Two presenters at the IAC 2019, enrolled at McGill University, are currently working on the use of arbitration to resolve space related disputes. They will present a paper on this topic at the IAC and have prepared an anonymous survey to industry colleagues who are lawyers for space companies. By Read more…
The application period for the 2019 ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy is open until 26 June 2019. This year’s course takes place at the University of Messina, where lectures and seminars will be offered by leading university professors and space industry practitioners covering the international and domestic Read more…
A group was tasked by the IISL Board to look into the question on whether or not cyber law should be a topic for future IISL Colloquia and something to study more intensively by the International Institute of Space Law. Read more: IISL Working Group on Cyber Law
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) recently concluded an agreement of cooperation and mutual understanding between their organizations, especially concerning cooperation related to the yearly International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the space community’s most important annual space congress. A Read more…
The IISL Board of Directors recently submitted a letter for the record to US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness May 23 hearing “Reopening the American Frontier: Exploring How the Outer Space Treaty Will Impact American Commerce and Settlement in Space.” The letter is Read more…
The IISL General Assembly in Jerusalem agreed to amend article 3.4 of the IISL Bylaws. This proposal concerns the transition from Prospective membership to Individual membership and aims to provide additional clarity to the process, based on experience with the new statutes and bylaws since their adoption in 2012. 2015 Read more…