Tracy-  I am glad that Amnesty International USA and Honolulu Chapter will be working in partnership with you and other advocates in the community  this fall to create new legislation to decriminalizes consensual sex work in our state.    We know that sex workers experience  high rates of human rights abuses and marginalization at a global level and also locally.  We have the obligation to address these issues and there are several ways in which we can do that.  A few months ago, AI has launched its policy report calling for global decriminalization of consensual sex work.  The policy calls for revamping existing legislation that criminalizes or penalizes directly or in practice the consensual sex work exchanges between a sex worker and her/his client.   We will advocate for new policies that decriminalizes most or all aspects of sex work, as well as the end of discriminatory enforcement of existing laws against consensual sex workers.   It is imperative that sex workers have equal