collective punishment
Punishing the whole
Collective punishment is penalizing an entire group for the actions of some members.
A teacher keeps the whole class after school because one student misbehaved.
An occupying army demolishes homes in a neighborhood where resistance fighters live.
The practice is prohibited under international humanitarian law when applied to civilian populations during armed conflict, though it remains common in schools, prisons, and military training.
Guaranteed judicial fairness
- miscarriage of justiceLegal system punishing the innocent
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
- NurembergGerman trial city
international law · joint responsibility · legal accountability · proportionality · unlawful · jurisprudence
Unjust or partial
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- unjustNot fair or right
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- indiscriminateLacking selective judgment
moral · dignity · accountability · oppression · draconian · heavy-handed · arbitrary · human rights violation
Official prohibition on trade
- blockadeSealing off a place
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- economic sanctionsPunitive international trade restrictions
trade restrictions · isolation · exclusion · blacklist · banishment · expulsion · ostracism · censure
Punitive action in return
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- backlashStrong negative reaction
tit-for-tat · eye for an eye · settling scores · counterblow · requital · decimation · deterrence
Near-total destruction
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- forced relocationInvoluntary removal from home
- martial lawArmed forces governance
- curfewMandated return time
due process
Guaranteed judicial fairness
- miscarriage of justiceLegal system punishing the innocent
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- war crimesIllegal acts during conflict
Nuremberg · international law · joint responsibility · legal accountability · proportionality · unlawful · jurisprudence
unfair
Unjust or partial
- disproportionateNot properly scaled
- unjustNot fair or right
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
indiscriminate · moral · dignity · accountability · oppression · draconian · heavy-handed · arbitrary · human rights violation · scapegoating
embargo
Official prohibition on trade
economic sanctions · trade restrictions · isolation · exclusion · blacklist · banishment · expulsion · ostracism · censure · denunciation
reprisal
Punitive action in return
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
backlash · tit-for-tat · eye for an eye · settling scores · counterblow · requital · decimation · deterrence
decimation
Near-total destruction
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- forced relocationInvoluntary removal from home
- martial lawArmed forces governance
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- political oppressionvoter suppression, election fraud, rigged elections, ballot stuffing, vote rigging
- propagandapropaganda, brainwashing, disinformation, misinformation, indoctrination
- repressionsecret police, mass arrests, torture, disappearances, detention camps
- rights abusestorture, ethnic cleansing, arbitrary detention, political prisoners, disappearances
collective punishmentindividual accountability
One person bearing consequences
individual responsibility · personal responsibility · personal liability · due process · mens rea
collective punishmentrestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
fair trial · rule of law · presumption of innocence · due process · equal protection
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