kulawrKutafin Law ReviewKutafin Law Review2713-05252713-0533MSAL10.17803/2713-0533.2024.1.27.070-095kulawr-238Research ArticleTHE RIGHT TO EDUCATION OUTSIDE UNRECOGNIZED ENTITIES AND OTHER CURRENT ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL LAWBilateral Investment Treaties in the Russian Federation and the State of Qatar in the wake of Maritime Investment. Part 1: Gaps in Regulationhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3520-9309AbadikhahМ.

Mostafa Abadikhah, Ph.D. (Public International Law), Associate Professor, Department of International Law and Relations, Institute of Law

Ufa

dr.mostafaabadikhah@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6350-1775NigmatullinR. V.

Rishat V. Nigmatullin, Dr. Sci. (Law), Professor, Deputy Director for International Law and Relations, Institute of Law

Ufa

nigm2004@gmail.comUfa University of Science and TechnologyRussian Federation2024100420241117095Copyright © Abadikhah М., Nigmatullin R.V., 20242024Abadikhah М., Nigmatullin R.V.Abadikhah М., Nigmatullin R.V.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/238

Today one of the most useful and significant means in supporting and maintaining the foreign investment process is Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT). The Russian Federation (Russia) and Qatar have actively concluded 84 and 63 BITs, respectively. Unfortunately, the existing BITs do not provide a comprehensive legal framework making it possible to deal with the maritime investments. Hence, the basic question raised in the article is whether the current BITs are a suitable legal framework to protect maritime investments? Having conducted a qualitative and quantitative analysis of all the BITs that Russia and Qatar are parties to, the authors come to the conclusion that the existing BITs are not suitable due to the lack of attention to the necessary issues related to maritime investment. These issues include: (1) the exact scope of maritime areas, (2) definition and types of maritime investment, (3) definition of maritime investor.

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