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lated some recommendations on these matters and, inter alia, highlighted the role of eth-
ical principles in space law which 'must come before law and not the reverse', although
'contrary opinions must be taken into account' (COMEST, 2003). As previously stressed,
the ethical principles (freedom of use, common benefits, etc.) are legal principles and they
were included within space treaties as a counterpart to space freedoms .
