Monografiya posvyashhena issledovaniyu diplomaticheskoj zashhity i konsul′skogo sodejstviya kak odnich iz naibolee aktual′nych i effektivnych form zashhity prav individov i organizacij, kotorye nachodyatsya na territorii inostrannogo gosudarstva. Nesmotrya na burnoe razvitie v poslednee vremya takich mezhdunarodno-pravovych form zashhity prav individov, v kotorych oni nadelyayutsya samostoyatel′noj rol′yu (regional′nye mezhdunarodnye sudy po pravam cheloveka, komitety OON i dr.), diplomaticheskaya zashhita i konsul′skoe sodejstvie ostayutsya glavnymi i podchas edinstvennymi sposobami dobit′sya prekrashheniya narusheniya mezhdunarodno-pravovych obyazatel′stv i vozmeshheniya prichinennogo ushherba. Nesomnenno, chto gosudarstva aktivno pol′zuyutsya dannymi mechanizmami, no pri etom teoriya i praktika mezhdunarodnogo prava v ramkach rassmatrivaemoj temy charakterizuyutsya nalichiem slozhnych voprosov i problem, v tom chisle nauchno-pravovogo znacheniya. Dannaya rabota predstavlyaet soboj kompleksnoe issledovanie diplomaticheskoj zashhity i konsul′skogo sodejstviya v ich sootnoshenii drug s drugom po samym raznym aspektam: ponyatiya, osnovnye priznaki, yuridicheskaya priroda, osobennosti pravovogo regulirovaniya i realizacii, usloviya osushhestvleniya, dopustimye mery i sredstva primeneniya i nekotorye inye aspekty. Zakonodatel′stvo privedeno po sostoyaniyu na sentyabr′ 2017 g. The monograph is devoted to the study of diplomatic protection and consular assistance as one of the most relevant and effective forms of protection of the rights of individuals and organizations that are located on the territory of a foreign state. Despite the recent rapid development of such international legal forms of protecting the rights of individuals in which they are given an independent role (regional international human rights courts, UN committees, etc.), diplomatic protection and consular assistance remain the main and sometimes the only ways to achieve an end Violation of international legal obligations and compensation for the damage caused.Undoubtedly, states actively use these mechanisms, but the theory and practice of international law within the framework of the topic under consideration is characterized by the presence of complex issues and problems, including scientific and legal significance. This work is a comprehensive study of diplomatic protection and consular assistance in their relation to each other in various aspects: concepts, basic features, legal nature, the specifics of legal regulation and implementation, conditions of implementation, permissible measures and means of application, and some other aspects.