Sexual harassment: Laws in Thailand

SynopsisThis article discusses the legislation on sexual harassment in Thailand. It sets out the legal provisions available to address sexual harassment in Thailand and indicates some problems in applying existing laws to sexual harassment cases. I argue that the term has to be much more rigorously defined in Thai law. By considering the problems and loopholes in existing laws, this article proposes a more rigorously defined “category of sexual harassment” that specifies forms of behavior falling into the two broad categories of sexual harassment (hostile environment and quid pro quo). Cases of sexual harassment in Thailand are cited to illustrate the problems with the law, thus justifying the proposal to amend the law.