Abstract
This article considers the analyses in this volume, as well as applicable international law, to show how the law shapes, as well as being shaped by, social perceptions of sexual harassment. International and regional instruments are relatively weak in the regulation of sexual harassment, so that measures taken at domestic level are of primary importance. Questions such as the motivation for passing domestic sexual harassment legislation, the legal definitions used, the extra-definitional problems, procedural variations and the effectiveness of these laws, are considered. It is argued that an extra-legal approach is needed to address properly, and to redress adequately, sexual harassment. Adequate labelling as a breach of human rights, as well as juridical naming, of sexual harassment may facilitate the development of effective laws.
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