IISL News

IISL Lifetime Achievement awardee Christian Brünner celebrates 80th birthday

In a festive event at Graz, Austria, on 9 June 2022, IISL Lifetime Achievement awardee Prof. Dr. Christian Brünner academically celebrated his 80th birthday. At the event (programme here), dignitaries from Graz University and the Austrian and the regional government acknowledged the great achievements of Christian Brünner for establishing space law in academic research in Austria. IISL was represented by Alexander Soucek as the welcome speaker and Kai-Uwe Schrogl and Sergio Marchisio as thematic speakers. Read more…

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IISL statement at 2022 COPUOS

The sixty-fifth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) this year is being held from 1 to 10 June 2022 in Vienna. Today, on 8 June 2022, during the morning session, IISL Executive Secretary PJ Blount delivered the IISL’s statement under Agenda Item 5. General exchange of views. The statement can be accessed here.

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Happy Hour – Special Edition: “A Hommage to Prof. Bin Cheng (1921- 2019) by the IISL”

On 28 May 2022, 14:00-15:00 UTC, a special edition of the IISL Happy Hour- “A Hommage toProf. Bin Cheng (1921- 2019) by the IISL” was held. Dr. Zhenjun Zhang, Executive Director of the China Institute of Space Law (CISL) made a keynote speech titled “Prof Bin Cheng and his Success Stories as Master of Masters.” This was followed by three speakers who have personal profound relationship with Prof. Bin Cheng. Prof. Maureen Williams, Honorary Chair Read more…

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IISL President presenting during United Nations/Chile Conference on Space Law and Policy

The 2022 United Nations/Chile Conference on Space Law and Policy addressed the topic of Governance and Legal Perspectives on Space Activities in Earth Orbit and Beyond and was held on between 10 and 12 May 2022 in virtual format. IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl presented on space traffic management under the title Towards a regime for Space Traffic Management – governance perspective on 11 May 2022. During the presentation, the IISL President highlighted that the Institute Read more…

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IISL President presenting at the Space Law Research Centre (SPARC) in Lisbon, Portugal

The IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl presented during the 3rd edition of the Space Law Course at the Space Law Research Centre (SPARC), Nova School of Law in Lisbon on 5 May 2022. His presentation was entitled Key issues in international space policy and regulation. At the outset of the presentation, Schrogl set two recent trends in the space industry against each other bearing consequences for the development of space law and policy: on one hand, Read more…

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IISL President presenting on «Harmful Impact» in the space treaties: responsibility and liability

The IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl presented during the Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2022 on 4 May 2022 in the Session on Law and Regulations on the topic of « Harmful Impact » in the Space Treaties: Responsibility and Liability. The presentation outlined that when discussing harmful impact, it was necessary to differentiate between intended and non-intended harmful impact; harmful impact resulting from actions of governmental vs. non-governmental actors; and harmful impact resulting from disregard of Read more…

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Announcement of IISL Happy Hour 12 – Special Edition

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 Read more…

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IISL 2022 Board Elections

The IISL Election Committee, currently comprising José Monserrat Filho (Chair), George D. Kyriakopoulos and Leslie I. Tennen invites you to take part in the 2022 IISL Board Elections.All IISL Members are entitled to put themselves forward for the following elected positions on the Board: President (one position) Vice-President (one position) Directors (four positions) The names of the IISL Board members whose term of office expires this year are:President: Kai-Uwe SchroglVice-President: Diane Howard (vacant on resignation)Directors: Read more…

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University of Bologna scholarships for Ukranian students (i.e. PhD students, post-docs, researchers) 

The University of Bologna is granting scholarships to students (i.e. PhD students, post-docs, researchers) who are refugees from Ukraine, refugees in Ukraine or holders of permanent residence permits in Ukraine. In particular, the scholarships will be granted to   1.       Visiting PhD: for PhD students.   2.       Research fellowship: for graduates and post-docs.   3.       Visiting researcher: for graduates, PhD students, post-docs, researchers, and professors.  Seen this opportunity, Air & Space law Professor Anna Masutti (University of Bologna) would be pleased to offer Read more…

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March 2022 Newsletter available

Our newsletter for February 2022 is now available.Highlights include: News and Announcements IISL Proceedings 2020 IISL President’s Statement on the Situation in Ukraine Space Law Workshop at Space Symposium Progress on McGill Encyclopedia of Space Law To read the newsletter, please visit here. If you have items for the newsletter, please contact the editorial team of the IISL. Did you get our newsletter last month? If not, sign up to keep in touch with the Read more…

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