Los crímenes de honor como prácticas culturales perjudiciales

• Autores: Marta Szygendowska
• Localización: Opinión Jurídica: Publicación de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Medellín, ISSN 1692-2530, Vol. 16, Nº. 32, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: julio-diciembre), págs. 51-73
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.22395/ojum.v16n32a2
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Os crimes contra a honra como práticas culturais prejudiciais
  • Honor crimes as harmful cultural practices
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• Resumen
  • español

    El artículo analiza los crímenes de honor como prácticas culturales perjudiciales cuyo reconocimiento legal urge en el sistema jurídico internacional. Son el fruto de la cultura patriarcal, ligada al concepto de honor que es encarnado por la mujer y cuya preservación depende del comportamiento femenino. A pesar de constituir abusos y violación de los derechos humanos, dichas prácticas, por ser culturales, encuentran amparo y justificación en algunos sistemas legales. La debilidad de la normativa internacional en dicha materia –siendo la Cedaw el único tratado internacional universal que se refiere a las prácticas culturales nocivas–, estimula la creación de una definición amplia de los crímenes de honor.

  • English

    The article analyses honor crimes as harmful cultural practices. Their legal recognition is urgently needed in the international legal system. They are the result of a patriarchal culture, linked to the concept of honor that is embodied by women and whose preservation depends on female behaviour. In spite of the fact that they are abuses and violations of human rights, such practices find protection and justification in some legal systems provided that they are cultural. The weakness of international regulation in this area encourages the creation of a broad definition of honor crimes. Cedaw is the only universal international treaty dealing with harmful cultural practices.

  • português

    Este artigo analisa os crimes contra a honra como práticas culturais prejudiciais, cujo reconhecimento legal urge no sistema jurídico internacional. São o fruto da cultura patriarcal, ligada ao conceito de honra que é encarnado pela mulher e cuja preservação depende do comportamento feminino. Embora se constituam abusos e violação dos direitos humanos, essas práticas, por serem culturais, encontram amparo e justificativa em alguns sistemas legais. A debilidade da normativa institucional nessa matéria –sendo Cedaw o único tratado internacional universal que se refere às práticas culturais nocivas– estimula a criação de uma definição ampla dos crimes contra a honra.

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