International legal content and significance of the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian sea of August 12, 2018

Abstract

The article analyzes the provisions of the new Convention on the legal status of theCaspian sea in 2018.It shows all the new novels, which are the fruit of more than 20 negotiationsof representatives of the presidents of the Caspian States. The article identifies all the positive aspects of the Convention, as well as its shortcomings. The author, in General, positively assessedthe efforts of the Caspian States to coordinate the «Constitution» of the Caspian sea, indicatedthat its adoption will have a charitable value in the life of the States surrounding the Caspian sea.

Keywords

• preamble of the convention
• legal status of the caspian sea
• sovereign rights
• rational use of resources of the caspian sea
• delimitation
• legal status of the water body
• navigation
• environmental protection
• problems of security of the caspian sea