Is international law in a crisis? How should new global political processes be regulated? What are the rights and obligations of non-state actors in the international arena? An attempt to answer these questions was made during the meeting of scholars, practicing international lawyers and experts in world politics and economics that took place on October 23 at MGIMO-University. Co-organized by RIAC, the session brought together 20 experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Justice, MGIMO-University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and Moscow State Law Academy. Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov spoke about forms of cooperation with the expert community and possible practical results of joint efforts.
Is international law in a crisis? How should new global political processes be regulated? What are the rights and obligations of non-state actors in the international arena? An attempt to answer these questions was made during the meeting of scholars, practicing international lawyers and experts in world politics and economics that took place on October 23 at MGIMO-University. Co-organized by RIAC, the session brought together 20 experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Justice, MGIMO-University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and Moscow State Law Academy. Deputy Program Director Timur Makhmutov spoke about forms of cooperation with the expert community and possible practical results of joint efforts.
The discussion of the problems the international law faces nowadays was opened by Deputy Minister of Justice Maxim Travnikov who identified certain groups of issues proceeding from his practical experiences and concentrated on matters that could be handled with Russia in the lead. Among them such issues as cyber security, regulation of international conflicts, piracy and bioethics.
Most lively was the debate on conflict regulation. The experts outlined a number of related areas open to international law, among them rights and liberties of citizens in unrecognized states, use of new weapons with the focus on autonomous and semi-autonomous systems, humanitarian intervention, and legal identity of rebel movements. Many current events point to the need for a special consideration of the erosion of immunity of states and state officials.
The broad spectrum of issues reveals the need for urgent efforts to elaborate Russia’s approaches to solution of international problems within legal boundaries. The workshop participants suggested concentrating on exact tasks in view of the interests of organizations, ministries, agencies and companies directly involved in fulfillment of obligations prescribed by international documents.
