November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
...framework that their influence will extend to the use of space by States. By way of background, the Outer Space Treaty 1967 (OST) constitutes the central instrument of the international space law framework. The central aim of Article I, regarding the...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... way than the diplomatic language of UN Member States would allow. Space mining: when it comes to the exploration and use of space, the Outer Space Treaty says that space is the province of all mankind and is not subject to national appropriation...
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...
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...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
... scope of the boundaries of exisiting legislation, such as the Outer Space Treaty which was ratified in 1967. Freedom of exploration and the use of outer space is not only allowed by the Treaty (and the 1963 Declaration of Legal Principles Governing...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...rather than the definitive last word on the regulation of space activities within the UK The central trunk of international space law is the Outer Space Treaty 1967. That treaty places requirements on individual signatory States to authorise, licence...
