STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR LAWFUL ACTIVITIES: CONCEPTUAL GROUNDS

The article is devoted to the study of the theory of absolute liability in international law. Since the terms state responsibility and state liability are sometimes used as synonyms, it is important to make a difference because they present two different legal concepts. International liability is based on the proposition that absence of wrongfulness does not prejudge the question of compensation for damage caused by an act of a State. The liability of a State does not stem from its fault or the wrongfulness of its act, but from the injurious conse- quences suffered by persons beyond its boundaries. The author examines the legal nature, content, characteristics of absolute liability. The main differences between absolute liability and responsibility for internationally wrongful acts are determined. Author concludes that it is necessary to adopt the universal agreement on international liability for the injurious consequences of acts not prohibited by international law