Forced prostitution

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Aksel Waldemar Johannessen, forced prostitution, painting of 1915.

When people use threats or violence, to make other people to work as prostitutes, this is called forced prostitution. Forced prositution mostly affects women and children. It is a form of sexual abuse that often occurs together with human trafficking. Violence or force can be in different forms. Sometimes people simply profit from the fact that a person has no other option. Forced prostitution is illegal under customary law, in all countries. The Rome Statute is an international treaty, of 2002. It includes forced prostitution as a war crime, and a crime against humanity.