March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... place due to the fact that the Moon Agreement is not as popular as the OST and the other space treaties. Consequently its provisions are not binding to a large majority of spacefaring nations. It should be added that despite the...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...) which contained Article 22 with specific provisions relating to crimes committed onboard the ISS. Unlike the Outer Space Treaty and the proposed Draft Convention mentioned above, the IGA uses the criminal law of the state...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
... PPWT, which would forbid the deployment of weapons in outer space. According to Russian and Chinese supporting statements, such a treaty would reinforce Article IV of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which only forbids the deployment of weapons of mass...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
...for extraterrestrial life It is important to understand the legal and policy background. Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967 addresses the avoidance of harmful contamination of celestial bodies (forward contamination) and the avoidance...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... as a “reference standard for spacefaring nations in guiding compliance with Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty”. Under a later space law treaty, the Rescue and Return Agreement, States are obliged to share information on “conditions of distress...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... This Declaration adopts the basic precedents of such documents as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Outer Space Treaty and other applicable historic credos, while articulating the new reality of an open frontier that is owned by no one...
