Space debris in the International Law Association (ILA) - 2007

MAUREEN WILLIAMS

Yearbook of Interational Environmental Law

Reino Unido

Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2007;

YbIEL 2007, Vol. 18 Space debris in the International Law Association (ILA) - 2007 Since the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (Copuos) published its Technical Report on Space Debris in 1999 (UN Publication, Sales N° E.99.1.17) the general opinion is that the current space debris environment poses a serious risk and that a prompt implementation of appropriate mitigation measures is necessary to safeguard the space environment for future generations. In this quest, the Space Law Committee of the International Law Association (ILA) directed its efforts during 2007 to following the development of the topic in the framework of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Special attention was drawn to the Guidelines on Space Debris Mitigation adopted at the end of the forty-fourth session of that Subcommittee, in February 2007, after a number of years devoted to workplans on the matter. Space debris in the International Law Association (ILA) - 2007 Since the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (Copuos) published its Technical Report on Space Debris in 1999 (UN Publication, Sales N° E.99.1.17) the general opinion is that the current space debris environment poses a serious risk and that a prompt implementation of appropriate mitigation measures is necessary to safeguard the space environment for future generations. In this quest, the Space Law Committee of the International Law Association (ILA) directed its efforts during 2007 to following the development of the topic in the framework of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Special attention was drawn to the Guidelines on Space Debris Mitigation adopted at the end of the forty-fourth session of that Subcommittee, in February 2007, after a number of years devoted to workplans on the matter.