Ett vitt ansikte - En studie i huruvida hedersrelaterad brottslighet bör särregleras i straffrättslig mening

Sammanfattning: There are today people around the world who are not able to live their lives as they want. People who are oppressed, victims of violence and in worst case scenario even killed. Their committed crime is that the want to live their life, just the way they want. Honor related violence and oppression is a problem for the whole society. This paper aims to investigate whether this problem is best fought with special legislation. In order to achieve the purpose of the paper, the established law and the honor concept has been described, as well as a few cases related to the subject. On the basis of the honor concept and relevant legislation it has been discussed whether honor based criminality should be specially and separately legislated. The conclusions are that honor based criminality should be specially legislated. The victims right to live their lives, enjoying their human rights, are to be seen as more important than the arguments speaking against a legislation. In order to work in a crime preventive way, a special legislation on honor based criminality is what it takes. Furthermore, it is necessary to hand adequate education to every person who is likely to meet victims and/or potential perpetrators. Honor related violence and oppression can be fought with education and legislation.