Honoring the Killers:
Justice Denied For “Honor” Crimes In Jordan

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1. SUMMARY
   
   
2. BACKGROUND
   
   Women’s Status and Violence against Women
   The Lack of Reliable Statistics
   Insufficient Responses to Threats made by Relatives
   
   
3. FOUR ILLUSTRATIVE CASES, 2003
   
   
4. HONOR CRIMES UNDER JORDANIAN LAW
   
   The Campaign against Article 340
   Effective Exoneration: Article 98
   
   
5. BETRAYING THE VICTIMS: THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE
   
   The Police: Traditional Sympathies and Virginity Examinations
   The Family Protection Unit: Excluding “Honor” Cases
   The Ministry of Social Development: No Shelter, Little Counseling
   Administrative Governors and the Jweideh Women’s Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre
   Ministry of Justice: Elusive Promises
   The Judiciary
   
   
6. JORDAN’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
   
   
7. RECOMMENDATIONS
   
   To the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
   To the United Nations
   To the World Bank, Other International Lending Institutions, and Governments
   To the Donor Community
   
   
   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
   

April 2004     Vol. 16, No.1(E)