April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
...Current limits to the role of the military in space are the subject of the McGill University project ‘Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space’ (MILAMOS). This project is based on the belief that conflicts can be avoided...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... the OST, no space-faring nations have ratified the treaty and only 18 nations are parties to it. Under international law, this is not completely fatal to a treaty, as a treaty’s provisions may become binding as ‘customary...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
... are directly responsible for acts of its private actors under international space law. The Outer Space Treaty (Article III) also states that general international law is applicable to outer space. Reading Article VI harmoniously with Article III...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
... the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and the Institute for International Law at the University of Leuven, and the Faculty of Law at the University of Hasselt, in Belgium. His research seeks to identify important constitutive legal aspects...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... regulations, standards and guidelines for design and operation, as well as use of space as per their national and international laws. It should also be noted that, prior to launch of the Starlink constellation, there had been no objection to the...
13 March 2021
Advanced Introduction to Space Law
... with some bearing on space; the second covers international law not majoring in space; the third includes some laws exclusively related to space; and the ‘bulls-eye’ covers international law “exclusively and comprehensively space”. Given that legal...
