The role of corruption in creating internal armed conflicts and its impact on the threat or violation of international peace and security(with emphasis on three selected countries)

Fouladi, Fateme; Kadkhodayi,, Kadkhodayi,

The role of corruption in creating internal armed conflicts and its impact on the threat or violation of international peace and security(with emphasis on three selected countries)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Fateme Fouladi ¹

kadkhodayi, kadkhodayi, ²

¹ Public Law Department. Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. University of Tehran. Tehran. Iran

² Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Corruption has been one of the difficulties of all societies throughout history. Corruption in its internationally accepted concept means the abuse of government power and facilities for personal benefits, and in this sense, it weakens the various divisions of human rights, sustainable development, economic and social stability in countries. In the introduction of Resolution 8/6 of the sixth meeting of member states of the Anti-Corruption Convention, mentioned: "Corruption is one of the factors that hinders comprehensive and sustainable socio-economic development and causes violence, insecurity and injustice". To the extent that corruption has spread in different layers of the government structure, including the executive, legislative and judicial structures, people's anger and dissatisfaction have increased and this issue can lead to protests, riots and even internal conflicts. The present article examines the question of how corruption in its international meaning has led to civil wars and what is the relationship between civil wars and the threat or violation of international peace and security. In this regard and to clarify the discussion, the present article studies the situation of 4 countries in which internal armed conflicts have been going on due to corruption.

Keywords

Corruption

threats to international peace and security

civil wars

Afghanistan

South Sudan