August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... the Act. Any diplomatic attempts at seeking binding international standards would almost inevitably be undertaken within the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). Such negotiations take years of deliberations with...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
...of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). From 2014 to 2016, he served as Chair of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). Kai-Uwe Schrogl holds a doctorate degree in political...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
..., Astroscale is closely involved in various formal and ad-hoc industry groups as well as international organisations including: United Nations (UN) – Astroscale’s CEO addressed UNISPACE-50 attendees in Vienna, Austria, in June 2018, the first time...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
.... No military bases or weapons of mass destruction shall be put into orbit or anywhere beyond Earth So far the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) has adopted Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines as the first ...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... Space Treaty), adopted on 19 December 1966 and entered into force on 10 October 1967, Resolution 2222(XXI) of the United Nations General Assembly, Annex, International Legal Materials 1967, Vol. 6, 386-390. 2 The term Kessler Syndrome, named...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... of the infinite universe.” Asgardia is working to establish a legitimate, independent first space nation, which will be recognised by states on Earth and the United Nations. Whilst “facing towards space and its own future development”, Dr Ashurbeyli...
