Human rights law

Ajevski, Marjan (2025). Human rights law. In: Hofmann, Mahulena and Blount, P.J. eds. Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Space Law. Elgar, pp. 122–125.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207361

Abstract

Human rights law has become an increasingly important and dynamic field of international law. It has both global and regional iterations, such as the United Nations or the Council of Europe. As such, it is a fragmented regime, and States belong to multiple conventions regulating the same set of rights. The human rights regime is also one of the most developed state responsibility regimes, with thousands of cases decided by different regional courts or UN Treaty Bodies. As humanity intensifies its presence in outer space, human rights will become ever more relevant. Their interpretation will have to adapt to the new physical realities and challenges that space presents to human habitation. This entry will outline some issues regarding the purpose, scope and jurisdiction and highlight some possible future issues that human rights present to the law of outer space.

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