... legal instrument that provides the context and operational authority for space agencies on a national and international level. An instrument of international law, the OST has, to date, been ratified by over 100 members of the United Nations and...
...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...
.... States must exercise such freedom without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law. In carrying out their space activities, States are to be guided by the principle of co-operation and mutual...
... bodies, and this is the fundamental problem with seeking hard, treaty law solutions. International law comprises the rules which govern relationships between states. In most cases (and certainly regarding the peaceful ...
... 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...
... with experience of over several decades in pioneering research in air and space law and in managing the multi-year projects, such as the McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS) that is soon coming...