Murder of women in Palestine under the pretext of honour-legislation and jurisprudence analytical study-executive summary
Abstract
The document represents an executive summary of a study on the Murder of women in Palestine under the pretext of honour- Legislation and Jurisprudence Analytical Study
This study analyzes 37 court rulings issued by the first instance courts regarding crimes of killing women on the ground of honour. Of these rulings, 32 were issued by West Bank courts and 5 by courts in the Gaza Strip. In addition, 31 rulings issued by appeal courts in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were also reviewed, with 4 other rulings issued by the Court of Cassation. These rulings were all issued in the period 1993-20138 and are taken as a random sample taken from the central database of the Higher Judicial Council, and what was available at the archive of the Palestinian regular courts.
أضيفت بواسطة
CAWTAR
| 2017-12-22 11:41:56
نوع الوثيقة
الدراسات
المصادر
United Nations Human Rights
كلمات المفاتيح :
Gender Based violence//Violence against women// CEDAW// Traditional attitudes //Honor killings// Sexual acts outside marriage// Murder crimes/