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SULAIMANIYA, Iraqi Kurdistan Region — An equality decree, number 22 of the year 2014, unique in the Middle East, recognizing the rights of women in Syrian Kurdistan has prompted opposition from conservative Muslim clerics.

This paper discusses ‘honour’-based violence (HBV) and ‘honour’ killings in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (in the north of Iraq) and the UK.

The chapter discusses violence and killings which are carried out in the name of ‘honour’.