But mainstream violence against racial others is presented as some sort of natural law, sans perpetrators, for which the terrorists, and the terrorists alone, are responsible.
Such "honour killings" are in fact violations of both civil and Islamic law, but perpetrators frequently use religious reasons to defend their actions, thereby giving the crime a veneer of justification.
Law enforcement perpetrators are less likely to be arrested, charged or referred for prosecution.
Under Iranian law, the perpetrators could receive the death penalty for the acts, if they are convicted, according to a report from the semi-official Fars News Agency.
And, of course, that's a big part of the point of this aspect of international law: the perpetrators of torture crimes shouldn't be afforded safe haven.
According to Norwegian law, only perpetrators that are liable to be sentenced to psychiatric treatment must undergo a forensic psychiatric examination.
However, the bill failed to do anything about the big loopholes like the forgiveness and retribution laws, meaning perpetrators could still escape punishment if they had the finances.
They perceived that the stringent laws convicting perpetrators to many years of imprisonment is not helpful, and because of that they would prefer to get financial compensation or even make the survivor marry the perpetrator.
Introduce and enforce a law to punish perpetrators of domestic violence.
The president, Michelle Bachelet, described the latest attack as "abominable" and vowed to use Chile's tough anti-terrorism law against the perpetrators.
