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    Title

    Legal Evidence from Outer Space

    Description

    Modern societies and their legal systems increasingly rely on technological tools and pieces of evidence to help the enforcement and application of domestic and international law. Space brings valuable and accurate information in the form of precise timing, satellite positioning, land mapping used for building permits, environmental control of pollution, management of maritime traffic and many other growing applications. Several courts and public enforcement officers have already used satellite data and derived information for decisions in many areas. International environmental agreements include space data as an objective mean to control treaty obligations. Papers will be invited to focus on the case law and on the legal solutions available for lawyers, governments and legislators to take benefit of available space technology at the service of jurisdictions.

    Date

    2012-10-03

    Time

    15:15

    Room

    TS10 (Sala Sirius, Hall 3)

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Dr. Marco Ferrazzani, European Space Agency (ESA), France;

    • Chairman: Mr. Ray Purdy, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom;

    • Rapporteur: Dr. Michael Chatzipanagiotis, Greece;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    Calibrating space data: sharpening tools for legal enforcement

    15'

    withdrawn

    Prof. Lesley Jane Smith

    Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus & Smith

    Germany

    2

    Evidence from space and its validity in legal proceedings: dispute settlement in light of the 2011 PCA Procedural Rules on Arbitration (2011)

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Maureen Williams

    Chair, ILA Space Law Committee, UK & UBA, Conicet, Buenos Aires

    Argentina

    3

    REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY AND MARITIME SECURITY: PRIVACY PROBLEMS AND LEGAL SOLUTIONS

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Carlo Golda

    Università degli Studi di Genova

    Italy

    4

    The use of data from Earth observation satellites in criminal proceedings: case study illegal oil discharges at sea

    15'

    confirmed

    Ms. Sarah Moens

    lawyer

    Belgium

    5

    The Use of Satellite Images for Prosecuting Persons and Companies that have Caused Deforestation in the Amazon Region

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Alvaro Fabricio Dos Santos

    Advocacy General of the Union - AGU

    Brazil

    6

    “The use of satellite data in the Italian judiciary police investigation to track illicit traffic and deposit of waste”

    15'

    confirmed

    Ms. Vanessa Passoni

    Università degli Studi di Padova

    Italy

    7

    Impact of satellite data used by high international courts like the ICJ (International Court of Justice) and ITLOS (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea)

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Annette Froehlich

    European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

    Austria

    8

    Legal evidence from Outer Space: an approach to Spanish jurisprudence

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Maria-del-Carmen Muñoz-Rodriguez

    University of Jaen

    Spain

    9

    Evidential value of space data, an Indian perspective

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Muhamed Mustaque

    India

    10

    Judicial Admissibility of Satellite Data/Evidence in Nigerian Courts

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. OLUSOJI NESTER JOHN

    National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)

    Nigeria

    11

    The use of satellite-derived Earth observation data as legal evidence in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean

    15'

    withdrawn

    Ms. Guergana Kermektchieva

    University of Paris XI

    France