Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence 2011, para. 1
Paragraph
Paragraph text
1 Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that, in criminal proceedings initiated following the commission of any of the acts of violence covered by the scope of this Convention, culture, custom, religion, tradition or so-called “honour” shall not be regarded as justification for such acts. This covers, in particular, claims that the victim has transgressed cultural, religious, social or traditional norms or customs of appropriate behaviour.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
Council of Europe
Document type
Regional treaty
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Violence
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2011), Article 42, 1.
Paragraph focus
Unacceptable justifications for crimes, including crimes committed in the name of so-called “honour”