Tratado do espaço de 1967 : legado e desafios para o direito espacial.

Abstract

This work aims, in the light of International Law, to study the Outer Space Treaty, as structuring instrument of the international regime for outer space; highlighting its legacy and the challenges that are currently faced by Space Law, analyzed from the perspective of the Convention. In regard to the methodology, it was elected the deductive method, using extensive literature search. In the first chapter, the historical development of Space Law is studied, which is intertwined with the history of the ""Space Age"" itself, wich began with the launch of Sputnik I in 1957; in the same chapter the five treaties that combined form the corpus iuris of International Law are also studied. In the second chapter, the Outer Space Treaty is approached by a precise analysis of its devices under the perspective of Internacional Law. The common good clause, the principle of non-appropriation, the demilitarization of space, the astronauts, States¿ responsibility for damage caused by space activities and the prospects of cooperation in and to Space are analyzed. Lastly, the third chapter brings the challenges of Space Law in the twenty-first century analyzed in the light of Outer Space Treaty. The study is based on the delimitation of bordes¿s issue between air and outer space, space debris and the exploitation of natural resources and the participation of private companies. It is concluded that although relevant to Space Law, meeting the demands placed at the time, the 1967¿s Outer Space Treaty is no longer able to meet these and other challenges that are currently imposed.