IISL convenes Working Groups on current issues of space law and space law development. These Working Groups are initiated by our members and membership of a working group is open to IISL members as well as in certain instances, to non-IISL members.
Find below information on our past and current Working Groups.
Reports of our Working Groups can be found under IISL Publications.
IISL Working Group reports
IISL Working Group on Light Pollution The final report of the 'IISL Working Group on Light Pollution of the Night Sky from a Space Law Perspective' is availabl…
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Current Working Groups
For more information on the IISL Working Groups below, visit there individual pages.
IISL Working Group on Next steps in STM
On-going work by the group coordinated by IISL members Maruska Strah and Yu Takeuchi. Working Group Overview Proposing a Workplan on STM for the UNCOPUOS LSC a…
IISL Working Group on SETI and Law
The Working Group is currently restructuring. More information coming soon... Archive
IISL Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement
IISL Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement is initiated and coordinated by IISL Director Fabio Tronchetti. Dear Members, Prospective Members, and F…
IISL Working Group on Legal aspects of AI in space
Initiated and coordinated by IISL member Tuana Yazici. Working Group Overview The IISL AI Study Group, initiated and coordinated by IISL member Tuana Yazici, i…
IISL Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, Non-State Peoples, and Outer Space Law
Working Group Overview The expansion of outer space activities, including resource extraction and satellite deployment, necessitates a re-evaluation of existin…
Past Working Groups
IISL Working Group on Light Pollution
The Working Group is closed. Background of the Working Group At the Spring Meeting of 2021, the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Space Law …
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- Update on IISL Lunchtime events during IAC 2024
During this year’s IAC in Milan, IISL is holding two special lunch time events: a General Counsel Roundtable and the presentation of the current work under the IISL Study Group on Legal Aspects of AI in space. General Counsel Roundtable On Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 13-14 h in Green Hall 3 This panel provides… Read more: Update on IISL Lunchtime events during IAC 2024 - IISL lunch time events at IAC in MilanDear IISL Members, During this year’s IAC in Milan, IISL will hold two special lunch time events: a General Counsel Roundtable and the presentation of the current work under the IISL Study Group on Legal Aspects of AI in space. General Counsel Roundtable On Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 13-14 h in Green Hall 3 For this… Read more: IISL lunch time events at IAC in Milan
- Academics at Durham Law School and St Andrews University launch global online survey on contact with extraterrestrial intelligence
The survey is available in four languages (English, German, French and Spanish), with additional invitations in Arabic and Chinese. For the invitations containing further information and the links to the survey see the link below. - Call for participation in the IISL Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement
Dear Members, Prospective Members, and Friends of the International Institute for Space Law (IISL), We are pleased to invite you to participate in the newly established Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement. Working Group Overview In light of the ongoing efforts to set up a framework to govern the utilization of space… Read more: Call for participation in the IISL Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement - IISL at IAU conference
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… Read more: IISL at IAU conference