Sudan

Is selling sex criminalised?
Selling sex is illegal in Sudan under the adultery laws of Sharia law. There is also a specific prostitution offence in the penal code that applies to those who are in a "place of prostitution, with the intention of providing a service of a sexual nature to another with or without compensation, with no legal relationship between them" - Article 154 of the Penal Code as amended by Law No.12 of 2020.
Is buying sex criminalised?
Yes - buying sex criminalised under Zina laws.
Is organising/managing criminalised?
Yes all organising/managing is criminalised. It is an offence to run a brothel and also to allure, incite or hire a person to commit 'prostitution'.
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
Sexual Rights Initiative Database, available at https://sexualrightsdatabase.org/page/welcome Sudan Penal Code 1991 - https://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1329_1202725629_sb106-sud-criminalact1… Law No.12 of 2020 (amending prostitution offences in the Penal Code) - https://redress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2-Sudan-Amendments-July-… UNDP, UN Women, UNFPA and ESCWA (2018), Gender, Justice and the Law: Sudan, available athttps://sudan.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Sudan%20Country%20A…
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