The new international regime of the Caspian Sea
Abstract
The Caspian region has an important socio-economic significance for the Russian Federation and other Caspian states. The importance of the Caspian region for the socio-economic development of the Caspian states is noted in the article, the history of international legal regulation of relations on the Caspian Sea is reviewed, its current international legal regime is analyzed. The positions of the Caspian states regarding some features of the legal regime of the Caspian Sea are considered.The provisions of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea (2018), the Agreement on the Conservation and Rational Use of Aquatic Biological Resources of the Caspian Sea (2014), the Framework Convention for the Protection `of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (2003) are analyzed in detail. The ways of improving the legal regime of the Caspian Sea are determined and appropriate recommendations are developed. A comparative legal analysis of these treaties with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 and other international legal acts was carried out. Special attention is paid to the legal regulation of fisheries and the conservation of aquatic biological resources of the Caspian Sea.
About the Authors
K. A. Bekyashev
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (FSBSI «VNIRO»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
D. K. Bekyashev
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (FSBSI «VNIRO»)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Review
For citations:
Bekyashev K.A., Bekyashev D.K. The new international regime of the Caspian Sea. Trudy VNIRO. 2018;174:129-142. (In Russ.)
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