Instrumentos normativos y mecanismos jurídicos adoptados por el Consejo de Europa para combatir y prevenir la violencia de género basada en prácticas tradicionales perjudicaleslos llamados "crímenes de honor"

Résumé

Over recent years, in the action of the Council of Europe to combat violence against women has become especially relevant the so-called �honour crimes�, a form of gender-based violence based on harmful practices arising for cultural and religious traditions and rooted in the communities of immigrants settled in European territory that violate the human rights of women. For its eradication, the Istanbul Convention of 2011, the main binding legal instrument adopted in Europe to combat gender-based violence, requires States to ensure that culture, customs, religion or the so-called �honor� are not accepted as justification of any type of violence against women, forcing even the States to adopt a set of legislative, preventive and protective measures, thus contributing the Council of Europe to set a framework of international regulatory standards for the effective eradication of the so-called �honour crime