session 2

Title: The 40th Anniversary of the Rescue Agreement: Looking Ahead / Weaponisation of Outer Space in the light of Article 4 of the Outer Space Treaty, part A
type: oral
Description: The Rescue Agreement was drafted when the typical mission profile involved a single nation. Today’s mission profile involves multiple nations. Papers are invited to address the legal aspects of applying the Agreement to international cooperative mission profiles.
Date: 2008-09-30
Time: 15:00
Room: Alsh 1

IPC members

Chairman: Dr. Vladimir Kopal, West Bohemen University, Czech Republic;
Chairman: Prof. Sergio Marchisio, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
2	The Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space: some legal questions	presentation	Prof. Juan Manuel de Faraminan Gilbert	University of Jaen	Spain
3	Astronauts and Space Tourism: Redefining ‘Envoys of Mankind’	presentation	Mr. Sethu Nandakumar Menon	University of Paris XI	France
4	IAC-08-IISL.2 The Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts Today. Prof.Dr.Gennady P.Zhukov The Moscow People’s Friendship University, Russia. E-mail: g-zhukov@mtu-net.ru	presentation	Prof. Gennady Zhukov	People's Friendship University	Russian Federation
5	Looking ahead for the legal status of astronauts	presentation	Dr. Viviana Iavicoli	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)	Italy
6	bifurcation of spaceport regulation in the united states	presentation	Dr. Leslie I. Tennen	Law Offices of Sterns and Tennen	United States
7	GLOBALISATION AND PRIVATISATION OF THE SPACE LAUNCH SECTOR AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE RESCUE AGREEMENT	presentation	Mr. Ricky J. Lee	PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal	Australia
8	A New Indemnification Policy for Spacecraft that Rescue Astronauts In Need	presentation	Mr. Kevin Comer		United States
9	the rescue agreement and private space carriers	presentation	Ms. Zeldine Niamh O'Brien	Trinity College	Ireland
10	controlling ballistic missile defense and anti-satellite missiles: should we look elsewhere or rather amend art. iv ost?	presentation	Mr. Abhyudaya Agarwal		India
11	“space traffic management” for the prevention of weaponization of outer space	presentation	Prof. Setsuko Aoki	Keio University	Japan
12	verification mechanism in international space law	presentation	Dr. Yuri Takaya-Umehara	Kobe University	Japan
13	anti satellite missile testing- a challenge to article iv of the outer space treaty	presentation	Mr. Kiran Mohan	National University of Juridical Sciences	India
14	The Joinder of Telecommunications and Globalization	presentation	Prof. Carl Christol	University of Southern California	United States

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