TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The state obligation to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: the case of honour-related violence
JO  - Human rights law review
A1  - Grans, Lisa
SP  - 695
EP  - 719
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
N2  - Traditionally, international human rights law was concerned only with torture perpetrated or directly condoned by the State. There has however been a development towards including equally serious acts by private individuals in the concept of torture. The present article explores the implications for the prevention of honour-related violence. It establishes that States have an obligation under international human rights law to prevent private acts of violence in certain circumstances, moves on to examine whether honour-related violence can violate the prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and concludes by discussing the obligation to prevent those forms of honour-related violence which violate the prohibition.       © The Author [2015]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1461-7781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngv029
ID  - ref1
ER  -