Reforming the Syrian Penal Code: Honor Crimes

Renee Dopplick
Nov 14, 2008
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At the Syrian National Forum on Honor Crimes, held 14-16 October 2008 in Damascus, Dr. Abboud Al Sarraj, the former Dean of the Damascus Faculty of Law, delivered a speech on the need to reform Article 192 and to repeal Article 548 of the Syrian Penal Code because these honor-crimes exemptions are inconsistent with Islamic […]