The tragic consequence of false honour: Understanding the phenomenon of “honour-killings” and its legal implications in Nepal-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The tragic consequence of false honour: Understanding the phenomenon of “honour-killings” and its legal implications in Nepal

Published:2023-06-13 Issue:3 Volume:91 Page:156-158
ISSN:0025-8172
Container-title:Medico-Legal Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Med Leg J

Author:

Atreya Alok¹,Menezes Ritesh G²,Nepal Samata³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal

2. Forensic Medicine Division, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

3. Department of Community Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal

Abstract

“Honour-killings” are the intentional execution of women who are perceived to have disrespected their families; in Nepal this is frequently considered socially acceptable while the United Nations condemns them as arbitrary executions that violate the right to life. In Nepal, “honour-killing” is typically a caste-based hate crime which is not limited to women as there have been reports of male victims as well. The perpetrators are sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, with the perpetrator serving 25 years. Pride-killing is common in the animal kingdom, but there is no logic in killing a family member to maintain family pride in a civilised human society.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00258172231177886

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