Novel space activities
Submission of the Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement to UN COPUOS
On 15 November 2024, the Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement submitted an answer to UNOOSA's Invitation Circular OOSA/2024/43 CU 2024/221. The circular was distributed under the initiative of the Legal Subcommittee's Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities, and invited Committee members and permanent observers to provide contributions on […]
IISL President speaks at UN Conference on Space Law and Policy
21 November 2024. IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl was invited to speak today at the 2024 United Nations Conference on Space Law Policy in Vienna, Austria, taking place from 19 to 21 November 2024. The UN Conference on Space Law and Policy is part of a long-standing series of capacity-building organizing over 15 workshops and conferences […]
IISL President and Members speak at AALCO Webinar on Space Law for Emerging Space Actors
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 […]
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.
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 […]
2024 China Space Conference: Announcement of International Symposium on the Rule of Law in Outer Space
Update 18 April 2024: The live link is as follows: Symposium on the Rule of Law in Outer Space Netmeeting software: ZOOM, Conference number: 835 6507 7116, Password: 2024 On April 25, the 2024 International Symposium on the Rule of Law in Outer Space will be held in Wuhan, China during the course of the […]
IISL at the 2024 Space Symposium
9 April 2024. Organised by Skip Smith (Greenberg Traurig) and supported by Dennis Burnett (Hawkeye 360), IISL partnered with the Space Foundation in setting up the one full day Space Law Track at the 2024 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. The programme (below) featured institutional as well as commercial legal issues and highly profiled speakers […]