session 3

Title: Africa: Space Law and Applications - Past, Present, and Future
Description: Africa is an emerging-space faring continent. This session addresses Africa’s past and current activities in remote sensing, telecommunications, launch, and GPS/GNSS and the law and regulations catalyzed by these activities. Particular activities that may be addressed in this session include remote sensing in Morocco and Nigeria; launches in Algeria, Kenya, and South Africa; and telecommunications continent-wide. This session will also look to the future and consider the role of space law in developing nations.
Date: 2011-10-05
Time: 10:00
Room: TS-12

IPC members

Chairman: Dr. Tare Brisibe, OnAir, Switzerland;
Chairman: Prof. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, University of Mississippi, United States;
Rapporteur: Ms. Lulu Makapela, CSIR – South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Space related data: from Justice to Development	15	confirmed	Dr. Annette Froehlich	European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)	Austria
2	The right to satellite remote sense data: impact of multilateral cooperation on international space law	15	confirmed	Mr. Phetole Sekhula		South Africa
3	A glance at the earth observation policies and regulations and impact on developing countries: focusing on the african continent	15	confirmed	Ms. Angeline Asangire Oprong	University of Bremen	Germany
4	The Direct Reception and Distribution of CBERS-3 Satellite Data to South Africa	15	withdrawn	Mr. Alvaro Fabricio Dos Santos	Advocacy General of the Union - AGU	Brazil
5	LEGAL REGIME OF REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM IN NIGERIA	15	confirmed	Mr. OLUSOJI NESTER JOHN	National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)	Nigeria
6	THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND SPACE ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE(S): A General Overview of Africa and South America	15	no-show	Dr. Sylvia Ospina	S. Ospina & Associates - Consultants	United States
7	Satellite Navigation and Location Based Services Training Course of African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E) Ile-Ife, Nigeria	15	confirmed	Dr. Oladosu Olakunle	African Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E)	Nigeria
8	Legal framework for South African Space Activities: an analysis of the Legal rules governing launching, operation of a satellite and applications by private actors.	15	confirmed	Ms. Lulekwa Makapela		South Africa
9	Review of the South African regulatory framework in the context of UN space legal norms	15	confirmed	Mr. Luthando S. Mkumatela		South Africa
10	SPACE-FARING STATES’ OBLIGATIONS TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS GUARDIAN OF “MANKIND” IN TERMS OF THE COMMON HERITAGE OF MANKIND PRINCIPLE	15	withdrawn	Prof.Dr. Nicolaas Marais		South Africa
11	Africa and the Progressive Development of International Space Law	15	withdrawn	Dr. Tare Brisibe	OnAir	Switzerland
12	Nigerian Lawyers Perspective on Space Law and Africa	15	confirmed	Ms. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty		Canada
13	Role of Space Law in the Developing Nations with Special Reference to India	15	withdrawn	Mr. Malay Adhikari	Jawaharlal Nehru University	India

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