October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
...strengthening, clarification and expansion of the core principles of international space law that are promulgated in the five UN space law treaties. In the space domain, it is not that law-making has completely come to a halt but it has significantly...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
...; Member of Faculty, London Institute of Space Policy and Law; Director, International Institute of Space Law; Member of the Space Law Committee, International Law Association; Member, European Centre of Space Law; Member of Management Board, MILAMOS...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
.... In general, ‘forum shopping’ behaviour may not be caused by differences in national space laws, as more important fields of law (such as corporate law and tax law) are a greater driver in the decision-making process of where to establish a company...
May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... editor of the quarterly German Journal of Air and Space Law, the series Studies in Air and Space Law, and a co-editor of the Cologne Commentary on Air and Space Law, a three-volume commentary on space law. He is a member of the International Academy...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... legal profession are concerned about what this means, as it is still a relatively new area of international humanitarian law. International space law, though not silent, says remarkably little about how we should use these images to ameliorate such...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
..., because it will require the continuous supervision of operators in the respective States. In fact, the International Institute of Space Law (IISL - see Panel) has produced a statement on exactly that topic, which addresses this imperative in a more...
