Judicial interpretation of “two high schools” on criminal cases such as organizing prostitution will be released

BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) according to the website of the Supreme People’s Court, the supreme law trial committee passed the interpretation of “two high schools” on the 8th on the trial of criminal cases such as organization prostitution. There are 14 articles in the interpretation, which stipulate the criteria for determining the “serious circumstances” of organizations and crime of compelling others to prostitute, as well as the criteria for inducing, accommodating, this paper introduces the incriminating standard of the crime of prostitution and the identification standard of “serious circumstances”, and makes provisions on the handling of prostitution and whoring behaviors knowing that they suffer from AIDS.

On the 8th, Zhou Qiang, president of the Supreme People’s Court, presided over the plenary meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court, deliberated and approved in principle the “Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate on trial organization, coercion, temptation, accommodation, introduce the explanation of several issues of applicable law in criminal cases of prostitution.

资料图:警方抓获“涉黄”违法人员。陶姝君 摄Data Map: The police arrested the illegal personnel involved in pornography. Photo by Tao Yujun
In September 1991, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress issued the decision on prohibiting prostitution and whoring. In order to implement this decision, criminals who organize, force, induce, accommodate and introduce prostitution are severely punished. In December 1992, the highest People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate issued “answers to several questions about implementation”. The decision on the prohibition of prostitution and whoring has been absorbed by the current criminal law, and the effect of the answer has been terminated.

In recent years, the crime of organizing, forcing, luring, accommodating and introducing prostitution presents many new features. New situations and problems in judicial practice need to be solved urgently through the formulation of judicial interpretation. Therefore, in 2012, the Supreme People’s Court launched the drafting work of the interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on several issues concerning the organization, coercion, temptation, accommodation and introduction of applicable laws in criminal cases of prostitution. After extensive and in-depth investigation, symposiums and expert essays were held for many times, and opinions from relevant parties were widely sought. The draft was revised and submitted to this meeting for deliberation.

There are 14 articles in the interpretation, which stipulate the criteria for determining the “serious circumstances” of organizations and crime of compelling others to prostitute, as well as the criteria for inducing, accommodating, this paper introduces the incriminating standard of the crime of prostitution and the identification standard of “serious circumstances”, and makes provisions on the handling of prostitution and whoring behaviors knowing that they suffer from AIDS. The meeting decided to revise the draft of interpretation according to the discussion opinions of the meeting and issue it in due time after signing it with the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.

The meeting also deliberated and passed the decision of the Supreme People’s Court on abolishing some judicial interpretations and normative documents (12th batch).

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zhongxin.com, May 8 according to the website of the Supreme People’s Court, the supreme law trial committee passed the “two high” interpretation on the trial of criminal cases such as organization prostitution on the 8th. There are 14 articles in the interpretation, which stipulate organization and crime of compelling others to prostitute.

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