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Honor Killing through the eyes of Asylum Law

Author: 
Jessica L. Darnell
Publication Date: 
January, 2009

HONOR KILLING: A Misclassification under the Gender Nexus.

Ms. Darnell argues in her paper that the threat of honor killing provides potential victims the opportunity to make asylum claims in the United States.

Read the paper here:

Tags: 'honor' crimes, North America, United States of America
The freedom of belief does not mean freedom to kill.

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