Proceedings of the Workshop - United Nations Office for Outer ...

Finally, even though it can be argued that some of the obligations in the Agreement arebinding on all States under customary international law, States who are not parties shouldconsider becoming Contracting Parties so that their rights and obligations are more clear andcertain.Bibliography1. Bin Cheng, Studies in International Space Law (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997)2. E. R. C. van Bogaert, Aspects of Space Law (Kluwer Law, 1986)3. Carl Q. Christol, The Modern International Law of Outer Space (Pergamon Press, 1982)4. R. Cargill Hall, “Rescue and Return of Astronauts on Earth and in Outer Space”, (1969) 63Amer. J. Int’l Law 197-210.5. P.H. Houben, “A New Chapter of Space Law: The Agreement on the Rescue and Return ofAstronauts and Space Objects,” (1968) 15 Netherlands Int’l Law Rev. 1216. R. Lee, “Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return ofObjects Launched into Outer Space,” 1 Manual on Space Law 53 (Jasentuliyana & Lee, editors,1979)