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5 Asia-Pac. J. on Hum. Rts. & L. 63 (2004)
For the Sake of Honour: But Whose Honour - Honour Crimes against Women

handle is hein.journals/apjur5 and id is 281 raw text is: Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law (2004)2:63-78. @ 2005 Koninklike Brill NV. Printed in the Netherlands FOR THE SAKE OF HONOUR: BUT WHOSE HONOUR? HONOUR CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN Anushree Tripathi and Supriya Yadav* 1. Introduction Her brother in Joharabad, Punjab, set Ghazala on fire, on 6 January 1999. According to reports, she was murdered because her family suspected she was having an 'illicit' relationship with a neighbour. Her burnt and naked body reportedly lay unattended on the street for two hours, as nobody wanted to have anything to do with it. Ghazala was burned to death in the name of honour. Hundreds of other women and girls suffer a similar fate every year amid general public support and little or no action by the authorities. In fact, there is every sign that the number of honour killings is on the rise, as the perception of what constitutes honour and what damages it widens, and as more murders take on the guise of honour killings on the accurate assumption that they are rarely punished. This article endevours to answer questions on this negative social behaviour which have recently engulfed the minds of many, especially in light of its increase in occurrence. These are queries such as: What are honour crimes? Whose honour is at stake? What steps are being taken to curb them? What is the extent to which they are prevalent in Islamic states, as well as Western states and others such as India?1 And where finally does the problem lie? * National Law Institute University, Bhopal, India. India has been researched separately because the cases of domestic violence and other customs such as sati, dowry-death etc. have been recognized by the UN as honour crimes in India while in other countries the kinds of crimes and the reasons for murder are different.

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