Abstract
<jats:p>The purpose of the article is to reveal the concept and essence of international lawmaking as a modern phenomenon, approaches to its understanding, distinctive characteristics. Since the study of international lawmaking is primarily associated with the nature of an international treaty as one of the main sources of international law, and international treaty lawmaking clearly demonstrates the most relevant aspects of the development of international law, it is therefore relevant to conduct a comprehensive study of these phenomena, their correlation and the definition of promising directions for further scientific developments in this area. To achieve the stated goal, a methodological toolkit was used, which includes a number of general and special methods and methodological approaches to the study: in particular, phenomenological, epistemological, hermeneutic, axiological, ontological, comparative and praxeological approaches, as well as dialectical, comparative legal, system-structural, structural-functional methods, the method of legal semiotics, legal modeling and forecasting, etc. The existing doctrinal positions regarding existing concepts, interpretations of international lawmaking, individual scientific approaches to defining this phenomenon in a narrow and broad sense, distinctive characteristics, as well as gaps that require proper thorough analysis are summarized. It is emphasized that the conceptualization of international lawmaking emphasizes a close connection with the scientific issues of the sources of international law, the order of their creation and implementation. Trends and patterns characteristic of the system of sources of international law are commensurate with the development of international lawmaking in general, the specifics of sectoral international lawmaking, etc. It is stated that the fundamental principles and standards of international lawmaking are determined by the nature and content of this phenomenon, the object-subject composition, spheres and levels of distribution, etc. The processes of creating international treaty norms and international customary norms, international judicial decisions, which are determined by the procedures established by international law, are seen as complementary processes, while the general principles of law, the basic principles of international law, and the special principles of international lawmaking are of fundamental importance. It is the comprehensive and systemic approaches that allow us to comprehensively and multifacetedly reveal the nature of the phenomena under study. Keywords: international law, international lawmaking, international treaty lawmaking, sources of international law, international treaty, subject, implementation, phenomenon, correlation.</jats:p>