Prostitution (offering of  the sexual intercourse for money)
has been called the worlds oldest profession. The aproach
towards prostitution has been varying over centuries, from its
suppression to the priviledged position of the persons who
performed it. Nowadays three main attitudes to prostitution can
be named: abolitionism, reglementation and a repression.
Czech Republic thanks to its legal regulation in this field
originating mainly from the beginning of the 20th century
belongs to the countries with the abolitionistic approach
(Poland, Estonia, Russia, Latvia). Since the acception of the
laws based on international conventions and treaties (of 
struggle against the white slave trade with women and children
as well as exploitation through prostitution) only minor
changes have been made	from the repression veiled in
punishment of the illegal livelihood to the present situation
in which prostitution is neither legitimate nor illegal and is
being accompanied with a variety of crimes (e.g. white slave
trade, dragging, offences against property, drug delicts,
organized crime). It is obvious that the situation needs a
solution.
A legal act bringing regulation into prostitution could be an
option, establishing rules for places  in which prostitution
would be performed. It would also set limits for persons who
work as prostitutes, laying down the obligations of tax payment
as well as social and health insurance and taking regular
medical examinations. This important act should be accompanied
by an amendment of other laws (e.g. the crime of illegal
prostitution should be included into the penal code). The
convention on repression of the white slave trade, however,
seems to stand in the way: it bans on the necessity of carrying
special documents for the prostitutes, taking medical
examinations etc. To terminate this convention will take one
year since the application will be delivered to the UN
Secretary General first. Acceptation of this act would make the
separation of legal prostitution from that performed under
threat possible and could also contribute to the restriction of
the supporting criminality.