LEGAL ASPECTS OF SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION WITHIN GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITAL SLOTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
LEGAL ASPECTS OF SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATION WITHIN GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBITAL SLOTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Summary/Abstract: Regarding satellite telecommunications, the critical legal theory of the generally accepted notion of international organizations tends to reflect the problems and issues in relation to the specific regulation of transnational services as a common good, which simultaneously begin to surface in the international community. Particularly focusing upon the legal aspects of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as well as the similarities and differences it share compared to other international intergovernmental organizations with an identical purpose, this paper tends to thoroughly analyze numerous issues in regards to the regulations of the geosynchronous orbit as a natural, yet limited and even scarce resource, and within it, the availability of orbital slots that contain national communication satellites. Possibility of exploitation, attempts of privatizing extraterrestrial real estate, manifestation of extraterritorial jurisdiction in comparison to its universal distinct and the significantly hazardous notion of space congestions all represent a realistic representation of what international law fails to appropriately regulate so far in terms of satellite telecommunication, which should be regarded as a global service, instead of its deliberate limitation.

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