The appropriateness of criminalising sexual harassment
Issues of criminal law assessment of various manifestations that encroach on sexual freedom and inviolability of the individual cause heated scientific discussions and public discussions. The focus of the world community today is the problem of harassment, which is most often manifested in the framework of labor and educational relations, as a rule, in the presence of subordination or other dependence between the offender and the victim. There are also frequent cases of voluntary actions that violate the intimate sphere of human life, including those carried out in public or distributed on social networks. In the article, the author proposes evidence-based solutions to urgent problems in terms of criminal law regulation of violation of sexual freedom by committing indecent acts against persons over 16 years of age or against the will of the victims.