session 4

Title: Environmental Aspects of Space Law and of Space Activities
Description: It is well known that the international legal order for space activities came into existence before international environmental law began to develop. Therefore, it is useful to take stock of existing international (space) law with regard to environmental protection for space as well as for space activities. Papers are invited that investigate the lex lata of environmental protection for space activities and make proposals de lege ferenda. Thereby, the interaction between space law and general international law should be taken into consideration.
Date: 2011-10-05
Time: 15:00
Room: TS-12

IPC members

Chairman: Dr. Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd, Leuphana University, Germany;
Chairman: Dr. Martha Mejia-Kaiser, International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Germany;
Rapporteur: Dr. Upasana Dasgupta, Universite Laval, Canada;

papers
Order	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	Applicability of Space Technical & Legal Systems for International/Regional Environment Preservation	15	withdrawn	Prof. Yasuaki Hashimoto	National Institute for Defense Studies	Japan
2	Connecting the principles of international environmental law to space activities	15	confirmed	Dr. Ulrike M. Bohlmann	ESA	France
3	The Role of COSPAR Guidelines in Interpreting Article IX OST	15	confirmed	Prof. Mahulena Hofmann	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg
4	Studies on Legal Regime on International Responsibility for Outer Space Environmental Damage	15	no-show	Prof. Li shouping	Beijing Institute of Technology	China
5	Whose Mess is it Anyway? Regulating the Environmental Consequences of Commercial Launch Activities	15	confirmed	Prof. Steven Freeland	University of Western Sydney	Australia
6	Does outer space have a right to be protected?	15	withdrawn	Ms. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty		Canada
7	Space debris as a ‘single item for discussion’	15	confirmed	Prof. Maureen Williams	Chair, ILA Space Law Committee, UK & UBA, Conicet, Buenos Aires	Argentina
8	China and space environment protection: an evaluation from an international legal perspective	15	withdrawn	Dr. Xiaodan Wu	China Central University of Finance and Economy	China
9	International environmental law implications for space operations	15	no-show	Mr. James Rendleman		United States
10	Some Issues on International Dispute Settlement of Space Debris	15	withdrawn	Prof. Haifeng Zhao	Harbin Institute of Technology	China
11	Is There Space for the UN? Perspectives of the UN Role in the Outer Space and Cyberspace Regimes with Regard to Sustainability	15	withdrawn	Prof. Larry Martinez	International Institute of Space Law (IISL)	United States

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