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    Title

    Refugees and the role of space communications/Status and Practice of Charter for Man-made Disasters

    type

    oral

    Description

    Outer Space Treaty principles of peaceful use of outer space in accordance with international law, international cooperation, and the environment of outer space. One of the central tasks of the international communications framework dating from the early days of radio communications has been to serve humanitarian purposes. This is clearly reflected in the ‘space benefits’ approach of the treaty. Currently, one of its major tasks is to support international refugees who rely on space communication, are also supported by diverse institutions using space communication and, in cases of distress, can be more easily saved by the means of space communication. The legal character and form of international networks supporting the refugees are varied: The UN, its specialised organizations like the ITU and the IMO, ESA, singular States, alongside numerous non-state actors are Parties to arrangements supporting the refugees. One of the - non-binding - bases of these activities is the 2016 Charter on Major Disasters and Migration initiated by ESA, following the 1999 Charter on Space and Major Disasters. This session analyses the legal framework of these initiatives focusing on their use by and on behalf of the refugees. It raises the question whether, and which of these regulations could serve as a model for future initiatives.

    Date

    2017-09-27

    Time

    09:45

    Room

    Meeting Room L2

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Dr. Ranjana Kaul, Dua Associates, India;

    • Co-Chair: Dr. Catherine Doldirina, International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Italy;

    • Rapporteur: Prof. Andrea Harrington, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    Seeing People: Using Satellites for the Benefit of All

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. PJ Blount

    University of Mississippi School of Law

    United States

    2

    Assessing Refugee Crises through the Lens of the Outer Space Treaty and Space Technologies

    15

    confirmed

    Prof. Michael Dodge

    University of North Dakota

    United States

    3

    Space Communications Supporting Refugees: Legal Aspects

    15

    confirmed

    Prof. Mahulena Hofmann

    University of Luxembourg

    Luxembourg

    4

    Copernicus Emergency Management Services: Legal Aspects of the Use of Satellite Images

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Sandra Cabrera Alvarado

    University of Luxembourg

    Luxembourg

    5

    Refugees in Distress: Protection of their Radiocommunication Signals against Harmful Interference

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Simona Spassova

    University of Luxembourg

    Luxembourg

    6

    Possibility of expanding the scope of application of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters to humanitarian crises

    15

    withdrawn

    Dr. Catherine Doldirina

    International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

    Italy

    7

    Satellites and Their Humanitarian Applications: Time to highlight their human aspects?

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Sylvia Ospina

    S. Ospina & Associates - Consultants

    United States

    8

    Remote Sensing and the New European General Data Protection Regulation

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Brendan Cohen

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

    United States