October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... context of the Management and Sustainability of Outer Space Activities was ratified in May 2024. The end of law results in the law of the jungle, a state of affairs in which some gain absolute freedom while the freedom of others is significantly...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... ‘peaceful purposes’ doctrine in its Article IV is a long-redundant argument in practical terms, and the role that international law can play now centres on the risks and uncertainties associated with the trending ‘weaponisation’ of space. Following...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... or their nationals for damage caused by a space object of the launching State. Compliance with these international space law principles is imperative not only to maintain international peace and security but also to encourage and enhance activities...
May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... bodies, and thus, no state can enact laws regulating such exploitation Prescriptive, judicative and enforcement jurisdiction...), or the Deep Seabed solution of Article 136 of the Law of the Sea Convention which allows exploitation in the deep seabed...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... No country can claim any land in space. Everything in space counts as international ‘waters Thus, the existing international law gives no answer to the most important question raised under the conditions of space commercialisation: how to ensure the...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... However, this definition, intuitive as it may be, cannot easily be construed into an international legal definition. The existing space law treaties simply do not mention ‘space debris’ anywhere. The closest related, applicable and rather vague term...
