24 Facts About Honour killings

Honor Honour killings are believed to have originated from tribal customs.

Honor Honour killings are often associated with rural and tribal areas, but they occur in urban areas too.

Honor Honour killings are primarily associated with MENA countries, but are rooted in other cultures, including India and the Philippines.

Men can be the victims of honor Honour killings, either committed by members of the family of a woman with whom they are perceived to have an inappropriate relationship; or by the members of their own families, the latter often connected to homosexuality.

Many honor Honour killings are planned by multiple members of a family, sometimes through a formal "family council".

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Reliable figures of honor Honour 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 without a clear follow-up explanation.

Honor Honour killings occur in many parts of the world, but are most widely reported in the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa.

Historically, honor killings were common in Southern Europe, “'honour' killings within living memory within Mediterranean countries such as Italy and Greece.

Honor Honour killings involve violence and fear as a tool for maintaining control.

Honor Honour killings are argued to have their origins among nomadic peoples and herdsmen: such populations carry all their valuables with them and risk having them stolen, and they do not have proper recourse to law.

In some cultures, honor Honour killings are considered less serious than other murders simply because they arise from long-standing cultural traditions and are thus deemed appropriate or justifiable.

Fareena Alam, editor of a Muslim magazine, writes that honor Honour killings which arise in Western cultures such as Britain are a tactic for immigrant families to cope with the alienating consequences of urbanization.

Honor Honour killings are often a result of strongly misogynistic views towards women and the position of women in society.

The UN estimates that 5,000 women and girls are murdered each year in honor Honour killings, which are widely reported in the Middle East and South Asia, but they occur in countries as varied as Brazil, Canada, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Egypt, Sweden, Syria, Uganda, United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries.

The cultures in which honor Honour killings take place are usually considered "collectivist cultures", where the family is more important than the individual, and individual autonomy is seen as a threat to the family and its honor.

The ideology of honor is a cultural phenomenon that does not appear to be related to religion, be it Middle Eastern or Western countries, and honor Honour killings likely have a long history in human societies which predate many modern religions.

Further, while honor Honour killings are common in Muslim countries like Pakistan and the Arab nation, it is a practically unknown practice in other Muslim countries, such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Senegal.

Honour killings wrote, "There is no doubt that laxity on this matter is one of the greatest means leading to women's lives being destroyed, especially in the Bedouin regions, which are characterized by harsh-hardheartedness and a strong sense of honor and shame stemming from Pre-Islamic times".

Matthew A Goldstein, JD, has noted that honor killings were encouraged in ancient Rome, where male family members who did not take action against the female adulterers in their families were "actively persecuted".

Ancient Roman Law justified honor Honour killings by stating that women who were found guilty of adultery could be killed by their husbands.

Honor Honour killings are condemned as a serious human rights violation and are addressed by several international instruments.

However, with the exception of Iran, laws which provide leniency for honor Honour killings are not derived from Islamic law, but from the penal codes of the Napoleonic Empire.

Honour killings said that those who are killed have "loose morals" and are rightfully shot by relatives in honor killings.

Honour killings explained that the Norwegian public did not understand other cultures who practiced honor killings, or understand their thinking, and that Norwegian culture "is self-righteous".