The IISL Standing Committee on the Status of International Agreements Relating to Activities in Outer Space under the chairmanship of Andrei D. Terekhov (Ph.D. (Law), Moscow, Member of the International Academy of Astronautics, and Member of the IISL Board of Directors from 1994 to 2006) has published its 2022 Annual Read more…
Our newsletter for August 2022 is now available.Highlights include: News and Announcements IISL at the IAC Schedule Dinner Information Thanks to our Sponsor IISL/ECSL Symposium New Members of the IISL IISL Happy Hour – A Hommage to Prof. Bin Cheng Report on the European Rounds of the Manfred Lachs Space Read more…
The 2023 Lachs Moot Court Competition case has been published, Argyliam v. Koligian. This case concerns the use of lasers and other anti-satellite weapons in outer space. The case illustrates how the positioning of laser systems (The Palver) in orbit around the Earth by a State (Argyliam), combined with the Read more…
Our newsletter for February 2022 is now available.Highlights include: News and Announcements IISL Proceedings 2020 IISL President’s Statement on the Situation in Ukraine Space Law Workshop at Space Symposium Progress on McGill Encyclopedia of Space Law To read the newsletter, please visit here. If you have items for the newsletter, Read more…
IISL’s mission is to promote the rule of law in outer space. In the recent past, we have seen a deterioration of respect for existing, binding international space law. The current invasion of Ukraine represents an unprecedented new dimension of violation of international law. Taken into account with other such violations of Read more…
Our newsletter for February 2022 is now available.Highlights include: News and Announcements Awards Nominations New Email Addresses Register for IISL Happy Hour 11 Proceedings of the IISL 2020 IISL Colloquium Abstract Deadline Approaching IISL Young Scholars Symposium Online 2021 Galloway Symposium Report Happy Birthday to Judge Vereshchetin! Member News To read the Read more…
The IISL is pleased to announce the publication of a book celebrating its 60th anniversary of the Institute. The International Institute of Space Law: Six Decades of Space Law and its Development(s) (1960 – 2020) was edited by Prof. Stephan Hobe and includes a wealth of information on the history of the IISL and its contribution Read more…
The IISL Proceedings of the 2019 IISL Colloquium are now available for order. This volume contains the proceedings of the 62nd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in Washington DC, USA in October 2019, as well as the report of the IISL Standing Committee on the Status of Read more…
A “List of Weblinks to Works on Space Law of IISL Members” is available to all IISL Members. To access the list, log in with your credentials into the IISL website: http://members.iislweb.space/ and thereafter open the following link: https://members.iislweb.space/works-on-space-law/ The list will be updated once per year. Members are welcome to send Read more…
Each year since 2009, at the International Astronautical Congress, the Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture on Space Law is presented by a leading expert on space law. The 2022 Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture on Space Law will be presented at the IISL colloquium during the IAC in Paris, France. It will Read more…