IISES International Academic Conference, London

LEGAL SOURCES DETERMINING THE STATUS OF THE FOREIGN MILITARY BASE AND ITS PERSONNEL ABROAD

ROMELA MANUKYAN

Abstract:

In the framework of modern international relations, it has become common for states to deploy military bases on the territory of another state for a variety of geopolitical purposes, which certainly raises a number of legal issues. Under the international law, a unified system defining the legal status of foreign military bases has not yet been established. The study of the legal relationship of military bases deployed in the territory of a foreign country shows that the international legal basis for their deployment is enshrined in various international treaties. Given that the legitimacy of the deployment of such military facilities is based on agreements between the contracting states, in this paper, an attempt is made to study the existing bilateral or multilateral agreements governing modern intergovernmental legal relations on military forces deployed by one state on the territory of another state, and to find the most preferable models through comparative analysis.

Keywords: International law, Foreign military bases, Legal status, Status of forces agreement, Host state, Sending state