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Ottawa May Add 'honour Killing' To Criminal Code
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 129876" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Government’s action on honour killings </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">a good start, but needs teeth</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/author/tashakheiriddin/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">Tasha Kheiriddin</span></u></a><span style="color: navy"> - National Post -July 13, 2010 – 11:50 am </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Kudos to the Conservative government, and Minister for the Status of Women Rona Ambrose, for their strong statements yesterday on the issue of honour killings. They come on the heels of </span><a href="http://www.fcpp.org/publication.php/3351" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">a report </span></u></a><span style="color: navy">by the Frontier Centre on Public Policy, which makes a series of recommendations to the federal government on the issue. These include educating new immigrants about Canada’s values and campaigns, to impress upon them that abuse of women will not be tolerated.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">However, the government’s position is missing one important set of teeth: criminal deterrence. Indeed, mere hours after Ms. Ambrose said that the government was studying possible amendments to the Criminal Code, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice </span><a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/Minister+honour+killings+misstep/3268778/story.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">contradicted her statement</span></u></a><span style="color: navy">.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">If the government wants to send a clear signal that honour killings will not be tolerated, they need not create a separate offence. They could simply add honour killings to the list of aggravating factors in sentencing under section 718(2) of the </span><a href="http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-46/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-46.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">Criminal Code</span></u></a><span style="color: navy">, which currently include hate crimes, domestic violence against a spouse, abuse of a child, abuse of authority, criminal gang activity, and terrorism.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Currently, one could argue that honour killings fall under the rubric of "domestic violence" or "abuse of a child". But the wording of the Code does not catch many of these crimes, such as those committed against young single adult women, or crimes committed by other family members, not just by the victim’s parents. Honour killings relating to forced marriages can affect the former, and many honour killings involve the latter (brothers, uncles and other relatives).</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Lumping honour killings into the domestic violence provisions also fails to address another key issue in these crimes – that they are not what western law understands as "domestic", but actually involve the community. Fellow columnist Barbara Kay eloquently sets out these differences in </span><a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/12/barbara-kay-action-on-honour-killings//lmore-6488" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">her post </span></u></a><span style="color: navy">yesterday. An excellent article about the subject can also be found </span><a href="http://www.meforum.org/2067/are-honor-killings-simply-domestic-violence" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">here</span></u></a><span style="color: navy">, including a table setting out the distinctions between the two crimes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">A 2008 </span><a href="http://www.londonscb.gov.uk/files/resources/cpp/crimes_of_the_community.pdf" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">study</span></u></a><span style="color: navy"> in the United Kingdom, where it is estimated </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/honourcrimes/crimesofhonour_1.shtml" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">one woman is killed every month </span></u></a><span style="color: navy">for "honour", also concluded that the crimes of domestic violence and honour killings are distinct. The community is always involved, sometimes to the degree of sending "circulars" to local households shaming specific women.</span></p><p></p><p><DIR><strong><span style="color: navy">"These circulars name and shame people that break the honour codes of the community. These circulars are highly damaging to the individuals mentioned in them. The circulars are there to enforce the power and control of the community leaders in an attempt to police their community."</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></DIR></strong><span style="color: navy">This is what sets honour killings apart from domestic violence as understood in the West. A cultural requirement to murder your daughter because she brings shame on your family extends well beyond the "domestic" sphere. Honour killings are not just about one father thinking that he has to control his daughter. Or one mother who, as in the case of Aqsa Parvez, </span><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/823705--father-and-son-plead-guilty-to-murdering-aqsa-parvez" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: navy">chillingly blames the victim</span></u></a><span style="color: navy">, admonishing her after her death that</span></p><p></p><p><DIR><strong><span style="color: navy">"Oh my Aqsa, you should have listened..Everyone tried to make you understand. Everyone begged you, but you did not listen. . .".</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></DIR></strong><span style="color: navy">While education is important, as are the other recommendations in the Frontier Center report, knowing that a sentence for honour killing would carry a harsher penalty would send a clear message to potential perpetrators that these crimes will not be tolerated – and hopefully deter them from committing these acts. Including honour killings on the list of aggravating factors in sentencing would set a new "community standard" – one which goes beyond the confines of minority culture and religion, to the broader Canadian community at large.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">source:</span> <a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/13/tasha-kheiriddin-governments-action-on-honour-killings-a-good-start-but-needs-teeth/" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/13/tasha-kheiriddin-governments-action-on-honour-killings-a-good-start-but-needs-teeth/</span></u></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 129876, member: 884"] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Government’s action on honour killings [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]a good start, but needs teeth[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [URL="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/author/tashakheiriddin/"][U][COLOR=navy]Tasha Kheiriddin[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy] - National Post -July 13, 2010 – 11:50 am [/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Kudos to the Conservative government, and Minister for the Status of Women Rona Ambrose, for their strong statements yesterday on the issue of honour killings. They come on the heels of [/COLOR][URL="http://www.fcpp.org/publication.php/3351"][U][COLOR=navy]a report [/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy]by the Frontier Centre on Public Policy, which makes a series of recommendations to the federal government on the issue. These include educating new immigrants about Canada’s values and campaigns, to impress upon them that abuse of women will not be tolerated.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]However, the government’s position is missing one important set of teeth: criminal deterrence. Indeed, mere hours after Ms. Ambrose said that the government was studying possible amendments to the Criminal Code, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice [/COLOR][URL="http://www.nationalpost.com/Minister+honour+killings+misstep/3268778/story.html"][U][COLOR=navy]contradicted her statement[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy].[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]If the government wants to send a clear signal that honour killings will not be tolerated, they need not create a separate offence. They could simply add honour killings to the list of aggravating factors in sentencing under section 718(2) of the [/COLOR][URL="http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-46/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-46.html"][U][COLOR=navy]Criminal Code[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy], which currently include hate crimes, domestic violence against a spouse, abuse of a child, abuse of authority, criminal gang activity, and terrorism.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Currently, one could argue that honour killings fall under the rubric of "domestic violence" or "abuse of a child". But the wording of the Code does not catch many of these crimes, such as those committed against young single adult women, or crimes committed by other family members, not just by the victim’s parents. Honour killings relating to forced marriages can affect the former, and many honour killings involve the latter (brothers, uncles and other relatives).[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Lumping honour killings into the domestic violence provisions also fails to address another key issue in these crimes – that they are not what western law understands as "domestic", but actually involve the community. Fellow columnist Barbara Kay eloquently sets out these differences in [/COLOR][URL="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/12/barbara-kay-action-on-honour-killings//lmore-6488"][U][COLOR=navy]her post [/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy]yesterday. An excellent article about the subject can also be found [/COLOR][URL="http://www.meforum.org/2067/are-honor-killings-simply-domestic-violence"][U][COLOR=navy]here[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy], including a table setting out the distinctions between the two crimes.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]A 2008 [/COLOR][URL="http://www.londonscb.gov.uk/files/resources/cpp/crimes_of_the_community.pdf"][U][COLOR=navy]study[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy] in the United Kingdom, where it is estimated [/COLOR][URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/honourcrimes/crimesofhonour_1.shtml"][U][COLOR=navy]one woman is killed every month [/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy]for "honour", also concluded that the crimes of domestic violence and honour killings are distinct. The community is always involved, sometimes to the degree of sending "circulars" to local households shaming specific women.[/COLOR] <DIR>[B][COLOR=navy]"These circulars name and shame people that break the honour codes of the community. These circulars are highly damaging to the individuals mentioned in them. The circulars are there to enforce the power and control of the community leaders in an attempt to police their community."[/COLOR][/B] [B] </DIR>[/B][COLOR=navy]This is what sets honour killings apart from domestic violence as understood in the West. A cultural requirement to murder your daughter because she brings shame on your family extends well beyond the "domestic" sphere. Honour killings are not just about one father thinking that he has to control his daughter. Or one mother who, as in the case of Aqsa Parvez, [/COLOR][URL="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/823705--father-and-son-plead-guilty-to-murdering-aqsa-parvez"][U][COLOR=navy]chillingly blames the victim[/COLOR][/U][/URL][COLOR=navy], admonishing her after her death that[/COLOR] <DIR>[B][COLOR=navy]"Oh my Aqsa, you should have listened..Everyone tried to make you understand. Everyone begged you, but you did not listen. . .".[/COLOR][/B] [B] </DIR>[/B][COLOR=navy]While education is important, as are the other recommendations in the Frontier Center report, knowing that a sentence for honour killing would carry a harsher penalty would send a clear message to potential perpetrators that these crimes will not be tolerated – and hopefully deter them from committing these acts. Including honour killings on the list of aggravating factors in sentencing would set a new "community standard" – one which goes beyond the confines of minority culture and religion, to the broader Canadian community at large.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]source:[/COLOR] [URL="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/13/tasha-kheiriddin-governments-action-on-honour-killings-a-good-start-but-needs-teeth/"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/07/13/tasha-kheiriddin-governments-action-on-honour-killings-a-good-start-but-needs-teeth/[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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