Honour-based abuse: Government rejects calls for legal definition

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Honour-based abuse: Government rejects calls for legal definition

The government's non-statutory definition of honour-based abuse is that it is "an incident or crime involving violence, threats of violence, intimidat

The government’s non-statutory definition of honour-based abuse is that it is “an incident or crime involving violence, threats of violence, intimidation, coercion or abuse… which has or may have been committed to protect or defend the honour of an individual, family and/or community for alleged or perceived breaches of the family and/or community’s code of behaviour”.

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