Second-yeаr master’s student, “Human Rights Lаw” specialty, UNESCO Department of Human
Rights аnd Information Lаw, Fаculty of Lаw, Bаku Stаte University
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UDC 341.231.14
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGULATION OF THE COMMON HERITAGE OF
MANKIND AND HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS
Desiring, by this Convention, to develop the principles embodied in Resolution 2749 (XXV) of 17 December 1970, in which the General Assembly of the United Nations solemnly declared, inter alia, that the area of the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, as well as its resources, are the common heritage of mankind, the exploration and exploitation of which shall be carried out for the benefit of mankind as a whole, irrespective of the geographical location of States. The Moon and its natural resources, the area of the seabed, the ocean floor, and the subsoil are subject to the principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind. Elements of the Concept of the Common Heritage of Mankind are non-appropriation, international joint management, sharing of benefits, peaceful use, and preservation for the benefit of future generations [9, p. 25; 4].