The True Solution to the Legal Conflict Regarding Outer Space

Abstract

During the last decades, thanks to the biggest advance in technology, the law has taken new forms that have never been thought by doctrinaires and specialists in this topic, in order to this the present text will focus on get deeper around a particular conflict in the public international law. Find the solution about the juridical conflict in the outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, territory that was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations of 1963. This with sights to resolve and prevent a possible arms race in the same territory and possible conflicts between nations that have enough resources to start a weapon race in the space and especially in massive destruction weapons, because if this conflict became real the consequences will not be just in the outer space, they will reflect on earth. To accomplish this objective, they will be used different texts and documents of doctrinaires and laws of public international law, also some of the most important normative documents of the United Nations that attend this topic. All of this to accomplish a real answer about if it is truly necessary to create a new judicial framework or if the currently existing documents are enough to protect the security and interests of the international community.

Keywords: Outer space, public international law, weapon of mass destruction