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40 ZLW 3 (1991)
Draft for a Convention on Manned Space Flight / Entwurf einer Konvention uber die Bemannte Raumfahrt / Proposition d'une Convention Relative au Vol Spatial Equipe

handle is hein.journals/zlw40 and id is 5 raw text is: Abhandlungen Draft for a Convention on Manned Space Flight By Prof Karl-Heinz Bdckstiegel (Cologne),Prof VIadlen Ve reshchetin (Moscow), and Prof Stephen Go ro ve (Mississippi) Manned space flight is already playing a major role in the field of space activities and this will no doubt continue even more in the future. While the present space conventions contain a number of applicable provisions, the legal framework for manned space flight remains unclear in many important aspects, as was noted in the course of the negotiations on specific international projects involving manned space flight in recent years. To improve the situation, in 1988 a common research project was initiated aiming at drafting a respective convention by the Institute of Air and Space Law of Cologne University (Germany) represented by Prof. Karl-Heinz Bdckstiegel the Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR represented by Prof. Vadlen Vereshchetin, and the Research and Study of Space Law and Policy Center of the University of Mississippi Law School (USA) represented by Prof. Stephen Gorove. In the course of this cooperation effort, it was early decided that instead of draft- ing a purely academic instrument an attempt should be made to draft a text which should not only deal with some of the major issues needing clarification, but should also take into account practical feasibility even if it meant concessions by the cooperating institutions on certain issues. In the course of the exchanges of views seven drafts were elaborated until the attached text was reached. As already indicated, the text contains several provisions which present,a compromise among the different points of view advanced by those participating in this effort. How- ever, this should be no surprise in as much as this is a normal aspect of any inter- national drafting. By the same token, it can be expected that reactions after the presentation of this Draft Convention will agree with some of its provisions and disagree with others. The primary objective of the participants cooperating in the preparation and pres- entation of this Draft is to initiate and promote international discussions in appropriate fora in the hope that eventually they will lead to negotiations between ZLW 40. Jg. 1/1991 1*

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