'Honour': Crimes, Paradigms, and Violence Against Women

PREFACE
Violence Against Women and 'Crimes of Honour'
Radhika Coomeraswamy

INTRODUCTION
Honour, Rights and Wrongs
Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossain

The United Nations and International Advocacy on 'Crimes of Honour'
Jane Connors

'Crimes of Honour': Value and Meaning
Purna Sen

The Role of 'Community Discourse' in Combatting 'Crimes of Honour': Preliminary Assessment and Prospects
Abdullahi An-Na`im

'Honour Killings' and the Law in Pakistan
Sohail Warraich

Women Murder in Lebanon: 'Crimes of 'Honour' between Reality and the Law
The Lebanese Council to Eliminate Violence Against Women.

Crimes of Honour as Violence Against Women in Egypt: An Analysis and Future Prospects
The Centre for Egyptian Women Legal Assistance

Researching Women's Victimization in Palestine: A Socio-Legal Analysis
Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian

Culture, National Minority and the State: Working against 'the Crime of Family Honour' among the Palestinian Community in Israel
Aida Touma-Sliman

Changing the rules? Developments on 'crimes of honour' in Jordan
Reem Abu Hassan and Lynn Welchman

Honour-based Violence among the Kurds: The Case of Iraqi Kurdistan
Nazand Begikhani Killing

'Crimes of Honour' in the Italian Penal Code: an Analysis of History and Reform
Maria Gabriella Bettiga

'Legitimate Defence of Honour': Illegitimate Impunity for Murder.
A Critical study of legislation and case law in Latin America
Silvia Pimental, Val‚ria Pandjiarjian and Juliana Belloque.

Women's Struggles Against 'Honour Crimes' in the UK
Hannana Siddiqui

Forced Marriage in Bangladesh: Of Consent and Contradiction
Dina Siddiqi

From Fathers to Husbands: Of Love, Death and Marriage in North India
Uma Chakravarty

Tackling Forced Marriages in the Nordic Countries: Between Women's Rights and Immigration Control
Anja Bredal

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