DENVER JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLICY

This article discusses honor killing in contemporary Jordan from a legal and social perspective. The author begins with an overview of the cultural context of honor killing. The article asserts honor killing is a historical practice mostly emanating from cultural notions than religious ones.

This article begins with a comprehensive background on the development of international bodies and conventions which recognized and developed mechanisms for enforcing Indigenous human rights. It then focuses on discrimination towards Indigenous women and their fight for individual rights which are often seen to conflict with the interests of the Indigenous community more generally.