Dear IISL Members,The year is coming to an end and we would like to extend our heartfelt best wishes to all of you and wish you a successful 2025! Thank you for your interest and continued engagement and for making IISL successful and offering a valuable contribution to the space (law) world! As a special seasonal gift to all of you, we are very happy to share with you the link to our newest publication. Read more
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 elements for an initial draft set of recommended principles for space resource activities. The Invitation Circular as well as the Read more
Dear Members, The IISL General Assembly will take place virtually on 14 December at 13:00 h UTC / 14:00 Paris time. IISL Members in good standing have received by email a link to join the meeting and the agenda in the week before the meeting (Subject: IISL General Assembly Meeting; sent on 11 December 2024). Please find the agenda below. Kind regards, The IISL Team
Dear IISL Members, The next IISL General Assembly will be held on 14 December, 14:00 h Central European Time (Paris). The event will take place virtually and the meeting link as well as the agenda for the Assembly will be distributed to Members on good standing. The General Assembly will address the activities of IISL since the last assembly, the work of the IISL Committees and Officers, operational matters of IISL, as well as the Read more
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 on space law and policy, organised by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs. This year the Office has moved Read more
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 the experiences of mature space powers in Asia, Europe, and North America can inform these processes, and emphasise the importance Read more
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 of IISL and of the relevance of its activities in order to further the aims and objectives of IISL, in Read more
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.
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 of an interplay between international law (lex generalis) and international outer space law (lex specialis). Call for Participation The Working Read more
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 our week at IAC 2024: Azercosmos – Space Academy On 15 October, IISL’s Kai-Uwe Schrogl (President), PJ Blount (Executive Secretary), Read more