The World Final Round of the IISL Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition will be held virtually on 26 October 2021 from 14.00 – 16.00 (CEST). In order to attend the finals please register at https://www.lyyti.in/World_Final_MLMC_2021, and you will be provided with connection details. The videoconferencing platform for this year’s finals Read more…
Both the 2022 Case and the Synopsis can be found and downloaded on our 2022 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Page. This year’s case is: Candidia vs. XenoviaCase Concerning Registration and Damages Involving Objects Manufactured in Space Candidia and Xenovia are two small nations with growing space sector Read more…
The Responses to the Requests for Clarification of this year’s Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition have been published! You can find them on the Lachs Moot page: This Year’s Competition and linked directly here and here.
The IISL Proceedings of the 2019 IISL Colloquium are now available for order. This volume contains the proceedings of the 62nd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in Washington DC, USA in October 2019, as well as the report of the IISL Standing Committee on the Status of Read more…
The International Institute of Space Law (“IISL”) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that by unanimous vote, it has approved Latin America as its 5th Region. Latin America joins the North American, European, Asia Pacific and African Regions. Regional winners receive financial support to attend the World Finals. The Read more…
The International Institute of Space Law is delighted to announce that the problem for the 2021 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition has now been released and is published on the Institute’s website (please see here). The case between the (fictional) States of Proclivia and Asteria involves the activities Read more…
Dear IISL community, It is with great regret that several upcoming IISL activities have been affected by COVID-19. The health of our members and participants absolutely comes first! Therefore, some regionals for the Manfred Lachs Moot Court will be postponed or held virtually. More information will be posted on the dedicated Read more…
Dear AP Teams: Here is more important information regarding the revised AP competition: • BIT will handle Memorial grading in the normal manner and announce scores on 25 April. International and AP Regional Rules applicable to Memorials are to be followed. After this initial grading is complete, BIT will advise Read more…
Responses to requests for clarification of the 2020 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition are now published. See for further information our Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition page and the 2020 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Problem. We are looking forward to this year’s competition!
The IISL has accepted to be a collaborating institution for the 3rd Manfred Lachs Space Law Conference on NewSpace Commercialisation and the Law, organised by the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law on 16-17 March 2015 at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal, Canada. IISL members will benefit from a reduced Read more…