Publication

2024
IISL at IAU conference
26 June 2024

At the conference on "Communicating astronomy with the Public" of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), which was held at the Cité de l'Espace in Toulouse, IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl gave a keynote on the policy and legal aspects to deal with light pollution and radiofrequency interference from space objects. The presentation (download below) built on […]

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2024
IISL member news: Limina Journal - Call for Papers
10 June 2024

IISL Member Professor Michael Bohlander in his capacity as Volume Editor for the Limina – The Journal of UAP Studies invites IISL members to take notice of the call for papers for a special volume of the Journal. Please see details below. "Alien encounter narratives in judicial proceedings" Limina – The Journal of UAP Studies […]

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2023
Happy New Year from the IISL!
9 January 2024

IISL wishes all of its members a wonderful 2024! Starting off the year with a remarkable flashback to the beginnings of space law, we are delighted to make available to you another IISL publication, prepared by our esteemed member and Honorary Director of IISL Stephen E. Doyle. The book “Pioneers of Space Law: Vladimir Mandl” […]

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2023
IISL publishes Report of IISL Light Pollution WG
5 July 2023

In 2019, deployment started of the two first large constellations of satellites which are intended to provide global broadband internet. The resulting launch of several thousands of satellites into Low Earth Orbit has caused a steady increase in the light pollution of the night sky. In 2021, the Board of Directors of IISL agreed to […]

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2022
Fourteenth Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture 2022
31 December 2022

The fourteenth Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture was held in 2022 by Armel Kerrest. The title is: For the benefit and in the interests of all countries, irrespective of their degree of economic or scientific development. The text of the keynote lecture can be accessed below.

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