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IISL President and Members speak at Webinar on Space Law for Emerging Space ActorsNew!!
20 November 2024. IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl as well as several IISL members were invited to participate today in the Webinar on Space Law for Emerging Space Actors, organised by the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO). The webinar aims to explore the significance of space law-making for new entrants to the space sector, examine how […]
IISL PRISM Committee: Open Call for new members!New!!
Committee on Public Relations Including Social Media - PRISM Dear IISL Members, The IISL Committee on Public Relations Including Social Media (PRISM Committee) is currently reforming. It is the main mission of the PRISM Committee to use all modern means for communication with the general public to raise awareness of and further enhance the visibility […]
Save the Date - 13 December 2024: 19th Annual Eilene M. Galloway IISL Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law
A day of insightful discussions and networking at @Akin Gump in Washington DC. This IISL Symposium is a tribute to the enduring contributions of Eilene M. Galloway to space law and policy. Organized in partnership with McGill IASL and Space Court Foundation. To register, for either in-person or virtual, please go to spacecourtfoundation.org/IISLGalloway.
Call for Participation - Working Group on Indigenous Law and Governance and Non-State Peoples' Law and Governance in International Outer Space Law
Working Group Overview The expansion of outer space activities, including resource extraction and satellite deployment, necessitates a re-evaluation of existing legal frameworks to ensure globality and inclusivity. This Working Group, under the auspices of the International Institute for Space Law (IISL), aims to address these emerging challenges and opportunities and contribute to the ongoing evaluation […]
IISL intensifies and expands partnerships at IAC 2024
Next to our IISL Colloquium, the IAC 2024 and its exhibition offered the possibility to intensify and extend international partnerships of our Institute. New contacts into all regions of the world were made, that are going to create new and exciting shared activities with our partners. Below, see some of the impressions of perspectives of […]
IISL President keynote and interview during SDSC 2024
29 October 2024. IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl spoke in the context of the Software Defined Space Conference with Remco Timmermans, independent online marketing consultant for space. Schrogl (IISL, ESA) gave a keynote speech together with Tomas Hrozensky (ESPI) and Paul Liias (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia) on the topic of New Space Policy […]
Six days left to register for the UN World Space Forum 2024!
Only 6 days left to register for the UN World Space Forum 2024! The #WSF2024 is organized by UNOOSA in cooperation with Germany, the UAE and Peru from 3-5 December at the UN Campus in Bonn. Representatives from governments, agencies, science, business and civil society will discuss how space can become more sustainable and how satellites facilitate the implementation […]
Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Finals successfully held in Milan
The 2024 Finals of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition were successfully held in Milan. The Finals took place at the Palazzo Emilio Turati, the site of the Milan Chamber of Commerce. The Competition was organised by the IISL Moot Court Committee, comprised of Steven Freeland (Chair), Leslie I. Tennen (Co-Chair), Martha Mejia-Kaiser […]
IISL Awards Dinner 2024 and IISL Awardees
The IISL Awards Dinner 2024 took place on Thursday, 17 October 2024, at the Palazzo Emilio Turati in Milan -- the site of the Milan Chamber of Commerce, where also the IISL Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition took place. In a celebratory and cheerful ambience, the IISL awards were presented by Marco Ferrazzani […]
Meet the 2024 IISL Young Achiever Awardees
The Space Law Award for Young Achievers was introduced as a new category of award in early 2019 and recognises meritorious contributions or outstanding achievements relevant to the field of space law or distinctive service to the activities, events or goals of IISL by young individuals, that can serve as inspiration to the up-and-coming generation […]