But her residence permit has not been revalidated. Experts at the CAMS in Paris say that in some cases, foreign diplomats bring young women from Africa and South-East Asia into Europe, and force them to work without adequate payment. The Committee has since 1994 documented some 50 such cases. Although all the cases have been brought before French courts, the diplomats have, through their immunity, eluded all monetary and judicial sanctions. As a result, the CoE is demanding the revision of the Vienna Convention, in order to render diplomats responsible for criminal acts they commit as private persons while serving in foreign countries.
Experts affirm that the worst form of female slavery remains prostitution.
But it is also the most difficult to combat. She was a known prostitute and had tried to escape from her pimp, counsellors at the CAMS said.