Space Asset under the Space Protocol of the Cape Town Convention

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Online guide to the term ‘Space Asset’ written by Pai Zheng who is Assistant Professor at the International Law School of East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) in Shanghai, China and Ruo Wang an LL.M. Candidate (Public International Law) at ECUPL. The guide was published in 2014 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide explains how the term ‘Space Asset’ was first mentioned in the Cape Town Convention 2001 and was more fully defined in the Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Space Assets (Space Protocol) adopted in 2012. The author also covers issues relevant to Space Asset under international space law. Links are given to treaties and other legal materials mentioned in the guide.

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