Latest items for MURDER-LAW-1
March 21, 2025, 4:19 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"But in November of 2020, the United Arab Emirates repealed a law that allowed judges to issue lesser sentences for honor killings. The UAE then enacted legal reforms to criminalize the practice and now treats the crime like murder, according to Reuters" (para 13-14).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"But in November of 2020, the United Arab Emirates repealed a law that allowed judges to issue lesser sentences for honor killings. The UAE then enacted legal reforms to criminalize the practice and now treats the crime like murder, according to Reuters" (para 13-14).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Article 128 considers ‘honourable motives’ to be a mitigating excuse in the commission of an offence, allowing the applicable penalty to be greatly reduced. Since ‘honourable motives’ are not defined, this article provides a legal cover for murder and other serious crimes against women on a wide variety of grounds. Along a similar vein, Article 409 provides that if a man catches his wife or girlfriend in the act of adultery and then murders or permanently disables her or her partner, he is eligible for a reduced sentence of no more than three years in prison" (2). "The practice is legitimized in the Iraqi Penal Code, which allows mitigated sentences...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Article 128 considers ‘honourable motives’ to be a mitigating excuse in the commission of an offence, allowing the applicable penalty to be greatly reduced. Since ‘honourable motives’ are not defined, this article provides a legal cover for murder and other serious crimes against women on a wide variety of grounds. Along a similar vein, Article 409 provides that if a man catches his wife or girlfriend in the act of adultery and then murders or permanently disables her or her partner, he is eligible for a reduced sentence of no more than three years in prison" (2). "The practice is legitimized in the Iraqi Penal Code, which allows mitigated sentences...more
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In 2014, the National Assembly approved the revision of the Act on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence , adding femicide and incitement to suicide as new crimes and listing a total of 21 forms of violence against women (articles 14, 15, 57, 58 and 59). A provision was also added to stipulate that any medical report from a public or private facility has the same evidential value as a forensic examination (article 35)" (4). "In 2014, the Act on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence was expanded to include the crimes of femicide and incitement to suicide" (11).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In 2014, the National Assembly approved the revision of the Act on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence , adding femicide and incitement to suicide as new crimes and listing a total of 21 forms of violence against women (articles 14, 15, 57, 58 and 59). A provision was also added to stipulate that any medical report from a public or private facility has the same evidential value as a forensic examination (article 35)" (4). "In 2014, the Act on Women’s Right to a Life Free from Violence was expanded to include the crimes of femicide and incitement to suicide" (11).
March 13, 2025, 3:54 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Article 334 of the Penal Code also reduces penalties for perpetrators of so-called honor crimes" (7).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Article 334 of the Penal Code also reduces penalties for perpetrators of so-called honor crimes" (7).
March 11, 2025, 5:05 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"The Belgian Chamber of Representatives adopted on Thursday a law for the prevention against femicide which aims to curtail violence against women in Belgium" (par. 1). "The law enshrines a legal definition for femicide, which is understood as the intentional killing of women because of their gender. It also establishes enhanced protections for victims of gender-based violence, reports Belga News Agency. The text would also ensure the collection of statistics on the phenomenon of femicide and provide training for police officers and magistrates to deal with cases of violence against women" (par. 3-4). "The new law recognises different dimensions of femicides. According to UN data, these crimes are overwhelmingly the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"The Belgian Chamber of Representatives adopted on Thursday a law for the prevention against femicide which aims to curtail violence against women in Belgium" (par. 1). "The law enshrines a legal definition for femicide, which is understood as the intentional killing of women because of their gender. It also establishes enhanced protections for victims of gender-based violence, reports Belga News Agency. The text would also ensure the collection of statistics on the phenomenon of femicide and provide training for police officers and magistrates to deal with cases of violence against women" (par. 3-4). "The new law recognises different dimensions of femicides. According to UN data, these crimes are overwhelmingly the...more
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In order to provide some form of reparation to indirect victims in cases of femicide, the State of Ecuador, through Executive Decree No. 696 of 8 March 2019, established a bond for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age who are orphaned as indirect victims of the crime of femicide of their parents and who, according to their social register, are in a situation of poverty" (16). "The Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code entered into force in 2014. For the first time, it classifies femicide as a crime against the inviolability of life and, in article 141 thereof, defines femicide as follows: 'A person who, as a result of...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In order to provide some form of reparation to indirect victims in cases of femicide, the State of Ecuador, through Executive Decree No. 696 of 8 March 2019, established a bond for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age who are orphaned as indirect victims of the crime of femicide of their parents and who, according to their social register, are in a situation of poverty" (16). "The Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code entered into force in 2014. For the first time, it classifies femicide as a crime against the inviolability of life and, in article 141 thereof, defines femicide as follows: 'A person who, as a result of...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Given that two proposals have been made for the bill on violence against women, the Office of the President of the Republic has established a commission that includes the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Women and is tasked with studying the content of the proposals and identifying their most important aspects. The following are envisaged in the unified bill on violence against women... (d) Criminalization and codification of femicide and femicide by connection with a maximum prison sentence of 40 years" (14-15).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Given that two proposals have been made for the bill on violence against women, the Office of the President of the Republic has established a commission that includes the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Women and is tasked with studying the content of the proposals and identifying their most important aspects. The following are envisaged in the unified bill on violence against women... (d) Criminalization and codification of femicide and femicide by connection with a maximum prison sentence of 40 years" (14-15).
Feb. 19, 2025, 6:34 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In 1983, India introduced a tough new law - Section 498A - to curb dowry deaths, but thousands of brides continue to be murdered every year" (para 35).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In 1983, India introduced a tough new law - Section 498A - to curb dowry deaths, but thousands of brides continue to be murdered every year" (para 35).
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:09 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Perverts who kill during 'rough sex' will face longer behind bars under measures unveiled today" (par. 1). "Tough laws to be introduced by Mr Chalk will allow judges to treat the use of fatal violence during sado-masochistic sex as an 'aggravating factor' when calculating a killer's punishment. It is likely to add years to the sentences handed down to rough-sex deviants. The measures will apply when warped bedroom activities such as choking, beatings, asphyxiation and even 'mock rapes' lead to tragic consequences" (par. 3-4). "The new aggravating factor will be brought in through legislation soon, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said. Under current Sentencing Council guidelines, those convicted of killing...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Perverts who kill during 'rough sex' will face longer behind bars under measures unveiled today" (par. 1). "Tough laws to be introduced by Mr Chalk will allow judges to treat the use of fatal violence during sado-masochistic sex as an 'aggravating factor' when calculating a killer's punishment. It is likely to add years to the sentences handed down to rough-sex deviants. The measures will apply when warped bedroom activities such as choking, beatings, asphyxiation and even 'mock rapes' lead to tragic consequences" (par. 3-4). "The new aggravating factor will be brought in through legislation soon, a Ministry of Justice spokesman said. Under current Sentencing Council guidelines, those convicted of killing...more
Feb. 11, 2025, 9:54 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1, MURDER-LAW-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-4
"In addition, the Penal Code also provides for mitigated sentences for violent acts including murder for so-called 'honorable motives' or if catching his wife or female relative in the act of adultery/sex outside of marriage" (5).
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-1, MURDER-LAW-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-4
"In addition, the Penal Code also provides for mitigated sentences for violent acts including murder for so-called 'honorable motives' or if catching his wife or female relative in the act of adultery/sex outside of marriage" (5).
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:26 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Three women were killed in Somalia last week in what police say were marriage disputes. The country’s parliament called for urgent investigations and the arrest of the perpetrators as citizens expressed outrage" (par. 1). "Members of parliament decried the killings during a debate Saturday and called for the offenders to be prosecuted. Despite the condemnations, Somali lawmakers have yet to pass the UN-backed Sexual Offenses Bill that the Council of Ministers approved in 2018. Female MP Gobsan Muhumed was among those who spoke during the session" (par. 10-11). "Prosecutors in Somalia rely on provisions of the 1970s penal code to charge perpetrators of sexual and other gender-related offenses. Critics say...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Three women were killed in Somalia last week in what police say were marriage disputes. The country’s parliament called for urgent investigations and the arrest of the perpetrators as citizens expressed outrage" (par. 1). "Members of parliament decried the killings during a debate Saturday and called for the offenders to be prosecuted. Despite the condemnations, Somali lawmakers have yet to pass the UN-backed Sexual Offenses Bill that the Council of Ministers approved in 2018. Female MP Gobsan Muhumed was among those who spoke during the session" (par. 10-11). "Prosecutors in Somalia rely on provisions of the 1970s penal code to charge perpetrators of sexual and other gender-related offenses. Critics say...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"It also notes with concern: (a) The reduction in article 193 of the Penal Code of the minimum sentence for the crime of femicide (15 years less than under the previous Penal Code)" (7).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"It also notes with concern: (a) The reduction in article 193 of the Penal Code of the minimum sentence for the crime of femicide (15 years less than under the previous Penal Code)" (7).
Jan. 29, 2025, 8:02 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Femicide will be struck from Argentina’s penal code, according to a vow from the administration of Javier Milei, the president. It is his administration’s latest attack on women’s rights. Mariano Cúneo Libarona, the justice minister, said the government will 'eliminate the figure of femicide from the Argentine penal code' adding that feminism was a 'distortion of the concept of equality'" (para 1-2). "Femicide – the murder by a man of a woman in the context of gender violence – was added to the penal code as an aggravating factor of homicides in 2012, and is punishable with life imprisonment" (para 4).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Femicide will be struck from Argentina’s penal code, according to a vow from the administration of Javier Milei, the president. It is his administration’s latest attack on women’s rights. Mariano Cúneo Libarona, the justice minister, said the government will 'eliminate the figure of femicide from the Argentine penal code' adding that feminism was a 'distortion of the concept of equality'" (para 1-2). "Femicide – the murder by a man of a woman in the context of gender violence – was added to the penal code as an aggravating factor of homicides in 2012, and is punishable with life imprisonment" (para 4).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Law No. 10263 on Comprehensive Reparation for Femicide Survivors, establishing a regime for the comprehensive reparation of family survivors of femicide, in 2022" (1).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration in 2017 of the State party’s seventh periodic report (CEDAW/C/CRI/7) in undertaking legislative reforms, in particular the adoption of the following: (a) Law No. 10263 on Comprehensive Reparation for Femicide Survivors, establishing a regime for the comprehensive reparation of family survivors of femicide, in 2022" (1).
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 28, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Satim, who only goes by one name, had purchased one litre of acid from a chemical store with money from a 1.6 million rupiah ($159) "operational fund" Billy Vilsen had paid him, police alleged. He was also allegedly promised 7 million rupiah ($695) if he successfully attacked the woman, who the ABC has decided not to name. Both men have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault under Indonesia's criminal code. The recent attacks have also triggered concerns about the insufficient regulation on the sale of chemicals. Prosperous Justice Party parliamentarian Surahman Hidayat, a member of a law enforcement committee, urged Indonesia's government to tighten regulations and better monitor the...more
Jan. 25, 2025, 12:56 p.m.
Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Perpetrators of femicide are tried either for murder, which carries a sentence of between 10 and 20 years, or for rape, with a sentence of between five and 20 years. But a deep distrust of law enforcement agencies means most cases never make it to court. And those that do are not taken seriously, say activists" (para 10). "'In Ivorian law, the term ‘femicide’ does not exist,' says lawyer and activist Ferela Soro, general secretary of the Organisation for Feminist Reflection and Action. 'In order to impose harsher penalties, we are advocating for femicide to be recognised in the penal code on an equal level with infanticide or patricide'" (para...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Perpetrators of femicide are tried either for murder, which carries a sentence of between 10 and 20 years, or for rape, with a sentence of between five and 20 years. But a deep distrust of law enforcement agencies means most cases never make it to court. And those that do are not taken seriously, say activists" (para 10). "'In Ivorian law, the term ‘femicide’ does not exist,' says lawyer and activist Ferela Soro, general secretary of the Organisation for Feminist Reflection and Action. 'In order to impose harsher penalties, we are advocating for femicide to be recognised in the penal code on an equal level with infanticide or patricide'" (para...more
Jan. 24, 2025, 8:26 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Three months after Angeline Leniata's public burning, in May 2013, Papua New Guinea's parliament repealed the 1971 Sorcery Act. It had offered a reduced sentence to anyone who committed assault or murder if they sincerely believed their victim had been committing acts of sorcery. But the move, which allowed harsher penalties for Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (SARV), did not reduce witch burnings" (para 25-27). "But in 2022, PNG's prime minister James Marape, who is still in office, repealed the death penalty, and stated those on death row would instead serve sentences of life without parole" (para 76).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Three months after Angeline Leniata's public burning, in May 2013, Papua New Guinea's parliament repealed the 1971 Sorcery Act. It had offered a reduced sentence to anyone who committed assault or murder if they sincerely believed their victim had been committing acts of sorcery. But the move, which allowed harsher penalties for Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (SARV), did not reduce witch burnings" (para 25-27). "But in 2022, PNG's prime minister James Marape, who is still in office, repealed the death penalty, and stated those on death row would instead serve sentences of life without parole" (para 76).
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:48 p.m.
Countries: Mexico
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"For her research, Piña reviewed complaints and court sentences across the country, documenting how legal loopholes, negligence, a lack of gender perspective in the legal system and harmful social norms allow a vast majority of violent attacks against women to go unpunished, leaving victims like Amaya unprotected and without reparation, and in many cases with little or no accountability for the perpetrators" (para 10). "In Mexico, femicide was added to the penal code in 2012, following public outcry over years of highly publicized killings of women and young girls" (para 19).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"For her research, Piña reviewed complaints and court sentences across the country, documenting how legal loopholes, negligence, a lack of gender perspective in the legal system and harmful social norms allow a vast majority of violent attacks against women to go unpunished, leaving victims like Amaya unprotected and without reparation, and in many cases with little or no accountability for the perpetrators" (para 10). "In Mexico, femicide was added to the penal code in 2012, following public outcry over years of highly publicized killings of women and young girls" (para 19).
Jan. 24, 2025, 7:43 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Although the term feminicide is recognized in many countries as the murder of a woman (only because it is), without the existence or the need to establish a relationship between the killer and the victim, in Chile, Law 20.480 defines it as the murder of a woman committed by her husband or partner" (6).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Although the term feminicide is recognized in many countries as the murder of a woman (only because it is), without the existence or the need to establish a relationship between the killer and the victim, in Chile, Law 20.480 defines it as the murder of a woman committed by her husband or partner" (6).
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Plenary Agreement 01-2016 / CJ-116, recognizes a context characterized by discrimination, inequality and power relations between men and women. It establishes criteria to differentiate the feminicide intention and restricts the penal type by indicating that it can only be committed by a man, not assimilable to the 'sexual identity', and that the passive subject can only be a woman (cisgender woman)" (9).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Plenary Agreement 01-2016 / CJ-116, recognizes a context characterized by discrimination, inequality and power relations between men and women. It establishes criteria to differentiate the feminicide intention and restricts the penal type by indicating that it can only be committed by a man, not assimilable to the 'sexual identity', and that the passive subject can only be a woman (cisgender woman)" (9).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In Section V of the Criminal Code, entitled 'Violence against Women', article 210, which contains the common provisions, includes a reference to 'unequal power relations between men and women based on gender', when death or violence occurs as a manifestation of discrimination against women because they are women, whether or not there is a prior relationship between the aggressor and the victim, and regardless of whether the discrimination occurs in a public or private context" (8). "Regarding the recommendation contained in paragraph 23 (a), on the implementation of laws to criminalize all forms of violence against women, Section V of the new Criminal Code, on violence against women, covers a...more
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"In Section V of the Criminal Code, entitled 'Violence against Women', article 210, which contains the common provisions, includes a reference to 'unequal power relations between men and women based on gender', when death or violence occurs as a manifestation of discrimination against women because they are women, whether or not there is a prior relationship between the aggressor and the victim, and regardless of whether the discrimination occurs in a public or private context" (8). "Regarding the recommendation contained in paragraph 23 (a), on the implementation of laws to criminalize all forms of violence against women, Section V of the new Criminal Code, on violence against women, covers a...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:36 a.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Argentina created a specific offence of femicide in 2012, punishing the crime with life sentences, but numbers have remained high for more than a decade" (para 15).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"Argentina created a specific offence of femicide in 2012, punishing the crime with life sentences, but numbers have remained high for more than a decade" (para 15).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"By 1983, the Indian Penal Code had been amended to include Section 498A, which punishes cruelty to women by their husbands or in-laws" (para 7). "Pawan was charged under three sections of the Indian Penal Code: Section 34 ('common intention,' suggesting a conspiracy among multiple perpetrators), Section 302 (murder), and Section 498A (cruelty to women). Murder and cruelty to women are non-bailable offenses, meaning that they are grievous enough that bail can be granted only by a court decision" (para 39).
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1
"By 1983, the Indian Penal Code had been amended to include Section 498A, which punishes cruelty to women by their husbands or in-laws" (para 7). "Pawan was charged under three sections of the Indian Penal Code: Section 34 ('common intention,' suggesting a conspiracy among multiple perpetrators), Section 302 (murder), and Section 498A (cruelty to women). Murder and cruelty to women are non-bailable offenses, meaning that they are grievous enough that bail can be granted only by a court decision" (para 39).