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The European Union as an Actor of International Space Law
Hajdúk, Roman ; Hofmannová, Mahulena (advisor) ; Ondřej, Jan (referee)
This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive outlook on the EU's position in the system of international space law. It delves into the structure, legal regulations, nature, and individual components of the EU's space programme. Furthermore, it examines the space dimension in relations between the EU and the UN, and the EU's position on the selected UN space treaties. Additionally, the thesis discusses the cooperation between the EU and ESA, and the nuances of their relations. The first chapter provides a historical overview of the EU's involvement in space and explores the nature and limitations of the EU's space competence within the framework of EU law. In the second chapter, the EU's present space activities are analysed, focusing on the recent legal regulations governing the EU's space programme. This chapter also assesses the objectives, structure, and governance of the EU's space activities and explores the individual components of the EU's space programme and their character. The third chapter examines the EU's stance on the Outer Space Treaty, the Liability Convention, and the Registration Convention. It discusses their impact on the EU's space legislation, as well as the issues connected with the registration and liability for the EU space objects. The chapter also briefly discusses the...
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Legal regulation of the status of private persons in space law
Zíka, Tadeáš ; Ondřej, Jan (advisor) ; Pelikánová Urbanová, Kristýna (referee)
Legal regulation of the status of private persons in space law Abstract This thesis deals with the issue of regulation of rights and obligations of private persons in space law. It aims to determine to what extent public space international law addresses private persons, what obligations international treaties impose on private persons and how states adapt them into their national legal systems. The first chapter of the thesis presents the historical background against which space law has developed and which has had a significant impact on its current form. Subsequently, space law is defined, placed in the context of public international law and compared with the most similar legal regimes - the law of the sea, the law of the airspace and the Antarctic treaty system. The second chapter focuses on introducing the various space treaties that form the core of international space law. These treaties are the Outer Space Treaty, the Rescue Agreement, the Liability Convention, the Registration Convention and the Moon Agreement. In addition to a general introduction, the thesis focuses in particular on those provisions from which implications for the activities of private parties can be inferred. The chapter also introduces key international governmental and non-governmental organizations active in the field of...
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Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty and its implementation in Czech Republic
Štenclová, Klára ; Hofmannová, Mahulena (advisor) ; Ondřej, Jan (referee)
Title of the thesis in English Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty and its implementation in Czech Republic Abstract This thesis deals with the international responsibility of the state for national activities in outer space, and more specifically with issues related to such responsibility as the interpretation of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty and its implementation in national legislation, especially in the Czech Republic. The aim of this work is to comprehensively describe and then analyse the legal regime of space law, focusing on Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty and its effects on legal regulation in the Czech Republic. The first and second parts of the thesis present the general theory and development of space law, together with the presentation of the responsibility of the state under international public law, and in this case also subsequently described with reference to space law. The third part of the thesis focuses on the creation of Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty and analyses its provisions. It raises its issue, in particular, the vagueness of the terms contained in the article and this, consequently, constitutes a difference of interpretation of that article. This part also addresses the links of Article VI to Articles VII and VIII of the Outer Space Treaty. The fourth part...
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