Berlin Space Assets Protocol 2012
https://doi.org/10.24833/0869-0049-2012-4-75-85
Abstract
In March 2012 a milestone event for the international space society took place: at the UNIDROIT Diplomatic conference held in Berlin was adopted the Space Assets Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. For the last thirty years it is the first international space treaty and the very first document governing commercial space activities.
The Convention and the Protocol are aimed at the establishment of an international legal regime for guaranteeing creditors’ rights in space assets and thus shall create investor-friendly climate in space industry. Although, despite the evident advantages, implementation of such a regime into practice will create substantial difficulties for space activity participants, which are considered in detail in the present article.
About the Authors
A. A. Desyatov
Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander A. Desyatov – Head of the Legal Department
O. A. Volynskaya
Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry for Economic Development of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga A. Volynskaya – postgraduate student of the International Law Department
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For citations:
Desyatov A.A., Volynskaya O.A. Berlin Space Assets Protocol 2012. Moscow Journal of International Law. 2012;(4):75-85. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/0869-0049-2012-4-75-85
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