In 1988 the Institute of Air
and Space Law at Cologne University, Germany, represented by Prof.
Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, the Institute of State and Law
of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, represented by Prof.
Vladlen 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, initiated a common
research project which resulted in drafting a Convention on Manned
Space Flight.
The intention was to promote
international discussions in appropriate fora hoping that eventually
they will lead to negotiations between interested States either
in the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space
(COPUOS) or elsewhere. The Draft Convention was communicated to
the Legal Sub-Committee of COPUOS as well as to government bodies
in the three countries concerned.
In 1992 the Institute of Air
and Space Law organized an International Colloquium on Manned
Space Flight the results of which can be found in the proceedings
"Manned Space Flight", edited by Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel,
Cologne 1993.
The Draft is published
in:
- Böckstiegel/ Vereshchetin/ Gorove, Draft for a Convention on Manned Space Flight, German Journal of Air and Space Law (ZLW), 1991, p. 3 et seq., and in Journal of Space Law 1990, p. 209 et seq.
- Manned Space Flight, edited by Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Cologne 1993 et al, p. 7 et seq.
Further information is
given in :
- Manned Space Flight, edited by Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Cologne 1993.
- Böckstiegel/Focke, Legal Aspects in the Light of Scientific and Technical Development, Journal of Space Law 1992, p. 168 et seq.
- Focke, International Colloquium on Manned Space Flight, Conference Report, ZLW 1992, p. 287.
- Bittlinger, Menschen im Weltraum, in: Böckstiegel (ed.), Handbuch des Weltraumrechts, Cologne 1991, p. 205 et seq.
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