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On Thursday, a judge in the Seoul Northern District Court asked the Constitutional Court to review the constitutionality of Korean laws that criminally punish selling sex. Specifically, the judge asked the court to review Clause 1, Article 21 of the Criminal law that makes selling and purchasing sex punishable by up to one year in prison and a three million KRW fine—there are exceptions for those forced to become sex workers against their will. The judge only asked the Constitutional Court to review the right to sell sex, not punishment for those who buy sex.
The judge’s request for review stems from a case he heard where a 41-year old woman was accused of selling sex in a brothel in July of 2012. Despite laws making prostitution illegal, the sex industry is big business in Korea. The judge’s request for the Constitutional Court to review the law has made the issue of prostitution and its place in Korean society a very hot issue.
For those of you who may be interested, the Constitutional Court was established in 1988 after pro-democracy protests to prevent infringement of constitutional rights by the government. Accordingly, the Constitutional Court is a court that is separate from the three-level court hierarchy in Korea. It is the court of first instance for all constitutional issues, such as free speech issues.
Any citizen may directly file a claim with the Constitutional Court for infringement of their basic rights under the Constitution. Other legal remedies, however, should first be sought before filing with the Constitutional Court. Further, any person may also ask the judge hearing their case to refer statutes or measures that they allege to be unconstitutional to the Constitutional Court for final resolution. In addition, judges can also refer constitutional issues to the Constitutional Court for resolution independently.
Constitutional Court rulings that accept claims are final and binding upon all branches of the Korean government. Some recent notable Constitutional Court cases include the 2004 impeachment case brought against President Roh Moo Hyun by members of the National Assembly, which was dismissed, and the 2008 case brought by actress Ok So-Ri challenging the law making adultery criminally punishable as unconstitutional, which she lost. In 2012, the court made international headlines by ruling that the Korean government must immediately seek redress on behalf of victims of Japanese war crimes (namely the so called “comfort women”).
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