Kazakhstan

Is selling sex criminalised?
Selling sex is legal in itself but soliciting in a public place is illegal.
Is buying sex criminalised?
No
Is organising/managing criminalised?
Pandering, brothel-keeping and providing premises for 'prostitution' 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… Sexual Rights Initiative Database, available at https://sexualrightsdatabase.org/page/welcome Criminal Code of Kazakhstan, link here: http://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes https://eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-sex-workers-call-legalization-prostit…
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