Any unwanted conduct of sexual nature expressed physically, verbally or in another way offending the dignity and honour and creating a hostile, offensive, humiliating or impending environment and, in particular, where the refusal or compulsion to accept such conduct may have influence in making decisions affecting the person.
Legal provisions on protection orders
No legal provision
Legal Source
Law on Protection against Discrimination of 2004 andLaw on Protection against Discrimination, Paragraph 1(1)
Observations
The law explicitly recognises sexual harassment as a form of discrimination and bans it. The EU definition of sexual harassment is fully recognized in the Bulgarian Law on Protection against Discrimination.