August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... draft Convention skillfully and unequivocally identifies the chain of command’. [10] In addition to this, it has been identified that criminal conduct on aircraft and international air law can also provide a useful paradigm for future space law...
May 2018
Satellite data helps combat illegal shark fishing
... endangered by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Under Article 247 of the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code, it is a criminal offence to transport threatened species. Five days prior to the vessel entering the Galapagos Marine...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
... subsequently verified the authenticity of the Moon rock Joann had in her possession and proceeded to take steps to criminally prosecute her but the US Attorney assigned to handle the prosecution exercised the prosecutorial discretion not to pursue...
28 July 2016
There's been a murder in space - now what?
...take a holiday but legal experts are concerned that criminality in outer space now needs some serious attention. Human ...happen when an individual commits a crime in space. “Some form of criminal code may not only be desirable, it may be critical to the ...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
...to target vulnerable populations, and can be used by criminal enterprises to take advantage of migrants. Further, such ...available to humanitarian assistance groups, hostile governments and criminals alike. A legal framework could serve an important...
August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
... Agreement, Article 22). If such an incident were to occur during a mission to Mars, return to Earth to be dealt with by a terrestrial criminal justice system is clearly not an immediate option. It could still occur months later, but the friction...
