TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bohlander,Michael
TI  - Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law: The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights 
T2  - Studies in International Criminal Law
SN  - 9789004677708
AV  - KZD1145 
U1  - 341.4/7 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill | Nijhoff
KW  - International and municipal law
KW  - Space law
KW  - Space warfare
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - It is statistically unlikely that humans are the only intelligent species in the universe. Nothing about the others will be known until contact is made beyond a radio signal from space that merely tells us they existed when it was sent. That contact may occur tomorrow, in a hundred years, or never. If it does it will be a high-risk scenario for humanity. It may be peaceful or hostile. Relying on alien altruism and benign intentions is wishful thinking. We need to begin identifying as a planetary species, and develop a global consensus on how to respond in either scenario
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004677708
ER  -