February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... according to the explicit terms of the policy. Technical possibilities in that respect could go hand in hand with the legal obligations imposed on operators to remove a wreck from orbit (as part of a space debris removal scheme). This, in turn, may...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... On the Values Frontier: Ethics and Criminal Conduct in Outer Space. In: ECSL, ESA, UNESCO Joint Symposium on the Legal and ethical framework for astronauts in space sojourns. [online] Paris: UNESCO, pp.79-81. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...closely with senior policymakers as they shape US space policy. Gabriel Swiney is the head of the US Delegation to the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). He is one of the authors of the...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... commercial aspects of the problem , when the public law aspect should be a priority on the supra-national level. Legal complications It is alarming if the freedom of exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes can be disregarded when...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
.... The Outer Space Treaty became the foundation stone of the legal regime governing the use of space for peaceful purposes. It... use of outer space and its compliance with the legal framework for space activities. This compliance includes supervision by...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
...-binding agreements and soft provisions and it may be that legally binding duties in this respect need to be imposed on those...See Nicholas Welly (2010) ‘Enlightened State Interest: A legal framework for protecting the “Common Interest of All Mankind” ...
