March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...such asteroid mining of small and potentially hazardous bodies would seem much more permissible under the Outer Space Treaty than efforts to establish national or private colonies on the Moon or to undertake mining operations on the Moon. Up to three...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
..., they would have few qualms about moving into regions of scientific importance. The present ratified treaties, most notably the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, forbid any sovereignty claims over any area of the Moon. This means that...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
..., who may elect to extend human rights into the domain of space through several means. Firstly, under the Outer Space Treaty, Article III references that outer space activities shall be conducted “in accordance with international law”. The onus...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... threats we face. One of the big problems is that the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 and the other agreements that followed in the 1970s relating to the safety of astronauts, registration of space objects, liability provisions, and the Moon and other...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... debris. First, the principle of non-intervention, as part of general international law, applies to outer space activities in virtue of Article III of the Outer Space Treaty (OST). What is more, according to sentence one of Article VIII of the OST...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... of disputes around the world are territorial and since prevailing space legislation, particularly Article I and II of the Outer Space Treaty 1967, forbid claims to sovereignty in space, it would seem to make sense to drop the Westphalian concept...
