TY - JOUR
T1 - Human Rights and Space: Reflections on the Implications of Human Activity in Outer Space on Human Rights Law
AU - Ireland-Piper, Danielle
AU - Freeland, Steven
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - What are the implications of human activity in outer space for international human rights law? In this article, we reflect on these questions with a view to advancing dialogue on the intersection between space law and human rights. We do so by considering the impact of extra-terrestrial human activities such as access to space and remote-sensing activities, space debris, space mining, the weaponisation and militarization of space, and the assertion of criminal jurisdiction extra-terrestrially. Ultimately, we conclude that human activity in space has significant consequences for the advancement of human rights. While, in our view, existing legal frameworks on international human rights law apply extra-terrestrially, there is still scope for specialist frameworks guarding human rights law in the context of human activity in outer space.
AB - What are the implications of human activity in outer space for international human rights law? In this article, we reflect on these questions with a view to advancing dialogue on the intersection between space law and human rights. We do so by considering the impact of extra-terrestrial human activities such as access to space and remote-sensing activities, space debris, space mining, the weaponisation and militarization of space, and the assertion of criminal jurisdiction extra-terrestrially. Ultimately, we conclude that human activity in space has significant consequences for the advancement of human rights. While, in our view, existing legal frameworks on international human rights law apply extra-terrestrially, there is still scope for specialist frameworks guarding human rights law in the context of human activity in outer space.
U2 - 10.21827/GroJIL.9.1.101-127
DO - 10.21827/GroJIL.9.1.101-127
M3 - Article
VL - 9
SP - 101
EP - 127
JO - Groningen Journal of International Law
JF - Groningen Journal of International Law
IS - 1
ER -