The IISL was very active at this year’s International Astronautical Congress in Paris. We are dedicating this email to sharing all the news and happenings from that event with you. The IISL’s annual Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space is the highlight of yearly activities, and this year’s Colloquium Read more…
Welcome to the October edition of the IISL Newsletter! In this newsletter you’ll find IISL news items and a number of announcements, including information on the upcoming IISL General Assembly as well as a few opportunities to get involved in the work of the IISL. Watch your email boxes as Read more…
Our newsletter for September 2022 is now available. This Newsletter is a special edition containing information on the IISL Activities at this year’s International Astronautical Congress in Paris, 18 September-22 September. Keep an eye on the IISL Website and Twitter for any late breaking announcements! To read the newsletter, please visit here. If you Read more…
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…
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 2021 Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture on Space Law was presented at the IISL colloquium during the IAC in Dubai, UAE. It was given Read more…