Legal encyclopedia. Letter M

INTERNATIONAL COSMIC LAW

- the branch of modern international law, which is a set of norms that determine the status of outer space and celestial bodies, the legal status of cosmonauts, space objects, and regulates the activities of states in the exploration of outer space.

The aim of MK P. is:

1) maintenance and maintenance of international peace, security and cooperation of states;

2) protection of sovereign rights of states and interests of all mankind by regulating relations between subjects of international law in the space field.

The subject of MK P. is the holder of rights and the bearer of duties, a participant in international legal relations with regard to activities in outer space or the use of space technologies. The role of subjects is played by states as carriers

International rights and obligations that carry out the bulk of space activities, as well as organizations created by States in accordance with their competence.

The objects of MK P. are:

1) outer space;

2) celestial bodies;

3) cosmonauts;

4) artificial space objects;

5) ground components of space systems;

6) the results of practical activities;

7) space activities. Principles of MK P .:

1) the principle of freedom of research;

2) the principle of freedom of use of outer space and celestial bodies;

3) the principle of the equality of states;

4) the principle of prohibiting the use of force and the threat of force.

Industry principles are:

1) freedom of exploration and use of outer space and celestial bodies;

2) State responsibility for space activities;

3) prohibition of national appropriation of outer space and celestial bodies, etc.

Characteristic features of MK P:

1) in outer space there are celestial bodies whose territories do not belong to anyone;

2) the space is practically unlimited, unlike the land territory, sea and air space, outer space can not be divided into any zones during its use;

3) outer space is a particular danger to the activities of a person in it and in the use of outer space for military purposes;

4) All states without exception are interested in the results of space activities, and only a few of the most developed countries in science and industry can currently implement it independently.

Responsibility in MKP includes:

1) international responsibility

States for violating norms and principles

International law;

2 material liability for damage,

Caused as a result of

Space activities.