In Ukraine, responsibility for sexual harassment has been strengthened — Ukraine
Correspondence in social networks will also fall under the signs of offensive behavior.
In Ukraine, words, gestures, body movements, messages in correspondence of an offensive sexual nature against a person will now be punished. A new article on “sexual harassment” appeared in the Code of Ukraine.
This was reported by the deputy head of the Department of Preventive Activities, Tetyana Ishchenko-Ladna, on the air of the telethon.
“This law applies not only to domestic violence. It introduces administrative responsibility for new types of offenses that did not exist in Ukraine before. According to this article, in the case of intentional committing of humiliating acts of a sexual nature against the will of a person, expressed verbally or non-verbally, in which including using electronic communications, the person will be brought to administrative…