The 1967 Outer Space Treaty | Spanish C2
Read the key articles of the Outer Space Treaty on appropriation, weapons, private companies, liability and consultation.
El Tratado del Espacio de 1967, artículo por artículo
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What you'll learn
Legal vocabulary, close reading of an international treaty, and advanced concessive and conditional structures.
The article explains key provisions of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty from the official UN text and shows the limits of each rule.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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entró en vigor
newentered into force
Used when a law or treaty began to have legal effect.
Useful in historical and legal texts.
con independencia de
newregardless of
The phrase shows that one condition does not alter the statement.
It helps express broad rules precisely.
no equivale a
newdoes not amount to
The phrase distinguishes two related but different ideas.
Useful for argument and clarification.
la debida consideración
newdue regard
A legal expression for the duty to consider the interests of others.
It helps with the language of international law.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Appropriation
apropiación
appropriation
Making something one's own or taking ownership of it.
A key word for understanding Article II.
Claim
reivindicación
claim
In law, a formal assertion of a right or authority.
It distinguishes an argument from a legal claim.
To place
emplazar
to place
To position an object in a particular location.
Often used for weapons and equipment.
Supervision
supervisión
supervision
Ongoing oversight of how an activity is carried out.
Important for the state's role regarding private companies.
Jurisdiction
jurisdicción
jurisdiction
A state's legal authority over an object or person.
Needed to understand the link between registration and control.
Interference
injerencia
harmful interference
An action that obstructs or disrupts another activity.
Useful for the language of consultation and risk prevention.
Reciprocity
reciprocidad
reciprocity
A principle under which parties grant each other the same right.
It clarifies the condition for visiting facilities.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Concession with aunque
Aunque su título suele abreviarse, el texto abarca el espacio, la Luna y los demás cuerpos celestes.
Although its title is often shortened, the text covers space, the Moon and other celestial bodies.
Aunque introduces a fact that does not cancel the main statement.
Useful for complex argument.
The sea...o pattern
Sea pública o privada, la actividad sigue vinculada a un Estado.
Whether public or private, the activity remains linked to a state.
Sea...o presents two alternatives without changing the conclusion.
It covers contrasting cases concisely.
A real condition with si
Si un Estado parte tiene motivos para creer que una actividad o experimento espacial previsto por otro Estado parte causaría una injerencia potencialmente perjudicial en la exploración y el uso pacíficos del espacio, puede pedir consultas.
If a state party has reason to believe that a planned space activity or experiment by another state party would cause potentially harmful interference with peaceful exploration and use of outer space, it may request consultations.
Si introduces a possible condition with tiene. The conditional causaría reports the anticipated interference, and puede states the available legal action.
Useful for explaining procedures.
Passive se
La visita no es inmediata: debe notificarse con antelación razonable para celebrar consultas y adoptar precauciones de seguridad y de continuidad operativa.
The visit is not immediate: it must be notified in advance.
Se notifica focuses on the required action rather than the actor.
Common in rules and procedures.
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