Сhernyavsky A. International Responsibility for Surface Water Pollution

The paper is devoted to the problems of the realization of the international responsibility mechanism for surface water pollution. Terms, essence and legal nature of the international responsibility for surface water pollution, causes, kinds and forms are studied. The application mechanism of the international responsibility for surface sea water and surface continental water is analyzed in detail. Contents of damage caused by surface water pollution which must be recompensed by the international responsibility implementation is discovered. It was grounded the range of propositions, concerning changes and amendments to some international treaties, regulating the international responsibility for surface water pollution relations. It was made the conclusions about the necessity of institutional changes in the system of international organizations dealing with warning of surface water pollution.