The Idol Spot

The criminalization of politics means the participation of criminals in politics. This means that persons with criminal backgrounds contest in the election and get selected as a member of parliament or state legislature.  It is said that the politics had reached a stage where the lawmakers became the lawbreakers . In a democratic country like India, the increasing nexus between criminals and politics threatens the survival of true democracy. It is now becoming a trend, people with criminal backgrounds have more influence in politics than people without criminal backgrounds. The increasing percentage of members of parliament who have a criminal background: 2004- 24% ,  2009-30% , 2014-34% , 2019-43% Nearly 50% of MPs in the new Lok Sabha have criminal records . The increasing number of members with criminal records in parliament threatens the survival of any true democracy. To get undue favour through the use of political power is a crime. The term crime means an action which c...

Ethics is the study of a moral code of conduct or ideal behaviour that humans should strive for. It also serves as a guide to the field of international relations. International ethics is a branch of international relations theory concerned with the scope and extent of ethical obligations between nations in a globalised world. It explains how countries and other entities regard other countries and their citizens. It provides direction to the international community on how to address global concerns. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), for example, has aided in the equitable distribution of resources in the world's oceans. There has been a lot of progress in the resurgence of ethics in modern International Relations. Scholars have been debating the appropriate behaviour of states, institutions, and people for decades.  International ethics:  International ethics is defined as the benefits that international interactions, exchanges, and relationships ca...