IISL Newsletter – August 2023
IISL Newsletter – August 2023 featuring our latest news, activities, publications, and member news on space law.
IISL Newsletter – August 2023 featuring our latest news, activities, publications, and member news on space law.
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 form a new ‘Working Group on the Light Pollution of the Night Sky from a Space Law Perspective.’ The goals Read more
Legal Aspects of Dark and Quiet Skies Overview The 2023 Symposium was held in hybrid format on 28 March, 15:00 – 17:00 Vienna Time (CEST) in Board Room D, Vienna International Centre. A panel of prestigious speakers discussed the following subject: “Legal Aspects of Dark and Quiet Skies” on the margins of the 62nd session of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN COPUOS, among which Rafael Moro Aguilar, Chair of the IISL Working Group IISL Read more
The Latin American Rounds of the Lachs Moot Court will take place at the Office of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs on April 11 and 12, 2023, as part of the ReLaCa annual meeting. Teams from across the region will participate.
IISL Newsletter – February 2023 featuring our latest news, activities, publications, and member news on space law.
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.
13th IISL Happy Hour was held on 18 November 2022, 16:00- 17:00 CET. That was a session to review the IAC-22 held 18-24 September in Paris for further enhancing visibility of the IISL in the IAC and also providing better services for the IISL members in the coming IAC conference. 11 members attended this Happy Hour, and several participants attended it for the first time since February 2021, when the first IISL Happy Hour was Read more
Dear IISL members, We will have a next IISL Happy Hour on 18 November 2022, 16:00-17:00 CET. The theme is the review of IAC. IAC-22 was held 18-24 September in Paris. Many of us, IISL members attended IAC and involved with various activities including especially making a presentation and/or exchanging views at the IISL Colloquium. Two months having passed since the IAC-22, it seems high time we reviewed the IAC-22 through members perspectives, lessons learned, Read more
We are happy to announce a special edition of the IISL Happy Hour- “A Hommage to Prof. Bin Cheng (1921- 2019) by the IISL” – on 28 May 2022. Prof. Bin Cheng is a formidable figure in international law and in particular, in the fields of air and space law. Prof. Cheng made significant contributions to the theory of international law and enriched the field through concepts such as the notion of “instant customary international law” and “jurisfaction and jurisaction”. Yet, this is Read more
National Laws and Regulations to Ensure Space Sustainability Overview The 2022 Symposium was held in hybrid/virtual format on 5 April, 15:00 – 17:00 Vienna Time (CEST) in Board Room D, Vienna International Centre. A panel of prestigious speakers discussed the following subject: “National Laws and Regulations to Ensure Space Sustainability” on the margins of the 61st session of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN COPUOS. Please find an abstract and the Symposium programme below. This Read more