Honour': Crimes, Paradigms and Violence Against Women

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Preface: Violence against women and ‘crimes of honour’\n......Page 12
Notes......Page 15
Introduction: ‘Honour’, rights and wrongs......Page 16
‘Crimes of honour’......Page 19
Crimes of honour, crimes of passion......Page 25
Crimes of honour and Muslim and minority communities......Page 28
Colonial laws......Page 31
Playing for the other side......Page 32
Strategising responses and creating alternatives......Page 34
Notes......Page 35
United Nations work on violence against women......Page 37
Beyond the Platform......Page 42
Crimes of honour......Page 43
Conclusion......Page 51
Notes......Page 52
2. ‘Crimes of honour’, value and meaning......Page 57
The ‘honour’ motif......Page 58
Actions of men and women......Page 63
Common frameworks......Page 68
Alliances......Page 73
Conclusion......Page 76
Notes......Page 77
3. The role of ‘community discourse’ in combating ‘crimes of honour’: preliminary assessment and prospects......Page 79
‘Crimes of honour’ and the state......Page 81
Sexuality, family and community......Page 82
‘Crimes of honour’ as human rights violations......Page 84
Towards a ‘community discourse’ approach......Page 87
Notes......Page 92
4. ‘Honour killings’ and the law in Pakistan......Page 93
The historical, social and legal context......Page 95
Post-1990: a new law but the problems deepen......Page 98
Recent trends: a more positive direction?......Page 111
The state’s failure to utilise discretion positively......Page 113
Responses......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 119
Postscript......Page 120
Notes......Page 121
‘Crimes of honour’ in Lebanon......Page 126
Socio-historical context......Page 127
The concept of ‘crime of honour’ in Lebanese law......Page 129
Legal analysis of the research sample......Page 134
Social analysis of the research sample......Page 143
Conclusion......Page 149
Notes......Page 150
Background to the study......Page 152
Crimes of honour in Egypt......Page 153
Crimes of honour and the law......Page 157
Crimes of honour and court rulings......Page 162
Crimes of honour in the press......Page 169
Strategies of response: together against crimes of violence and ‘honour crimes’......Page 170
Notes......Page 172
7. Researching women’s victimisation in Palestine: a socio-legal analysis......Page 175
Conceptualising domestic violence......Page 176
Field studies......Page 184
Notes......Page 195
8. Culture, national minority and the state: working against the ‘crime of family honour’ within the Palestinian community in Israel......Page 196
Case analysis......Page 198
The Palestinian community: from taboo to opposition......Page 208
Conclusions......Page 212
Notes......Page 213
9. Changing the rules? Developments on ‘crimes of honour’ in Jordan......Page 214
Notes......Page 222
10. Honour-based violence among the Kurds: the case of Iraqi Kurdistan......Page 224
The law and honour......Page 226
The limits to reform......Page 232
Against the tide: the voices of Kurdish women......Page 238
Conclusions......Page 240
Notes......Page 242
11. ‘Crimes of honour’ in the Italian Penal Code: an analysis of history and reform......Page 245
The idea of ‘honour’ in Italian law and society......Page 246
‘Honour killing’, Article 587 of the Rocco Code......Page 249
Relevance of the cause of honour in other provisions of the Rocco Code......Page 253
Conclusions......Page 254
Notes......Page 255
12. The ‘legitimate defence of honour’, or murder with impunity? A critical study of legislation and case law in Latin America......Page 260
‘Crimes of honour’ in Latin America: overview......Page 261
The Brazilian legal context......Page 266
Methodology......Page 270
Conclusion......Page 275
Notes......Page 276
13. ‘There is no “honour” in domestic violence, only shame!’ Women’s struggles against ‘honour’ crimes in the UK......Page 278
‘Swallowed her whole’......Page 280
It’s different for women......Page 281
From forced marriage to honour killings......Page 283
‘Mature multiculturalism’......Page 285
Reinventing old ‘solutions’......Page 287
Negotiating the space between race and gender......Page 289
From honour killings to domestic violence?......Page 290
Bridging the space......Page 292
Notes......Page 294
14. Of consent and contradiction: forced marriages in Bangladesh......Page 297
Legal provisions informing marriage practices in Bangladesh......Page 298
Theoretical analysis of forced marriage......Page 305
Analysis of legal remedies......Page 313
Conclusion: patriarchal complicities and possible remedies......Page 317
Notes......Page 319
Prologue: a late beginning......Page 323
The social and ideological context of violence of choice marriages: the notion of izzat in North India......Page 324
Narratives of violence......Page 327
The criminal justice system in action......Page 331
The law in action: making sense of the judicial ‘mind’......Page 334
Making a difference: the importance of support......Page 339
By way of an interim conclusion......Page 341
Notes......Page 342
Norway......Page 347
A note on mainstreaming......Page 356
Denmark......Page 357
Conclusion......Page 361
Notes......Page 364
References......Page 369
About the contributors......Page 385
Index......Page 390