Forecast of International Legal Personality’ Formalization in New Political Spaces: New Marine Spaces and Circumpolar Zones

In modern international law, the issue of legal personality development is becoming increasingly relevant, both in relation to new actors in international relations and new areas of its distribution. There is a growing demand for forecasting the improvement of the regulatory framework governing issues of international legal personality. The article considers key general trends in the development of international legal personality and their specific manifestation in new marine spaces and circumpolar zones, as well as predicts the future formalization of international legal personality in these new political spaces. The authors come to the conclusion the key directions of the international legal personality’ development in new marine spaces will be multilateral treaties creating special legal regimes for certain parts of the water body, regulatory framework governing the environmentally friendly extraction of marine resources, as well as new gaining sovereignty entities of international relations which can begin the independent development of new water spaces. At the same time, with regard to the circumpolar zones, revising the current legal regime of Antarctica may occur either through the development of international organizations designed to regulate it, or through the revival of disputes between national states over territorial claims. Actual system of bilateral and multilateral treaties between the Arctic states is likely to continue evolving.

international legal personality, new political spaces, new subjects of international law, new marine spaces, circumpolar zones