Are Delayed Complaints of Sexual Harassment Not Worthy of Human Rights Protection?

Within the current legislative landscape in Ontario, survivors of sexual harassment are treated differently than assault and misconduct with respect to when they can advance a legal claim against their perpetrators. Under sections 16(1)(h) 16(1)(h.1) Ontario Limitations Act, able file civil whenever choose do so. s 34(1) Human Rights Code, must human rights complaint within one year experienced harassment. This paper argues that should not apply complaints based on The author provides four reasons substantiate this argument: (1) provision fails align contemporary understandings harassment; (2) it is arbitrary drastically different timelines depending type violence have experienced; (3) two important objectives limitation periods will be seriously threatened by suggested amendment Code; (4) section favours interests harassers over those survivor, public, Bill 132 Code.