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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 resources as well as the plans to return to Moon, the Working Group on the Future of the Moon Agreement, Read more

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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 the recent IISL study on this topic (download here) and the co-sponsorship by IISL of the respective UNCOPUOS documents led Read more

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26th Asia-Pacific Regional Round of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition 2024 Concluded

24 June 2024 — The Asia-Pacific Regional Round happened at Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan two years in a row and concluded its 2024 round on 9th June 2024. The Regional Round was supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Space Policy Secretariat of the Cabinet Office, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and was sponsored by Anderson Mori & Tomotsune、TMI Associates, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Mitsubishi Corporation, Nishimura & Asahi, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, Read more

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The 2024 Latin American Regional MLSLMCC – Photo impressions

The 2024 Regional Round of the Latin American Region of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition was successfully held. The event was organised by the Universidad Católica de Colombia. This year’s Latin American rounds of the Manfred Lachs Moot Court were held in Jaén, Spain, on May 8-9, 2024, bringing together teams from across the region to engage in a fierce legal competition. This year’s event saw an incredible display of legal and Read more

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IISL Happy Hour #15 held

IISL Happy Hours are events coordinated and co-hosted by IISL Members Setsuko Aoki and Quentin Verspieren. This is a monthly 60-minute program starting with a presentation by an IISL member about a recent project or study, followed by a free discussion session during which all participating IISL members are invited to chat and report on their relevant activities. For the 14th IISL Happy Hour, Dr. Quentin Verspieren, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at The University Read more

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IISL member news: Limina Journal – Call for Papers

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 | Special Volume | Call for papers Volume editor Professor Michael Bohlander Chair in Global Law and SETI Policy| Durham Read more

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Register for IISL Happy Hour #15

Dear IISL Members, The 14th Happy Hour of the IISL will be held on 12 June 2024, 12:45-13:45 (CEST).  It is high time we got together again to exchange views on a timely and relevant space law issue, as well as updating ourselves as space law family members. The theme on 12 June is “the Zero Debris Charter” as the world’s most ambitious technical vision of space debris mitigation and remediation to date.   The speaker Read more

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IISL 2024 Elections – nominations period closed

The nominations period for the 2024 IISL Elections has come to an end, and we would like to sincerely thank all members who participated – through being nominated, or through supporting nominations – this year. The Election Committee will publish the names of nominees for the vacant positions soon. The voting period will take place between 15 June and 15 July 2024.

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IISL at UN Space Conference in Portugal

15 May 2024. IISL’s President spoke at the UN/Portugal conference “Management and Sustainability of Outer Space Activities” (conference site here). This conference was held in view of the UN Summit of the Future in autumn and built on the Policy Brief on space in preparation of it. IISL’s President Kai-Uwe Schrogl gave a presentation (download below) on IISL‘s contributions to the management and sustainability of outer space activities and offered to make IISL available for anyfollow-up of the Summit of the Read more

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