The specifics of states and the harmonization of international human rights norms

This publication reveals the content and specifics of the complex process of interstate harmonization of human rights norms against the background of the formation and development of modern International Law as the main regulator of international relations. The author believes that an analysis of the experience and practice of this coordination will help to better understand not only the key cause of the current crisis in international relations, but also the possibilities of overcoming it. The article traces the different approaches of states to the formation and observance of the principles and norms in the field of human rights - from the Cold War to the warming of the international situation, and then in the conditions of modern interstate relations. The publication concludes with the conclusion that the geopolitical situation in the world has a serious impact on modern International Law. Today, International Law is at a turning point: in which direction the main vector of its movement will be directed will become clear in the near future.

International Law, human rights, universally recognized principles and norms, the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, reservations to multilateral treaties