{"id":33298,"date":"2020-04-14T15:13:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/?p=33298"},"modified":"2020-05-09T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T11:57:16","slug":"honor-killings-is-there-an-end-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/honor-killings-is-there-an-end-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor Killings: Is There an End in Sight?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This article is a follow-up to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/femicide-from-a-global-perspective\/\">Femicide from a Global Perspective<\/a>\u201d and takes a deeper look into one of the gravest human rights violations committed against girls and women today: honor killings. This semantically-charged term implies that there is an excuse or explanation for an act of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/violence\/\">violence<\/a>\u2014therein lie the challenges in defining honor killings. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honor is understood as a \u201cunwritten code of conduct\u201d (Blum, Braiden &amp; Heinonen, 2016, p. 130). It cannot be easily defined because its meaning significantly varies from region to region but it is generally understood and associated with a family\u2019s social reputation within their community (Corbin, 2014). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878-830x554.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_520754878-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In detail, certain social and sexual behaviours are labelled as immoral and improper, and are understood to bring dishonour, social humiliation, embarrassment or shame to the family or community, or both. In these environments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/girls-rights\/\">women and girls<\/a> are typically seen as representing the purity of the family, and social and sexual behaviors are maintained in order to uphold purity such as avoiding interactions with men, keeping one\u2019s virginity until marriage, never separating or divorcing or not engaging in political activism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When women are believed to have disobeyed and\/or defied the rules, they are murdered by family members who justify such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/abuse\/\">violent and severe acts<\/a> on the basis that it either restores, protects or defends the family \u2018honor\u2019 (Sanberg &amp; Janssen, 2018). Due to the broad nature of violence carried out against women and girls in the name of \u2018honor\u2019, throughout this article the phrase \u201chonor crimes\u201d will be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Global Issue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Honor crimes are widely regarded as common human rights violations in regions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/asia-pacific\/\">South Asia,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/americas\/\">Latin America<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/middle-east-north-africa\/\">Middle East,<\/a> but how the violence itself is committed greatly differs (Korteweg, 2012). These crimes have become an international concern, as the rates of violence against women have soared to alarming levels, especially in countries such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/india\/\">India<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/palestine\/\">Palestine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/turkey\/\">Turkey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/syria\/\">Syria<\/a> (Al Ashqar, 2014). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a> it is estimated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/childrens-rights-history\/\">human rights <\/a>activists that approximately 1,000 female deaths are perpetrated by family members on the grounds of \u2018honor\u2019 every year (Amnesty, 2016). In Turkey, statistics have documented that over 200 honor killings were reported between 2009 and 2011, although the exact figures remain unknown and are believed to be much higher (Corbin, 2014).&nbsp; The homicide rates are similar in Syria, with 200 honor killings carried out on a yearly basis, which would mean on average, 16 Syrian women are murdered by a family relative each month (Human Rights Watch, 2009).&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33324\" width=\"424\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-830x553.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-230x153.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_1236150316-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On a broader level, honor crimes is a persistent and severe human rights issue in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/middle-east-north-africa\/\">the North African and Middle Eastern region <\/a>(\u201cMENA\u201d), and in parts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/asia-pacific\/\">South Asia <\/a>(Kulczycki &amp; Windle, 2011). Many of the countries in the MENA region share similar languages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/cultural-practices\/\">cultural practices<\/a> and religions, and also strict socio-cultural beliefs around gender roles where unequal power structures, patriarchal attitudes and socio-cultural beliefs support honor-based violence (Guruge, Roche &amp; Catallo, 2012; Kulczycki &amp; Windle, 2011). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The violence itself is embedded in strict and gendered norms, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/justice-of-children\/\">laws<\/a>, religious beliefs and cultural customs are used to reinforce and justify harmful attitudes and views towards females, resulting in the widespread subordination of women (Kulczycki &amp; Windle, 2011). As a result, in many societies the violence is rooted in patriarchal, male-dominated systems which establish strict rules imposed on women around sexual and social behaviour, enforced in order to uphold reputation of the family in the community (Aujla &amp; Gill, 2014). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Path Forward for Girls and Women<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although there are different plans of action proposed to eliminate violence committed against women in the name of \u2018honor,\u2019 one approach remains clear: community discourse on the issue is necessary in order for societal attitudes to evolve towards women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changes in legal approaches are also actively advocated for, with Human Rights Watch (2016) calling upon the governments of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/pakistan\/\">Pakistan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/india\/\">India<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a> to investigate and prosecute perpetrators responsible for honor crimes and implement a \u2018zero tolerance\u2019 policy towards the violence. Yet changes in law are only part of the solution to ending the violence, and where there is corruption in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/justice-of-children\/\">the justice system,<\/a> police forces must resist political, religious or local village council pressure to abandon investigations into such murders (Human Rights Watch, 2016). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33326\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-2048x1311.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-830x531.jpg 830w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-230x147.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-350x224.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shutterstock_704262778-480x307.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the specific context of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/jordan\/\">Jordan<\/a>, Human Rights Watch (2009) challenged the government\u2019s decision to set up tribunals in 2009 and argued that such measures were inadequate because of the state\u2019s penal codes which impose lesser sentences in cases of honor crimes. Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/jordan\/\">Jordanian<\/a> law, criminal codes contained reduced sentences for offenders who killed a relative that had an extramarital affair, and the sentences were further reduced if the offender was found to have carried out the murder in a state of extreme rage (Human Rights Watch, 2009).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The human rights situation is similar in India, where laws <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/protection\/\">protecting girls and women<\/a> from the gendered violence are significantly weak (Human Rights Watch, 2010). Yet, in 2018 the Supreme Court of India rendered the decision of <em>Shakti Vahini v Union of India<\/em>, which is regarded as a milestone achievement (National Human Rights Commission, India, 2018). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling is significant because the country\u2019s highest court ruled that honor violence is a criminal act and a violation of one\u2019s constitutional rights, that is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/life\/\">the right to a dignified life<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/fundamental-rights\/freedom\/\">freedom of expression<\/a>. The highest court concluded that governments must adopt preventative and disciplinary measures to protect human rights such as over-policing districts where such crimes are commonly carried out as well as providing safe housing for married couples who have fled their communities to escape honor crimes&nbsp; (National Human Rights Commission, India, 2018). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/justice-of-children\/\">Changes in laws<\/a> may not yet have had enough impact to see an end to honor crimes because of deeply ingrained patriarchal attitudes, male-centred orders and socio-cultural norms (Kulczycki &amp; Windle, 2011). Nonetheless, it is important to highlight the significance of legal developments that create social awareness and shift acceptable attitudes around honor crimes. Through reforming the law and introducing punitive sanctions for honor crimes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanium.org\/en\/fundamental-rights\/\">the protection of human rights <\/a>is clearly expressed, and violence is denounced (Al Ashqar, 2014). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Written by Jennifer Prashad<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/Documents\/Issues\/Women\/WRGS\/Executive_summary_study_called_honour_killings_Palestine.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Judge Ahmad Al Ashqar. United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, Women\u2019s Human Rights and Justice. (2014). Murder of Women in Palestine Under the Pretext of Honour: Legislation and Jurisprudence Analytical Study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2016\/07\/pakistan-end-impunity-for-honour-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Amnesty International. (2016, July 19). Pakistan: End impunity for so-called \u2018honour\u2019 crimes<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Aujla, W. &amp; Gill,\nA. K. (2014). \u201cConceptualizing \u2018Honour\u2019 Killings in Canada: An Extreme Form of\nDomestic Violence?\u201d <em>International Journal\nof Criminal Justice Sciences<\/em>, <em>9<\/em>(1),\n153-166. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Blum, E., Braiden, R. &amp; Heinonen T. (2016). \u201cService Delivery\nConsiderations in Dealing with Honour-based Violence.\u201d <em>Canadian Ethnic\nStudies<\/em>, <em>48<\/em>(3), 129-148. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Corbin, B. (2014). \u201cBetween Saviors and Savages: The Effect of Turkey\u2019s\nRevised Penal Code on the Transformation of Honor Killings into Honor Suicides\nand Why Community Discourse is Necessary for Honor Crime Reduction.\u201d <em>Emory\nInternational Review, <\/em>29, 277-325.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindawi.com\/journals\/nrp\/2012\/434592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Guruge, S., Roche, B., &amp; Catallo, C. (2012). \u201cViolence against Women: An Exploration of the Physical and Mental Health Trends among Immigrant and Refugee Women in Canada.\u201d <em>Nursing Research and Practice<\/em>, 1-14.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Korteweg, A. (2012).\nUnderstanding Honour Killing And Honour-Related Violence in the Immigration\nContext: Implications for the Legal Profession And Beyond. <em>Canadian Criminal Law Review, 16<\/em>(2), 135-60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Kulczycki. A. &amp;\nWindle, S. (2012). \u201cHonor Killings in the Middle East and North Africa: A\nSystematic Review of the Literature.\u201d <em>Violence Against Women,<\/em> <em>17<\/em>(11),\n1442-1464. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2009\/07\/28\/syria-no-exceptions-honor-killings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Human Rights Watch (2009, July 28). Syria: No Exceptions for \u2018Honor Killings\u2019: Penal Code Change Positive, but it Still Eases Punishment for Some Who Murder Women<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/06\/14\/pakistan-prosecute-rampant-honor-killings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Human Rights Watch. (2016, June 14). Pakistan: Prosecute Rampant \u2018Honor Killings.\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2010\/07\/18\/india-prosecute-rampant-honor-killings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Human Rights Watch (2010, July 18). India: Prosecute Rampant \u2018Honor Killings.<\/a>\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nhrc.nic.in\/press-release\/important-judgment-supreme-court-india-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">National Human Rights Commission, India. (2018). Important Judgment of the Supreme Court of India.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Sanberg, R.\n&amp; Janssen, J. (2018). \u201cThe spectacle of the feminine Other: Reading migrant\nwomen\u2019s autobiographies about honour-based violence\u201d <em>Women\u2019s Studies International Forum<\/em>, <em>68<\/em>, 55-64.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is a follow-up to \u201cFemicide from a Global Perspective\u201d and takes a deeper look into one of the gravest human rights violations committed against girls and women today: honor killings. This semantically-charged term implies that there is an excuse or explanation for an act of violence\u2014therein lie the challenges in defining honor killings. 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