October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
...over which it is accepted as having jurisdiction - as UN Charter Article 94(1) requires - there is no enforcement mechanism as such in international law. States aggrieved at any failure to comply with obligations imposed by ICJ decisions may complain...
08 March 2022
Space law project receives significant boost
... 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...
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...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
...a large conventional power station. About the authors Anne-Sophie Martin is a visiting researcher in International Law and Space Law, Institute for International Legal Studies of the National Research Council (ISGI-CNR), Rome, Italy. She received her...
October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
... happens if space debris lands on your property is one that is now the subject of domestic litigation in the US. Under international law, the launching State is liable for damage caused by its space objects. What is lacking from this is a clear...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
...firm. He is a seasoned civil and criminal defence litigator, with an LL.M in space law and is currently co-chair of the Space Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law. The views expressed in this article are those of the author...
