Ⅰ. Introduction
1) Definition
Human Rights Watch defines "honor killings" as follows:
Honor killings are acts of vengeance, usually death, committed by male family members against female family members, who are held to have brought dishonor upon the family. A woman can be targeted by (individuals within) her family for a variety of reasons, including: refusing to enter into an arrange
1. 영연방의 사회와 문화 들어가기
영연방의 사회에서 넬슨 제독과 스코틀랜드 민족주의, 그리고 아일랜드의 자치 법안은 역사적으로 매우 중요한 변화를 가져온 역사적인 사건이다. 특히 넬슨 제독은 프랑스와의 갈등의 관계에서 트레펄가 해전에서 승리를 하는 것으로 영국의 힘을 과시하였고, 아일
movements of Honor Killing
Each year, more than 5000 women around the world are murdered by their families in the name of so called honor due to the belief that the victim has brought dishonor on the family. Although honor killing is now gaining a lot of international attention as a problem of human rights violation, in the past, about 20years ago, it was being hidden and unreported by the publi
they waved their flags and turned the stands into a sea of Taegeukgi as they cheered on the Korean team. The huge amount of energy that the fans conveyed to the Korean players was the driving force behind the Korean team's victory.
At this point, it is no exaggeration to say that to Koreans the Taegeukgi is not simply a flag that symbolizes the nation but almost a kind of national religion.
nations. In other nations, criminals are imposed a light punishment. The former is Jordan, Syria, Morocco; the latter is Egypt, Turkey, and Pakistan.
After United Nations Human Rights Council report on honor killing, the movement of antagonism towards honor killing is started by private organizations. However, because of light penalty on honor killing in Islamic country, honor killing is occur