What is so called ‘honour’-based violence?
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) have defined so-called ‘honour’ based violence as a crime or incident, which has or may have been committed to protect or defend the honour of the family and or community. The term ‘honour’ is used to identify the specific trigger and risk factors linked with these crimes, it’s important to highlight that there is no honour in violence or abuse, and this issue should be understood in the wider context as an abuse of human rights. So called ‘honour’-based violence is a collection of practices, which are used to control behaviour within families to protect perceived cultural and religious beliefs and /or honour. It includes honour killings (murder in the name of honour), and a range of other violent and abusive practices including domestic violence, forced marriage, rape and sexual abuse and female genital mutilation, all perpetrated in the name of ‘honour’ Victims of so called ‘honour’-based violence suffer violence, abuse, depression, anx
