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Mrs Theorin has drawn the Council’s attention to the issue of crimes of honour in Turkey. Such practices appear to be in sharp decline and, we are told, only occur sporadically in rural areas. However, these crimes continue to be a source of concern for the Council as they are often committed in the most appalling circumstances. The Turkish Government has undertaken significant reforms aimed at fighting such acts more effectively, acts which are, of course, not permitted by national law.
The report that was adopted by the Turkish cabinet on 21 September as a reform programme contains several planned amendments to the law, such as the inclusion of measures in the Civil Code that are designed to enhance effective equality between men and women in social and educational fields, ways to better combat domestic violence by training judges that specialise in family matters and, lastly, measures to prevent people that have committed crimes of honour from serving reduced sentences.
Rest assured that the Council will remain particularly vigilant as to the implementation of these measures that are in line with the Copenhagen criteria, as discussed at length earlier on. In any case, the issue of crimes of honour is not a problem that is specific to Turkey, as these crimes occur in many other places around the world. The Council has therefore supported the Dutch initiative aimed at the introduction this year, within the framework of the third committee of the United Nations General Assembly, of a draft resolution against these crimes, which is still in the process of being examined. The Council notes that Turkey has also given its support to this initiative."@en1
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