Amended honor killings in Syria: Article 548

Abstract

 This paper provides an analysis of honor killings as violations of human rights and discusses the legal approaches used by the Syrian government to amend the article 548 in response to the public campaigns demanded these amendments, and the religious and social reactions about this articles before and after the two amendments of 2009 and later in 2011. It is argued that in the domestic law there was discrimination against women. The paper speaks about the origin of this article and how the Syrian law dealt with this case before and after the amendments and the outcomes of these amendments.

 Keywords: Honor Killings, Syria, Human Rights, Bashar Assad, Penal Code

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