victor's justice
Winner writes law
Victor's justice is the imposition of punishment or legal proceedings by the winners of a conflict on the losers, often criticized as hypocritical or one-sided.
The term suggests that what passes for justice is really just the powerful holding the defeated accountable for acts the victors themselves may have committed with impunity.
Critics dismissed the tribunal as victor's justice rather than genuine accountability.
The phrase appears frequently in discussions of war crimes trials and post-conflict proceedings.
- war crimes trialsProsecution of combat atrocities
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- show trialsPropaganda-driven mock prosecutions
- kangaroo courtIllegitimate proceeding ignoring procedure
- revisionist historyDistorted account of past events
moral relativism · power politics · dominance · imperialism · propaganda · coercion · human rights violations · authoritarianism · gavel · gallows · collective punishment · subjugation · show of force · cultural hegemony · blood · rope · whip · impunity
victor's justicerestorative justice
Conflict resolution through mutual healing
truth and reconciliation · reconciliation process · moral authority · amnesty
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