August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... measures. Moreover, elements that one might expect in a relevant TCBM include already binding requirements in the Outer Space Treaty, the Liability Convention, the Rescue and Return Agreement and the Registration Convention. These include a duty...
November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
... be submitted for inclusion in the World Heritage List. And it relies on the concept of sovereignty, anathema to the Outer Space Treaty. State Parties to the Convention are instructed to submit properties within their territory. But the Moon is the...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... States in interpreting those principles continue to apply to preserve space for the “benefit and in the interests of all countries”, as specified in the Outer Space Treaty, to which virtually all space-faring nations, including the major powers, are...
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...
