Liability in International Space Law

• Author: Kyrylo Muraviov, Serhii Didenko and Roman Mkrtchian
• Position: Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (Kyiv, Ukraine)/Doctor of Law, Professor, Kherson Institute of 'Interregional Academy of Personnel Management' (Kherson, Ukraine)/Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor, Kherson Institute of 'Interregional Academy of Personnel Management' (Kherson, Ukraine)
• Pages: 71-82

Advanced Space Law, Volume 3, 2019 71

Liability in International Space Law

Kyrylo Muraviov1

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management

(Kyiv, Ukraine).

E-mail: donkiril@ukr.net

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4422-4116

Serhii Didenko 2

Doctor of Law, Professor, Kherson Institute of “Interregional Academy of Personnel

Management” (Kherson, Ukraine)

E-mail: didenko19520@ukr.net

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3349-4046

Roman Mkrtchian3

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor, Kherson Institute of “Interregional Academy of Personnel

Management” (Kherson, Ukraine)

E-mail: mroman1985@ukr.net

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7524-7401

The article is devoted to the analysis of the norms of international and national legislation regulating

the issue of liability in international space law and investigation of the grounds for liability in space

law. Special attention is paid to the forms and types of legal responsibility for the violation of law in the

domain of space activities. The study explores the issue of absolute liability in international space law. The

analysis of space law makes it possible to conclude that both in international law and international space

law, material liability of states for non-compliance with international law norms in the implementation of

space activities is complemented with political liability. There is made a conclusion about the necessity of

making amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Space Activities” aimed to foresee the norms of liability

for taking space oences. The solution to these problems is hampered primarily by the lack of experience

and judicial practice in this area. Further research in this eld will contribute to the development of a

systematic approach to international legal regulation of liability in space law.

Keywords: international public law, international private law, space law, liability, liability grounds,

absolute liability, oences, space activities, convention, national sources, insurance

Received: January 17, 2019; accepted: February 20, 2019

Advanced Space Law, Volume 3, 2019: 71-82.

https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2019/3/6

© Muraviov, Kyrylo, 2019

© Didenko, Serhii, 2019

© Mkrtchian, Roman, 2019