Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 16
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Require Sentencing Council to include motivations of honour as an aggravating factor in domestic abuse guideline
Recommendation
It is reassuring to hear judges have robustly rejected any attempts to use ‘honour’ to reduce a sentence. Explicitly recognising so-called honour in sentencing guidelines would go further; it would strengthen the understanding that honour-based abuse is taken seriously by the criminal justice system and only ever as an aggravating factor. We recommend the Sentencing Council considers including motivations of honour as an aggravating factor in the domestic abuse guideline. (Paragraph 89) 43
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 15 September 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗