"Honour" killings, “dowry deaths” and the lynching of women branded as witches persist in India, partly due to such practices being socially sanctioned and with police often not even treating such murders as crimes, says the United Nations.
So-called "honour" killings – when a person is murdered by their family out of belief the victim has brought shame, the killing of brides by husbands or in-laws over demands for money and the public murders of women named as witches are common in some parts of patriarchal India.
At the end of a 12-day visit to India, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on summary or arbitary executions said his mission was to investigate the right to life in the context of force by Indian police and security forces as well as due to cultural practices against women.
"This is a difficult area for any state to address," Christof Heyns told a news conference on Friday, adding that ensuring "certainty of conviction and some form of consequence" was more important than increasing punishment. Full story...
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So-called "honour" killings – when a person is murdered by their family out of belief the victim has brought shame, the killing of brides by husbands or in-laws over demands for money and the public murders of women named as witches are common in some parts of patriarchal India.
At the end of a 12-day visit to India, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on summary or arbitary executions said his mission was to investigate the right to life in the context of force by Indian police and security forces as well as due to cultural practices against women.
"This is a difficult area for any state to address," Christof Heyns told a news conference on Friday, adding that ensuring "certainty of conviction and some form of consequence" was more important than increasing punishment. Full story...
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