Dispute Settlement in Outer Space

Abstract

International relations are inextricably linked to the emerging and settling of disputes. Although international law is created to balance diverging interests and to prevent international disagreements, it is nearly inevitable that disputes connected to the interpretation and application of international rules arise. In order to maintain international peace and stability and to ensure the correct application of the law, international law has long established methods and practices to settle international disputes, the so-called dispute settlement mechanisms.