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5000 victims of honour crimes every year
by Scott Gilbreath ~ March 30th, 2009
French-language news site les quotidiennes reports on a UN-sponsored symposium on honour crime to be held in Geneva on Saturday, 4 April. The translation posted below comes from Google, with some editing for intelligibility by this blogger.
According to the United Nations, more than 5,000 women and girls each year are victims of “honor crimes”. Committed by relatives, these crimes – the most extreme form is death – intend to punish behavior deemed immoral, a relationship regarded as illegal, such as simply talking with a neighbor. For the UN, honor crimes are a gross violation of human rights. To educate the people of Geneva and professionals involved in the subject to the reality of honor crimes, the Office of Human Rights, in partnership with the Association Araignées Artisanes de Paix, is organizing a symposium on violence against women in the name of honor.
At this symposium, the documentary “Killed for honor” relating the story of Doaa, 17 years old, stoned to death for talking to a young man of another faith, will be screened in the presence director, Mr. Giawdat Sofi.
In the afternoon will also be an opportunity to discuss the role of government in the fight against honor crimes, the health of victims, the serious violation of human rights of women that these crimes constitute, and finally the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan.
h/t: International Campaign Against Honour Killings
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