Chinese version:2. 管辖权

In this section, institution establishers can clarify the extent of power the institution has to regulate sexual harassment in or out of schools. This part consults the Harvard Handbook on sexual harassment and the Philosophia anti-misogynistic environment handbook.

How can I apply?

• [ ] You can fill out specific examples of the online or offline scenarios at your school that are within the jurisdiction of your policy in the areas like this.
• [ ] You can determine whether your school’s policy should have jurisdiction over cases when external personnel is involved based on your school’s situation.
• [ ] Other than the geographical limit, the institution should also clarify the maximum time after a sexual harassment case happens within which a report may be initiated. This is to concern about the difficulty of evidence collection if the case happened too long ago. However, the institution-establishers can decide based on their school whether this is needed.

The basic format of jurisdiction

The jurisdiction of this handbook includes all gender-related harassment carried out online (such as official WeChat group, Club WeChat group, Class WeChat group, school project WeChat group, etc.) and offline (campus, community activities, club external activities, etc.) by A school's students, faculty, employees or third parties, whenever the misconduct occurs:

• On A school’s property, or

• Of A school’s property, if

  a) the conduct was in connection with an A school-recognized program or activity; or

  b) the conduct may have the effect of creating a hostile environment for a member of the college community.

If a member of A school suffers sexual harassment from external personnel due to A school-related projects and activities, this policy still applies/does not apply.

As long as the case is known to the Committee and within its ability, whether in the past (within X year of the case’s occurrence; for more severe cases, even if the case happened before a year, the committee may consider investigation if necessary) or now, the committee will try its best to solve it, handle it prudently and fairly. For cases that cannot be settled within the school (maybe due to the involvement of the court or police), the committee will also actively cooperate with the investigation and submit them to relevant units or departments for handling.

What’s next...

Before enacting policies for this institution, the institution-establisher should understand how Chinese law punishes sexual harassment cases, and respectively, what sexual misconducts are severer. Hence, in the next section, we will introduce relevant Chinese legal documents.

3. Legal documents