The exploitation and protection of outer space in UN documents

Krzysztof Tomasz Niewęgłowski

Abstract


Progressive development of technology forced international community to establish legal status of outer space. In order to prevent it from becoming an arena of conflict, mostly because of the work done by The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), a number of treaties regulation international space law were created. The main goal of the provisions in the treaties was to creation of legal framework for peaceful usage of outer space to benefit mankind. This issue is also a topic appearing in the soft law of public international law.


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COPUOS, international law, outer space, space law

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/szn.2019.22.41.97-108
Date of publication: 2019-07-11 08:57:23
Date of submission: 2019-03-24 18:05:15


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