“Pravova derzhava”. Issue 37 (2026), pages 689–699.
DOI: 10.33663/0869-2491-2026-37-689-699
Kaminska Nataliia, Andreikiv Andrii
International lawmaking: nature, main subjects and prospective directions of development
ISSN online: 2617-9776 print: 0869-2491
Introduction. The processes of globalization and integration, digitalization, ensuring international peace and security, sustainable development, and combating international crime require the improvement of international lawmaking, existing sources of international legal regulation, mechanisms for implementing the norms and principles of international law, and instruments for ensuring the international legal order.
The purpose of the article is determined by the need for a thorough understanding of the concept of international lawmaking, primarily its nature and concept, subject composition, along with other structural elements of this phenomenon.
Results. The types and significance of the relevant subjects of international lawmaking in the mechanism of ensuring the international legal order, overcoming current threats and challenges are revealed. Attention is drawn to the pluralism of scientific approaches in understanding the concept, essential characteristics of international law-making or the international law-making process, the specifics of international treaty law-making, international customary law-making, international judicial lawmaking, and the law-making function of international organizations. The lawmaking functions and powers of the state as the main subject of international law, international intergovernmental organizations, as well as the influence of international non-governmental organizations on the transformation of modern international lawmaking, etc. are particularly noted.
Conclusions. Creating international legal norms and principles is inseparable from the fundamental issues of the sources of international law, international legal personality, other theoretical and practical problems of international law, and its implementation at the international and national levels. The prospects and priorities for the development of international lawmaking are outlined, taking into account countering security and defense, corruption, climate, cyber and other threats, as well as the development and scientific and expert substantiation of priority areas and scenarios for ending russian aggression against Ukraine, post-war reconstruction, including inter-sectoral cooperation, improving institutional and other guarantees for international and foreign investment projects, reforming the judicial and law enforcement systems, developing mechanisms for compensation for damage and bringing to justice for crimes of aggression, war crimes, etc. Bold and well-reasoned international treaty and other international lawmaking initiatives of Ukraine in these areas are natural, taking into account national interests, human and citizen rights and freedoms.
Keywords: international law, subjects, international lawmaking, powers, international treaty initiative, state, international organization, customary international law, general principles of law, responsibility, international judicial lawmaking, international legal order,post-war reconstruction.
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