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Please enable Javascript for full functionality. </div> </noscript> <h1> IETF Anti-Harassment Policy <br> <small class="text-body-secondary">statement-iesg-ietf-anti-harassment-policy-20131103-01</small> </h1> <ul class="nav nav-tabs my-3"> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link active" href="/doc/statement-iesg-ietf-anti-harassment-policy-20131103/"> Status </a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link " href="/doc/statement-iesg-ietf-anti-harassment-policy-20131103/email/"> Email expansions </a> </li> <li class="nav-item"> <a class="nav-link " href="/doc/statement-iesg-ietf-anti-harassment-policy-20131103/history/"> History </a> </li> </ul> <label class="my-1 fw-bold">Versions:</label> <nav class="mb-3"> <ul class="revision-list pagination pagination-sm text-center flex-wrap"> <li class="page-item "> <a class="page-link" href="/doc/statement-iesg-ietf-anti-harassment-policy-20131103/00/" > 00 </a> </li> <li class="page-item active"> <a class="page-link" href="/doc/statement-iesg-ietf-anti-harassment-policy-20131103/01/" > 01 </a> </li> </ul> </nav> <div id="doc-timeline"></div> <table class="table table-sm table-borderless"> <tbody class="meta border-top"> <tr> <th scope="row">Document</th> <th scope="row">Type</th> <td class="edit"></td> <td> <span id="statement-type">IESG Statement</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <th scope="row">Title</th> <td class="edit"></td> <th scope="row" >IETF Anti-Harassment Policy</th> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <th scope="row">Published</th> <td class="edit"></td> <td id="published">2013-11-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <th scope="row">Metadata last updated</th> <td class="edit"></td> <td>2024-06-04</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <th scope="row"> <a href="/doc/help/state/statement/">State</a> </th> <td class="edit"></td> <td id="statement-state"> <span title="The statement is active" class="badge rounded-pill text-bg-success">Active</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <th scope="row"> Send notices to </th> <td class="edit"> </td> <td> <span class="text-muted">(None)</span> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="card mt-5"> <div class="card-header"> statement-iesg-ietf-anti-harassment-policy-20131103-01 </div> <div class="card-body text-break"> <h1 id="ietf-anti-harassment-policy">IETF Anti-Harassment Policy</h1> <p>3 Nov 2013</p> <p>IETF meetings, virtual meetings, and mailing lists are intended for professional collaboration and networking.</p> <p>The IETF strives to create and maintain an environment in which people of many different backgrounds are treated with dignity, decency, and respect. Those who participate in the IETF are expected to behave according to professional standards and demonstrate appropriate workplace behavior.</p> <p>IETF participants must not engage in harassment while at IETF meetings, virtual meetings, social events, or on mailing lists. Harassment is unwelcome hostile or intimidating behavior鈥攊n particular, speech or behavior that is sexually aggressive or intimidates based on attributes such as race, gender, religion, age, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Harassment of this sort will not be tolerated in the IETF. Examples of harassment include the use of offensive language or sexual imagery in public presentations and displays, degrading verbal comments, deliberate intimidation, stalking, harassing photography or recording, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention.</p> <p>Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior must comply immediately.</p> <p>If you believe you have been harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, you are encouraged to raise your concern in confidence with one of the <a href="https://www.ietf.org/contact/ombudsteam/">Ombudspersons</a>.</p> <p>The IETF commits that each such case will be considered and that concrete actions will be taken as appropriate, up to and including exclusion from all IETF activities.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 border-top mt-5 py-5 bg-light-subtle text-center position-sticky"> <a href="https://www.ietf.org/" class="p-3">IETF</a> <a href="https://www.ietf.org/iesg/" class="p-3">IESG</a> <a href="https://www.iab.org/" class="p-3">IAB</a> <a href="https://www.irtf.org/" class="p-3">IRTF</a> <a href="https://www.ietf.org/llc/" class="p-3 text-nowrap">IETF LLC</a> <a href="https://trustee.ietf.org/" class="p-3 text-nowrap">IETF Trust</a> <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/" class="p-3 text-nowrap">RFC Editor</a> <a href="https://www.iana.org/" class="p-3">IANA</a> <a href="https://www.ietf.org/privacy-statement/" class="p-3 text-nowrap">Privacy Statement</a> <div class="small text-body-secondary py-3"> <a class="mx-2" href="/release/about">About IETF Datatracker</a> <span class="mx-2"> <a href="https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/releases/tag/12.37.0"> Version 12.37.0 (release - 1b4afc9) </a> </span> <a class="mx-2" href="https://status.ietf.org" target="_blank">System Status</a> <span class="mx-2 text-danger"> <i class="bi bi-bug"></i> Report a bug: <a class="text-reset" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/ietf-tools/datatracker/issues/new/choose">GitHub</a> <a class="text-reset" href="mailto:tools-help@ietf.org">Email</a> </span> </div> </footer> <script src="https://static.ietf.org/dt/12.37.0/ietf/js/d3.js"> </script> <script src="https://static.ietf.org/dt/12.37.0/ietf/js/document_timeline.js"> </script> <script src="https://static.ietf.org/dt/12.37.0/ietf/js/select2.js"></script> <script> $('#navbar-doc-search').on('select2:select', function (e) { window.location.href = e.params.data.url; }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var _paq = window._paq || []; _paq.push(['disableCookies']); _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); (function() { var u="//analytics.ietf.org/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'matomo.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', 7]); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })(); </script> <noscript><p><img src="//analytics.ietf.org/piwik.php?idsite=7" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript> <script>(function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'9179403f5b48fd14',t:'MTc0MDUwMjgyMC4wMDAwMDA='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.nonce='';a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();</script></body> </html>