‘‘Now that I am giving you this statement, what can you do for me?’’ – The Positive Obligation to Protect the Victims of Honour Crimes amongst the Minority Communities in Europe
Over the past two decades, immigrant-receiving countries have been confronted with honour crimes. In a number of Western European countries, there have been cases of police failure to intervene in cases of honour crimes occurring in migrant communities. The authorities responses to honour crimes have consistently been inadequate, as they do not take victims of honour crimes seriously and fail to p
