October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... are seen as the preferred mode of norm-making. Recently, there have also been attempts at circumventing the United Nations process of law-making and an alarming trend of unilateral actions of some advanced spacefaring States, often to the detriment...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... developed their own laws to meet their OST obligations and have used the United Nations and other international forums to discuss the relationship between their respective domestic laws. For years the ...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... the most important of such institutions is the UN (United Nations), particularly its Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space... a part of customary international law, thus apply to all nations, whether or not they are parties to the Treaty. The...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... in the space industry, including as Director General of the French space agency CNES (1997- 2002), chairman of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, UN COPUOS (June 2006 to June 2008), and an expert member of the...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... for making Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) in which all contracting members (the same as for the United Nations) are fully involved. The Council of ICAO which approves a Standard is an elected body of 36 member countries, elected once...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... management (STM) but these also require transparency and data-sharing among nations and operators. Current space sustainability efforts rely on the United Nations’ Outer Space Treaty of 1963, containing relevant international space law regulations...
