Gaps and their Filling in Modern International Law

The purpose and objectives of writing the article is to study the gaps in modern international law and ways to fill them. Methodological approach. The work uses general scientific methods, in particular analysis and comparison, as well as methods of legal interpretation. Results and conclusions. The article examines the relevance and degree of scientific elaboration of the problem of gaps and their filling in modern international law, defines the gap, justifies the use of the term «filling» rather than «eliminating» or «overcoming», considers the possibilities of fixing gaps and ways to fill them. The originality and value of the work lies in determining the nature of the gap in international law, identifying the possibilities of fixing it and ways to fill it in modern international law.