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Disaster management and international space law /

Is international law equipped to tackle the challenges posed by the dramatic increase in disasters? In Disaster Management and International Space Law Diego Zannoni attempts to answer this crucial question through an analysis of the main legal issues involved, addressing both prevention and relief,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zannoni, Diego (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff, [2019]
Colección:Studies in space law ; v. 15.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Disaster Management and International Space Law; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Addressing Disasters in Today's World; 2 A Premise on the Method; 1 Disaster Prevention; 1.1 A Historical Overview; 1.2 What Is a ""Disaster"" of International Significance?; 1.3 Natural and Man-Made Disasters; 1.4 The Prohibition of Transboundary Pollution; 1.5 The Duty to Notify Impending Man-Made Disasters; 1.6 Conclusions; 2 Humanitarian Assistance in the Wake of Disasters; 2.1 The Consent of an Affected State to Humanitarian Assistance
  • 2.2 Explicit and Implicit Refusal to Humanitarian Assistance in International Practice2.3 Arbitrary Refusal to Humanitarian Assistance in Situations of Armed Conflict; 2.4 Arbitrary Refusal to Relief Flights; 2.5 Arbitrary Refusal to Humanitarian Assistance in Situations of Disaster; 2.6 Refusing Humanitarian Assistance and Human Rights; 2.7 What Happens When Humanitarian Assistance Is Arbitrarily Refused?; 2.8 Refusing Humanitarian Assistance and the Role of the Security Council; 2.9 Towards a Responsibility to Protect in Case of Disaster?; 2.10 Airdrops and the Defence of Necessity
  • 2.11 Ascertaining the Arbitrariness of Refusal2.12 The Duty to Provide Humanitarian Assistance upon Request; 2.13 Conclusions; 3 The Operation of Satellites and the Consent of the Underlying State; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Is a Delimitation between Airspace and Outer Space Needed?; 3.3 Usque ad Coelum; 3.4 Spatialist Theories; 3.5 Functional Theory; 3.6 Conclusions; 4 Remote Sensing and Disaster Management; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Legal Value of General Assembly Resolutions; 4.3 The Legal Value of the Remote Sensing Principles
  • 4.4 The Principles of Remote Sensing as a Means to Interpret the Outer Space Treaty4.5 The State's Right to Privacy; 4.6 The Right to Disseminate Sensed Data to Third Countries; 4.7 The Transfer of Remote Sensing Technology; 4.8 The Sensed State's Right to Access Sensed Data; 4.9 Access to Sensed Data and Customary Law; 4.10 Reasonable Cost Terms in Practice; 4.11 Provisions and Omissions of the Resolution on Early-Warning of Disaster and Relief; 4.12 Data Transmission for Early-Warning of Disaster and Relief; 4.13 Verification of Remote Sensing Principles; 4.14 Conclusions
  • 5 Telecommunications and Disaster Management5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Consent of the Target State for Fixed Services; 5.3 The Consent of the Target State for Non-fixed Services; 5.4 The Priority of Distress and Safety Telecommunications; 5.5 The Special Protective Regime for Distress and Safety Frequencies; 5.6 Conclusions; Final Remarks; Bibliography; Index