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One of the world regions with a long tradition of honor-based violence is the Mediterranean The Indian subcontinent, a region where honor killings occur. Reliable figures of honor killings are hard to obtain, in large part because "honor" is either improperly defined or is defined in ways other than in Article 12 of the UDHR (block-quoted above ...
In 2014, the research corporation Westat released a study on honor killings and violence entitled "Honor Violence Measurement Methods". The study was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice, and it identified four types of honor violence: honor killings, honor-based domestic violence, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation. The ...
Some estimates suggest that more than 200 honor killings occur every year in Syria. [143] The Syrian civil war has been reported as leading to an increase in honor killings in the country, mainly due to the common occurrence of war rape, which led to the stigmatization of victims by their relatives and communities, and in turn to honor killings ...
An honor killing is a practice in some societies when family members justify killing a person, usually a woman, by claiming the victim has brought dishonor to the family, according to Britannica.
Honour killing is an act of murder, in which a person is murdered for his or her perceived immoral behaviour. Such "immoral behaviour" may take the form of alleged marital infidelity, refusal to submit to an arranged marriage, demanding a divorce, perceived flirtatious behaviour and being raped.
According to the National Institutes of Health, honor killing is a violent crime committed by one or more perpetrators, in which the crime’s intention is to restore honor to their family.
The Swedish government seeks to extradite an Afghan refugee in a lurid case involving sex, honor and murder. Grisly international murder case follows Afghan woman to Sacramento. She now faces ...
The book explores the deeply rooted social practice of honor killing, analyzing its historical, cultural, and psychological aspects. Churchill aims to shed light on the causes of honor killing, drawing from original research and proposing methods for prevention to protect girls and women from falling victim to this tragic phenomenon. [1]