Incidents of verbal sexualised assault
With regard to the incidents of verbal sexualised assault by a research fellow at the Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin (HU), further investigations have been carried out during the past week.
The university management has suspended the research fellow accused of verbal sexualised assault until further notice. He will not teach in the 2023/24 winter semester.
The university management will continue its careful internal appraisal throughout the entire university, paying particular attention to prevention and to the elimination of circumstances that favour instances of assault not being reported immediately.
Therefore, if there are or have been any further cases of misconduct of any kind, the university management asks all those affected to inform the women’s and equal opportunities officer, the university management, or the student representatives. This is the only way to promptly initiate investigations into specific incidents and, if necessary, take legal action.
The Humboldt-Universit?t is an anti-discriminatory place of learning and research. We investigate assaults and discrimination based on origin, gender, sexual orientation, skin colour or cultural background with all means available to us. The President’s Executive Council of the HU is resolutely committed to this.
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