The RUDN Space Week 2021 took place from 4 to 7 October 2021 within the framework of the World Space Week. The event was organised by the Zhukov Center for Space Law of the Department of International Law together with the RUDN University Engineering Academy. The event format included a Read more…
IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl gave an interview ahead of the Space Tech Expo Europe 2021, which will take place from 16 to 18 November 2021 in Bremen, Germany. Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl will moderate the panel “Establishing the Building Blocks of a Unified Space Governance for a Safer, More Sustainable Read more…
IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl participated in a workshop on “National Space Legislation: Why, When and For Whom?”, organised by the University of Luxembourg on 16 September 2021. He gave a presentation entitled “Reasons for adopting space legislation” during the First Panel which focussed on a European framework of space activities. Read more…
IISL president Kai-Uwe Schrogl and IISL Member Philippe Achilleas participated in the 2021 Seoul Defence Dialogue, which took place from 8 to 10 September 2021 and focussed on the topic “Borderless Security Crises and Multilateral Responses”. The programme of the 2021 Seoul Defence Dialogue 2021 is available here. The event Read more…
IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl participated in the 2021 Space Diplomacy Forum, an event co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea together with the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), a state think tank, and held on 12 August 2021. The forum was entitled “Envisioning a Read more…
The IISL today delivered its statement on Agenda Item 4. Information on the activities of international intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations relating to space law of the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. The statement was carried out by IISL Executive Secretary Prof. PJ Blount. Read more…
IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl gave a presentation at the GALIX Inaugural Congress held on 18 to 19 March 2021 . His presentation was held during Session 2 on ‘New Space Security Concerns’ and is entitled ‘The role of space law in maintaining safety and security in outer space’ (available here).
IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl gave a presentation on “Space in the year of COVID-19”, also highlighting the Institute’s activities during 2020. The presentation can be accessed here.
The 71st International Astronautical Congress opened today. Watch the welcome remark of IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl here:
In its very first virtual meeting on 22 March 2020, the IISL Board of Directors (BoD) sent a signal of capacity to act in times of the COVID-19 crisis. The BoD had planned to meet alongside the UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee in Vienna but had to schedule a virtual meeting organised Read more…