The international community has suffered an irreplaceable loss with the passing of Ernst Fasan. His intellect was keen, and his foresight unmatched. Many tributes to Ernst mention his contagious smile, kindness, warmth, friendliness, humor, and professional excellence. And all who knew him recognized that he was inseparable from his inspiring Read more…
The sessions of the 2020 Colloquium on the Law of outer space were held online: IISL Young Scholars session and Dr. Jasentuliyana Keynote lecture by a leading space law expert Moon and Mars Settlement: Open Legal Issues Legal Implications of Evolving Remote Sensing Technologies Application of space law to cyber Read more…
15th Annual IISL Eilene Galloway Memorial Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law was held on 16 December 2020 as a virtual event. The topic was Space in the Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Program included: Welcome & Keynote: Kai-Uwe Schrogl, President, IISL (presentation available) Session 1 – Moderator: Joanne Gabrynowicz, Editor-in-Chief, Emerita, Journal of Space Law Guoyu Wang, Read more…
This memorial was authored and shared with the IISL by Marcia Smith. It was originally posted on 24 December 2020 on Space Policy Online. JoAnn Clayton Townsend, former director of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) at the National Academies and an AIAA Fellow, passed away last night from congestive heart failure. Read more…
Ambassador (Professor) Aldo Armando COCCA: A Space Law Pioneer beyond the skies (1924-2020) In Memoriam.
It is so difficult to accept that professor Luboš Perek left us at the age of 101 – we were so accustomed to having his sharp comments and a friendly smile around us! After Vladimír Kopal, another prominent Czech expert in space and space law is leaving our rows. Luboš Read more…
IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl addressed the 13th Eilene M. Galloway Memorial Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law in Washington, DC. Galloway Address
Professor Elisabeth Back Impallomeni passed away on 28 June 2018 at home in her home town Padua, where she spent the most important part of her family and professional life. The funeral took place on 2 July at the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, the Dome of Padua, followed by Read more…
It is with great sadness that IISL announces the passing of Walter Thiebaut, on 19 April 2018 at the age of 72. He spent more than 30 years as a civil servant with the European Space Agency and its predecessor organisations, firstly at ELDO, then at ESRO. After his Doctorate Read more…
Patricia M. Sterns was a longtime member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), and served two full terms on the Institute Board of Directors (1999-2007). She was an Honorary Director from 2008 until the time of her death. She served as a member and chair of the IISL’s Read more…