تنازُع الاتفاقيات الدوليَّة المتعلِّقة باستغلال موارد الفضاء الخارجي

Abstract

Peering into the issue of conflicts between international conventions unveils an international legal framework meticulously designed to regulate and address the challenges emanating from such conflicts. This framework is epitomized by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) (1969). The principal objective of this convention is to establish mechanisms for resolving any disputes arising from conflicts between international conventions.

We believe that the conflicts arising from international conventions may stem from objective factors, such as the regulation of a specific legal subject across multiple conventions, as seen in those conventions governing the space sector. Furthermore, we contend that there is a technical aspect related to the wording or language in which these conventions are drafted, which can be classified as technical reasons.

The researcher observes that the legal phenomenon of conflicts between international conventions is an inevitable consequence of the proliferation of conventions that regulate a common international subject serving a certain sector, such as the space sector. Numerous studies and legal research have addressed the issue of conflicts between international conventions in detail, due to the significant legal consequences that arise from such conflicts, which present a pivotal challenge when they occur.