work in all forms is illegal and there is also a law against soliciting in public.
Is buying sex criminalised?
No
Is organising/managing criminalised?
Organising sex work and "pimping" are criminalised.
Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing?
No
Is there mandatory registration?
No
Is sex work recognised as work?
No
Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation?
No
Sources/further reading
SWAN (2019). Sex Work Legal Frameworks in Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA), Sex Workers’ Rights Advocacy Network, Budapest, available at https://www.nswp.org/resource/member-publications/sex-work-legal-framew… Smith, Molly, Lisa R. Muftić, Irma Deljkić, and Jonathan A. Grubb. "Perceptions of the sex trade in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A comparative analysis of practitioners and future practitioners." International criminal justice review 25, no. 2 (2015): 174-193.
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