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IAC-11 — 62nd International Astronautical Congress

E7. 54TH IISL COLLOQUIUM ON THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE

This Symposium organized by the INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SPACE LAW (IISL) addresses various aspects of the law of outer space and is structured in 5 sessions.

Coordinator

Corinne M. Jorgenson
Advancing Space — United States

Mark Sundahl
Cleveland State University — United States

E7.1. Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture on Space Law & 3rd Young Scholars Session

In the first part of this session, the IISL will invite a prominent speaker to address the members of the Institute and other congress attendants on a highly topical issue of broad interest. The second part of this session will be dedicated to the space lawyers of the future, in that young scholars (under 35 years old) are invited to present a paper on “Space Law – Future Challenges and Potential Solutions,” although other topics are also acceptable.

Chairman

Maurice N. Andem
— Finland

Tanja Masson-Zwaan
International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University — The Netherlands

Rapporteur: Diane Howard
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — United States

E7.2. Legal Issues of Commercial Human Spaceflight

The first sub-orbital spaceflights for tourists will soon take off and, possibly within a few years, such flights will be offered by various operators from a number of places around the globe. This session will deal with legal and regulatory issues of commercial spaceflight, both on an international and on a national level. Such issues include liability, certification and safety requirements, as well as issues related to the spaceflight services private operators may start offering to public customers.

Chairman

Frans G. Von der Dunk
University of Nebraska, College of Law — The Netherlands

Steven Freeland
Western Sydney University — Australia

Rapporteur: Michael Dodge
Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University — Canada

E7.3. Africa: Space Law and Applications - Past, Present, and Future

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.

Chairman

Tare Brisibe
OnAir — Switzerland

Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz
University of Mississippi — United States

Rapporteur: Lulu Makapela
CSIR – South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research — South Africa

E7.4. Environmental Aspects of Space Law and of Space Activities

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.

Chairman

Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd
Leuphana University — Germany

Martha Mejia-Kaiser
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — Germany

Rapporteur: Upasana Dasgupta
Universite Laval — Canada

E7.5. Recent Developments in Space Law

In this session, papers are invited to address legal aspects of the most recent developments in space activities that have taken place since the other session topics were determined, i.e. since March 2010 only. In addition, papers are invited to address two special issues: (1) the legal aspects of GNSS and (2) Articles 6 and 7 of the Outer Space Treaty.

Chairman

Lesley Jane Smith
Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus & Smith — Germany

Sang-Myon Rhee
Seoul National University — Korea, Republic of

Rapporteur: Angeline Asangire Oprong
University of Bremen — Germany

E7.6.-E3.5. 26th IAA/IISL Scientific-Legal Roundtable: Towards Space Debris Remediation (Invited Papers only)

Space debris mitigation has received a global recognition and regulatory framework through the 2007 Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of UNCOPUOS. The next step in securing a space environment, where the threat through space debris is limited to the greatest extent, is putting in place space debris remediation measures. Building on the results of an IAA study on this topic technical, policy and regulatory aspects will be investigated in this interdisciplinary roundtable composed of selected experts in the respective fields.

Chairman

Kai-Uwe Schrogl
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — France

Wendell Mendell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) — United States

Rapporteur: Nicola Rohner-Willsch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany

E7.7.-B3.8. Joint IAF/IISL Session on Policy and Law of Human Space Missions

This session hosts papers on topics related to the political and legal aspects of international collaboration in future human space missions and programmes such as the ISS lifetime extension, post ISS activities in LEO or Lunar Exploration. The session provides a forum to discuss the current regulatory framework and implementation of such programmes during their development and operation phases. In addition, papers may address the effects of extending the duration and partnership of the ISS programme, as well as the lessons learned from past collaborative programmes such as Interkosmos or the Shuttle-Spacelab.

Chairman

Cristian Bank
EUMETSAT — Germany

Lesley Jane Smith
Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus & Smith — Germany

Rapporteur: Luise Weber-Steinhaus
— Germany