March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... on the other, to ensure strict adherence to the fundamental principles and norms of international space law, primarily those on the exploration and exploitation of outer space for the benefit and in the interest of all mankind, for peaceful purposes...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...to build rather than the definitive last word on the regulation of space activities within the UK The central trunk of international space law is the Outer Space Treaty 1967. That treaty places requirements on individual signatory States to authorise...
November 2018
Pole star rising
... and lawyer, Prof Manfred Lachs, played an important role in setting out the foundations of international space law by the United Nations. The space law pioneer was the first chairman of the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee of UNOOSA and his words...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... of Adelaide; Member of the UNESCO-EOLSS sub-committee on The Science of Space; Director, International Institute of Space Law; Member of the Space Law Committee, International Law Association; and ROOM Editorial Board member. This piece was written...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... on the cooperation of States in benefiting from the results of such use. Even though international space law is not, and should not be, in any way disregarded, the adherence to academic discussion does not yield any ...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... moves forward, it could give birth to new principles and concepts of international space law and perhaps even new space conventions. The first steps to improve space law and regulatory frameworks relate, however, to the need to cope with cosmic...
