Volynskaya O.A.
The Concept of Long-term Sustainability of Space Activities from the Standpoint of International and National Space Law
// Space Research.
2017. ¹ 2.
P. 137-155.
DOI: 10.7256/2453-8817.2017.2.22082 URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=22082
Research Fellow at the Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Institute for International Economics and Finance
119285, Russia, Moscow, ul. Pudovkina, 4a, of. 408a
Adamov Ilya.
(2022)
International Legal Instruments on the Use of Outer Space in the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development. Journal of international law and international relations
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DOI: 10.33581/2072-0513-2022-1-2-55-60
Abstract: The research object is legal relations in the area of ensuring long-term sustainability of space activities. The research subject is the range of international and domestic political and legal instruments regulating the issues of long-term sustainability of space activities.Based on the analysis, the author concludes that the adoption of universal international principles of long-term sustainability of space activities is the key to safety, stability and progressive development of world space activities, which is the ultimate goal of the international space community. The author shows that in different jurisdictions (Russia, the USA, European Union) long-term sustainability of space activities is not understood uniformly, and that the respective domestic political and legal conditions for its provision vary significantly. The author further concludes that there is a necessity to harmonize the existing and the future national legal regimes to ensure safety and long-term sustainability of space activities on the basis of the uniform international principles, which are being developed by the United Nations Organization.To achieve the research tasks, the author applies the dialectical, logical, system and structural, functional, comparative-legal and other research methods. In the research process, the comprehensive approach is used to analyze and elaborate on the research problems.
Keywords:
Space Law, Space Policy, Safety of Space Activities, Long-term Sustainability, Space Activities, Russia, USA, European Union, United Nations, International Law
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