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The Law of International Responsibility edited by Crawford, James; Pellet, Alain; Olleson, Simon; Parlett (Assistant), Kate (20th May 2010)
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Part IV The Content of International Responsibility, Ch.59 Space Law

Mathias Forteau

From: The Law of International Responsibility

Edited By: James Crawford, Alain Pellet, Simon Olleson, Kate Parlett (Assistant)

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Commentaries on International Law
Published in print:
20 May 2010
ISBN:
9780199296972

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved.date: 15 February 2019

Subject(s):
Responsibility of states — Responsibility of international organizations — Reparations — Damages — Airspace
The regime governing international responsibility for outer space is something of an exception amongst the various regimes on responsibility. It is the only system which expressly imposes an absolute obligation of reparation, both on States and on international organizations, in the absence of any wrongful conduct. The specificity of this regime is underlined by the fact that it is strongly oriented in favour of the victim. 1 The regime is effectively organized so that the victim can most easily obtain reparation for the damage suffered. The legal regime governing...
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