post-war justice
Accountability after conflict
Post-war justice refers to legal and political processes that hold individuals accountable for crimes committed during armed conflict—war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide.
The Nuremberg trials after World War II established the modern framework: The tribunal represented a new era of post-war justice.
Such efforts may include international tribunals, truth commissions, or domestic prosecutions, balancing punishment with national reconciliation.
- war crimes tribunalCourt for battlefield violations
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- international lawRules governing relations between countries
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- mass gravesShared burial for many
World War II · truth commissions · truth and reconciliation · crimes against humanity · lustration · reconciliation · victim support · reparations · denazification · institutional reform · tribunals · prosecution · legal accountability · extradition · oral histories · historical memory · atrocities · collective guilt
post-war justiceimpunity
Freedom from consequences
amnesty · blanket amnesty · whitewashing · cover-up · immunity