The Space Law Stalemate

The governing international space law regime has been locked in a norm-creation stalemate for over 40 years. This stalemate endangers the preservation of established, guiding legal principles, as well as the sustainability of the parts of outer space that humans utilize.

Auteur

Anja Nakarada Pecujlic holds a doctoral degree in space law from the University of Cologne, Germany. After defending her thesis with honours, Anja joined a Bulgarian space start-up, EnduroSat, as a business developer, where she is in charge of strategic partnerships globally. Prior to that, from December 2017 until June 2020 she was the project manager for a European Space Agency (ESA)/Cologne University joint project: the ESA Convention Commentary. From 2014 to 2016, she was an external consultant of the European Space Policy Institute, Vienna, Austria. From 2009 until 2014 she studied at the school of law of the University of Vienna, where she specialised in international law with a focus on international space law. Subsequently, she continued to conduct space legal research, spoke at several international conferences, and published various articles in esteemed journals, chapters in books, and one edited book. Furthermore, she is the CEO and cofounder of the Serbian Case for Space Foundation in Belgrade, Serbia. This foundation was established in October 2017 with the aim to engage Serbia in the space domain.