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    Title

    The Interaction between International Private Law and Space Law and its Impact on Commercial Space Activities

    type

    oral

    Description

    Many current day space activities are undertaken by private commercial entities. Indeed, Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty already contemplated that 'non-governmental entities' would carry out space activities, albeit with the responsibility for such activities remaining with States. As the range of private commercial space activities has rapidly expanded, and the 'industries' that many of them have created represent many billions of dollars, a variety of legal issues arise that require careful thought. Not only are the United Nations Space Law Treaties of relevance, but private law, either on a multilateral or bilateral basis, plays an important role in the regulation of such activities. This session invites contributions that discuss how private law impacts upon, and is influenced by the broader range of international space law rules. Reference may be made to the draft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters specific to Space Assets, prepared by a Unidroit Committee of governmental experts, due to be finalised at a diplomatic Conference to be held in Berlin from 27 February to 9 March 2012, or to the plethora of contractual, regulatory and national law rules that are relevant to the regulation of private space activities.

    Date

    2012-10-02

    Time

    15:15

    Room

    TS10 (Sala Sirius, Hall 3)

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Mr. Martin Stanford, Unidroit, Italy;

    • Chairman: Prof. Paul Larsen, Georgetown University Law Center, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Olga Stelmakh-Drescher, International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Germany;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    The Unidroit Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters specific to Space Assets

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Martin Stanford

    Unidroit

    Italy

    2

    Space Assets Protocol and Compliance with international and domestic law

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Sergio Marchisio

    Italian National Research Council (CNR)

    Italy

    3

    The Use of Security under the PFI/PPP Project and the Meaning of the Space Assets Protocol to the Cape Town Convention

    15'

    no-show

    Prof. SOUICHIROU KOZUKA

    Gakushuin University

    Japan

    4

    The Space Protocol to the Cape Town Convention and the UN Space Law Treaties

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Paul Larsen

    Georgetown University Law Center

    United States

    5

    The commercial implications of the draft space protocol of the Cape Town convention

    15'

    no-show

    Mr. Vittorio Colella Albino

    Telespazio

    Italy

    6

    Legal Issues in China's Ratification of the Space Protocol

    15'

    withdrawn

    Prof. Yun Zhao

    The University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong SAR, China

    7

    Last comments on the text of the Draft Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Space Assets

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Gabriella Catalano Sgrosso

    Sapienza University of Rome

    Italy

    8

    How the Rescue and Return Agreement Can Protect (and Harm) the Interests of a Creditor under the Cape Town Convention

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Mark Sundahl

    Cleveland State University

    United States

    9

    Collisions in space: perspectives on the law applicable to damage arising from space objects

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Lesley Jane Smith

    Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus & Smith

    Germany

    10

    Privatization of Space Law: Negotiating of Commercial and Benefit-Sharing Issues in the Utilization of Outer Space.

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Atip Latipulhayat

    Padjadjaran University

    Indonesia

    11

    Corporate Governance And The Commercialization of Space Transportation

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Masatoshi Nakano

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

    Japan

    12

    The launching State. An element of public internation al law or private international law?

    15'

    withdrawn

    Ms. Matxalen Sanchez Aranzamendi

    Belgium

    13

    Towards a new international space liability regime alongside the liability convention 1971

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Hamid Kazemi

    Iran

    14

    The choice of law in private spaceflight contracts under the chinese conflict rules

    15'

    withdrawn

    Dr. Guoyu Wang

    China

    15

    The Legal And Policy Considerations In Implementing The Space Assets Protocol: Lessons From the Aircraft Equipment Protocol In South Africa

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Phetole Sekhula

    South Africa