International Legal Regulation of the Missile Technology Control Regime in the Aspect of Private Space Company Activities -

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by Valentyn Halunko¹, Yurii Buhlak² and Oleg Pauk³
¹ Academic Journal “Advanced Space Law”, President of Company “Scien?e and Space” (Kyiv, Ukraine)
² Donetsk Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine)
³ Institute of Technical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Dnipro, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2020/5/4
Received: February 10, 2020 / Accepted: March 2, 2020 / Published: May 1, 2020

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Abstract

In the article, the analysis of the provisions of the Missile Technology Control Regime enables to conclude that it requires to be amended, or, which is better, replaced by a new high-level international legal treaty. The authors reveal that classic civilian launch vehicles built by private space companies have a common good for humanity; in particular, they increase the chance of human survival as a result of global natural or human-made disasters. The authors conclude that a new paradigm should be implemented: from restraining the transfer of rocket technology to encouraging this process by space companies under the banner of democracies governed by the rule of law. At the same time, the authors argue that more effective international legal sanctions and controls should be implemented by the international community to prevent ballistic missiles from getting to terrorists.

Keywords: export control, weapons of mass destruction, space companies, international law, missile technology, launch vehicle, control regime, sanctions, terrorism

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Halunko, Valentyn, Yurii Buhlak, and Oleg Pauk (2020) International Legal Regulation of the Missile Technology Control Regime in the Aspect of Private Space Company Activities. Advanced Space Law, Volume 5, 34-47. https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2020/5/4

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