nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/aa5880594aa274c4 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260713s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/aa5880594aa274c4 doi eng 342 23 Mittal, Pranav Author aut Dignity Without Autonomy - On The Indian Supreme Court’s Treatment Of Sex Workers’ Rights Mittal, Pranav Verfassungsblog 2026-07-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In Prajwala v. Union of India, the Supreme Court held that victims of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation have a right to rehabilitation under Article 23 read with the right to dignity under Article 21. While the judgment has been celebrated for its three-dimensional dignity framework, it is a missed opportunity to articulate a constitutional basis for protecting the rights of sex workers. The Court's dignity framework – calibrated against objectification in trafficking – is insufficient alone to address persons who assert agency over their work. I argue that reading it alongside decisional autonomy fills the gap. CC BY-SA 4.0 Autonomy Human Dignity Human Trafficking India Indian Constitution Indian Supreme Court Indiana. Supreme Court of Judicature Menschenwürde Prostitution dignity sex work (DE-588)14920-2 gnd Indiana. Supreme Court of Judicature (DE-588)4038654-5 gnd Menschenwürde (DE-588)4047516-5 gnd Prostitution Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/sex-work-india-prajwala/ raw object