WebHonor crimes (or honour crimes) Mohammad Shafia, his second wife, and his son were convicted of the June 2009 murders of his three teenaged daughters and his first wife. Honor killings are often connected to religion, caste, and other forms of hierarchical social stratification, or to sexuality. [87] An insult to your personal or family honor must be met with a response, or the stain of dishonor can affect many others in the family and the wider community. Here is the potential shortcoming of this approach, though. Kremlin-appointed Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov said that honor killings were perpetrated on those who deserved to die. Thousands of Women Killed for Family "Honor" - National An honor killing (American English), honour killing (Commonwealth English), or shame killing[1] is the murder of an individual, either an outsider or a member of a family, by someone seeking to protect what they see as the dignity and honor of themselves or their family. Evolutionary theorists a generation ago explained that the principle of inclusive fitness meant that an organisms fitness is not limited to just its own reproductive success, but extends to that of its genetic relatives, especially its siblings and offspring, with whom it shares the most genetic material. Annually around 20 women are reportedly killed in Jordan in the name of "family honour." Honor killings are condemned as a serious human rights violation and are addressed by several international instruments. Amnesty International (July 2008). [158] In many cases in Pakistan, one of the reasons honor killing cases never make it to the courts, is because, according to some lawyers and women's right activists, Pakistani law enforcement do not get involved. Signs of change In Jordan, things started to take a (Beirut: Dr Iy' al-Turth al-Arab, 2001), 7:24, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Zainab, Sahar, and Geeti Shafia, and Rona Amir Mohammad, Rona Muhammad Omar and three of her husband's children, "SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO "WOMEN 2000" SPECIAL SESSION, SAYS FUTURE OF PLANET DEPENDS UPON WOMEN", "Honor killing Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster", "Urban honour killings: Backlash against change - Times of India", "Honor killing: Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary", "Shocking gay honor killing inspires movie", "Iraqi immigrant convicted in Arizona 'honor killing' awaits sentence", "India 'honour killings': Paying the price for falling in love", "Violence Against Women and "Honor" Crimes", Afghan couple stoned to death Central & South Asia, "Introduction Preliminary Examination of so-called Honour Killings in Canada", "The Horror of 'Honor Killings', Even in US", "Honor killings UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog", "Femicide: A Global Issue that demands Action", "Historical Context Origins of Honour Killing / Honour Killing Worldwide / Honour Killing In Countries with Islamic Law Preliminary Examination of so-called Honour Killings in Canada", "Broken bodies, shattered minds: Torture and ill-treatment of women", "Cultural Relativism and Universal Rights", "Commodifying Honor in Female Sexuality: Honor Killings in Palestine", Middle East Research and Information Project, Culture of Discrimination: A Fact Sheet on "Honor" Killings, "PAKISTAN Honour killings of girls and women", "Honor killing perpetrators welcomed by society, study reveals", "Feminist Analysis of Honor Killings in Rural Turkey", "Thousands of Women Killed for Family "Honor", "Libya rape victims 'face honour killings', "Gay Jordanian now 'gloriously free' in Canada", "Soul-Searching in Turkey After a Gay Man Is Killed", "Ehrenmord in der Trkei: "Jeder soll wissen, ich bin schwul", "Was Ahmet Yildiz the victim of Turkey's first gay honor killing?
