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IIASL signs Memorandum of Understanding with UNIDROITOn Friday 7 December 2019, the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL) of Leiden University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wi...
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Working Group hosted by IIASL adopts space resources provisionsOn 12 November 2019, the members of The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group adopted the Building Blocks for the Development o...
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IIASL alumni win awards at NLF galaOn 1 November 2019, the annual awards of the NLF (Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartfonds) were presented at a Gala Dinner at the Hotel van Oranje in No...
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IIASL alumna wins prestigious space law awardAt the International Astronautical Congress in Washington DC last week, IIASL alumna Thea Dethlefsen (Denmark/Norway) won the I.H.Ph. Diederiks-Versch...
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Does unmanned civil aviation have a place in current international legislation?It is projected that in ten years time, ten percent of global civil aviation operations will be unmanned. Are the current international aviation laws ...
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Minister presents first copy of book produced by Pablo Mendes de Leon and Niall BuissingThe Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Watermanagement Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has presented the first copy of the book ‘Behind and Beyond the Chica...
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Chinese delegation visits International Institute of Air and Space LawFrom 26 August until 5 September 2019, a group of 20 Chinese government officials, industry representatives and academics attended an intensive course...
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Tanja Masson: who owns the moon?The moon exerts a pull on us. The Americans won the space race and were first to land there. In the Universiteit van Nederland, space law expert Tanja...
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The last ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year in hindsightLast Thursday, the last ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year took place. In this successful and well-visited edition, Prof. Pablo Mendes de Leon an...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan in Scientific AmericanThis week an article was published in the American popular science magazine Scientific American on the uncertainty surrounding the extent to which ter...
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Last ILS Lunch Seminar before the summer break with Prof. Pablo Mendes de Leon and Albert van Marwijk KooyOn Thursday 27 June, the last festive ILS Lunch Seminar of this academic year takes place. This seminar will feature presentations from two distinguis...
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Leiden University wins best position paper at the 2019 Model ICAOThe 2019 Model ICAO took place from 21-24 May at the ICAO headquarters in Montreal.
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ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy 2019One of ECSL’s most successful activities is the ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy, which is open to students of all levels of study, as well ...
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Moot Court Air and Space Law in council chamber of Leiden Town HallOn 15 May the Space Law Moot Court Competition was held in the council chamber of Leiden Town Hall, organised by the International Institute of Air an...
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More and more waste in space: who’s going to clear up?
We are launching more and more satellites and space is filling up as a result. Currently around 100 million pieces of space debris are floating around...