Review of the international scientific conference "Actual Problems of International Law in Modern Geopolitical Conditions", which was organized and successfully held on October 27 and 28, 2015 in St. Petersburg on the basis of the Department of International Relations of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and the Department of International and Humanitarian Law of the Northwestern Institute of Management-a branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).