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ARTICLES RELATED TO Honor killing - Definitions | | | |  Honor killing - Definitions: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - DefinitionsHuman Rights Watch defines "honor killings" as follows:
Honor crimes are acts of violence, usually murder, committed by male family members against female family members who are perceived to have brought dishonor upon the family. A woman can be targeted by her family for a variety of reasons including, refusing to enter into an arranged marriage, being the victim of a sexual assault, seeking a divorce—even from an abusive husband—or committing adultery. The mere perception that a woman has acted in a manner to bring "dishonor" to the family i ...
See also:Honor killing, Honor killing - Definitions, Honor killing - History, Honor killing - Locations, Honor killing - Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice, Honor killing - In countries with Islamic law, Honor killing - Honor killing in national legal codes, Honor killing - Note, Honor killing - References and further reading Read more here: » Honor killing: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - Definitions |
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| | | | Honor killing - Definitions: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice Sharif Kanaana, professor of anthropology at Birzeit University states that honor killing is
a complicated issue that cuts deep into the history of Arab society...What the men of the family, clan, or tribe seek control of in a patrilineal society is reproductive power. Women for the tribe were considered a factory for making men. The honor killing is not a means to control sexual power or behavior. What's behind it is the issue of fertility, or reproductive power.
An Amnesty International statement adds:
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See also:Honor killing, Honor killing - Definitions, Honor killing - History, Honor killing - Locations, Honor killing - Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice, Honor killing - In countries with Islamic law, Honor killing - Honor killing in national legal codes, Honor killing - Note, Honor killing - References and further reading Read more here: » Honor killing: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice |
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| | | | Honor killing - Definitions: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - Honor killing in national legal codes According to the report of the Special Rapporteur submitted to the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (2002) concerning cultural practices in the family that reflect violence against women (E/CN.4/2002/83):
The Special Rapporteur indicated that there had been contradictory decisions with regard to the honour defence in Brazil, and that legislative provisions allowing for partial or complete defence in that context could be found in the penal codes of Argentina, Bangladesh, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Iran, Israel, Jorda ...
See also:Honor killing, Honor killing - Definitions, Honor killing - History, Honor killing - Locations, Honor killing - Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice, Honor killing - In countries with Islamic law, Honor killing - Honor killing in national legal codes, Honor killing - Note, Honor killing - References and further reading Read more here: » Honor killing: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - Honor killing in national legal codes |
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| | | | Honor killing - Definitions: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - Locations As of 2004, honor killings have occurred in numerous countries, including: Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy[4], Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Sweden, Turkey, Uganda and the United Kingdom. In Europe, honor killings have been reported within the Muslim and Sikh communities. Many cases of honor killing have been reported in Pakistan, where it is known as KaroKari. It is also reported am ...
See also:Honor killing, Honor killing - Definitions, Honor killing - History, Honor killing - Locations, Honor killing - Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice, Honor killing - In countries with Islamic law, Honor killing - Honor killing in national legal codes, Honor killing - Note, Honor killing - References and further reading Read more here: » Honor killing: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - Locations |
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| | | | Honor killing - Definitions: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - History Similar practices have been known since ancient Roman times, when the pater familias, or senior male within a household, retained the right to kill an unmarried but sexually active daughter or an adulterous wife. Europe has been familiar with the practice since ancient empires under Christian and Jewish law in which crimes such as adultery, were punished often with stoning. Such practices has long since ceased to be endemic in North America, although immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East have brought ...
See also:Honor killing, Honor killing - Definitions, Honor killing - History, Honor killing - Locations, Honor killing - Honor killing as a cultural practice or religious practice, Honor killing - In countries with Islamic law, Honor killing - Honor killing in national legal codes, Honor killing - Note, Honor killing - References and further reading Read more here: » Honor killing: Encyclopedia II - Honor killing - History |
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