The project was initiated in response to the reports of the murders of Samia Sawar in Pakistan and Rukhsana Naz in the UK in the early 1999 and the explicit articulation of an 'honour'-based defenc…
This issue paper is part of the Victorian Law Reform Commission's work on defences to homicide. It outlines the defences which a person who has killed another person can rely upon under Victorian l…
This is the Victorian law reform commission's first occasional paper. It is published as part of the commission's work on defences to homicide. Occasional papers provide background information rele…