The Role of International Law in Considering the Status of Astronauts

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Department of Public Law, Faculty of Islamic and Arab Studies Girls in Alexandria, Alexandria City, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

Abstract

Outer space is of great importance in the international arena; as a public property for the benefit of all mankind. States have the right to exploit and use it without discrimination as it is not subject to the State's national sovereignty. International law has legalized the areas of the use of outer space through International Agreements limiting its use to peaceful purposes as:
Scientific explorations benefiting the entire world, foreign trade subject to non-governmental authorities, and other peaceful uses, as well as international law allowing the use of technology in space, have helped to achieve sustainable development, such use of outer space by spacecraft and their astronauts who have been covered by international protection law. It grants them public rights in accordance with humanity and special rights as astronauts.
The purpose of the study was to clarify these rights, which guarantee their safety. International law guarantees them rights over the launching State (which owns the space object), which guarantees them safe access, and other rights over States parties when astronauts experience an accident or emergency landing in the territory of any such State. In this research, I am going to clarify the definition of "Astronauts", their role in achieving peaceful purposes of space exploration, and the rights guaranteed by international conventions of astronauts when they are in outer space.

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