... 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...
... 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...
...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...
... 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...
... 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 ...
.... At that time it was hard to imagine that, just six years later, the idea of a supranational state governed by space law, where political, national and other earthly conflicts can never be brought into play, would become so relevant...