In nod to MeToo, China codifies sexual harassment by law
BEIJING - Two years ago, Zhou Xiaoxuan publicly accused one of China’s most recognizable people of groping and forcibly kissing her, setting off a firestorm in a country that did not specify sexual harassment as a legal offence.
The reference in the new civil code, approved on Thursday by a session of the National People’s Congress, is largely a symbolic step. While it holds schools, businesses and other organisations responsible for preventing and dealing with sexual harassment, it does not lay out guidelines for enforcement.
Article 1,010 of the new code says a person may be held liable “for speech, words, images or bodily actions that have been used to carry out sexual harassment against a person’s wishes.” Zhou’s accusation against Zhu Jun, a well-known TV personality, was one of the most prominent. In a series of social media posts, she described a 2014 incident when she was an intern working for him at state broadcaster CCTV.
Some activists and lawyers are hopeful that the movement is starting to lead to real change, starting with the mention in the civil code. Zhou filed hers under the category “personality rights” - a broad term in Chinese law that includes rights applying to one’s body and health - because sexual harassment was not recognised as a legal cause of action.
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