Comments on: Honor Killings: Gender and Universal Human Rights http://sopheapfocus.com/index.php/2007/10/honor-killings-gender-and-universal-human-rights/ Riding the wave of change in Cambodia Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:08:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Khmersopheap http://sopheapfocus.com/index.php/2007/10/honor-killings-gender-and-universal-human-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Khmersopheap Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:59:00 +0000 http://sopheapfocus.com/?p=48#comment-52 Ellen: Thanks for your comment and raising up good points on convention enforcement. I also feel doubt on this issue and the role of UN. However, I believe that civil society collaboration to push the human rights respect and make the government accountable is very important.<br/><br/>Joanne: Yes, forced marriage is another form. Most likely it occur in developing countries. Education and awareness raising should be helpful. I wish to see honor killing and any other forms of gender violation disappeared. Ellen: Thanks for your comment and raising up good points on convention enforcement. I also feel doubt on this issue and the role of UN. However, I believe that civil society collaboration to push the human rights respect and make the government accountable is very important.

Joanne: Yes, forced marriage is another form. Most likely it occur in developing countries. Education and awareness raising should be helpful. I wish to see honor killing and any other forms of gender violation disappeared.

]]> By: joanne http://sopheapfocus.com/index.php/2007/10/honor-killings-gender-and-universal-human-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-51 joanne Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:53:00 +0000 http://sopheapfocus.com/?p=48#comment-51 Often another so-called universal right breached is the right to choose a marriage partner. In my opinion, the relationship between forced marriage and honour crime is very telling: forced marriage is a form of slavery and the oppression of 'honour' is the ideology that underpins this slavery.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://www.stophonourkilllings.com" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Stop honour killings</a> Often another so-called universal right breached is the right to choose a marriage partner. In my opinion, the relationship between forced marriage and honour crime is very telling: forced marriage is a form of slavery and the oppression of ‘honour’ is the ideology that underpins this slavery.

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]]> By: ERS http://sopheapfocus.com/index.php/2007/10/honor-killings-gender-and-universal-human-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-50 ERS Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:48:00 +0000 http://sopheapfocus.com/?p=48#comment-50 I would like to see the international community and the multilateral institutions enforce all agreements and conventions signed. So many of the countries that are the worst offenders of basic human rights have signed scads of agreements, but fail to comply with them. So where are the enforcement officials? Don't these documents have any teeth? If not, why bother, why even pretend? <br/><br/>Ellen R. Sheeley, Author<br/>"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan" I would like to see the international community and the multilateral institutions enforce all agreements and conventions signed. So many of the countries that are the worst offenders of basic human rights have signed scads of agreements, but fail to comply with them. So where are the enforcement officials? Don’t these documents have any teeth? If not, why bother, why even pretend?

Ellen R. Sheeley, Author
“Reclaiming Honor in Jordan”

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