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    Title

    Moon and Mars Settlement: Open Legal Issues

    type

    oral

    Description

    The future Moon and Mars settlements shall not take place in a lawless space. They will be framed by valid international law; this has, however, only general answers to numerous concrete questions. To discuss the question of application of international and national laws to the future settlements on celestial bodies, the session invites contributions on the issues of authorization of space activities, the collision of national legislations, the jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases, the extension of human rights to the persons on the celestial bodies, the ownership of objects created on celestial bodies, intellectual property, the protection of environment, space transport, as well as allocation of frequencies to the Lunar and Martian communication.

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Prof. Mahulena Hofmann, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg ;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Zhenjun Zhang, China Institute of Space Law, China;

    • Rapporteur: Mr. Federico Bergamasco, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg ;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    ‘For All Moonkind’ - Legal issues of human settlements on the Moon: jurisdiction, freedom and inclusiveness

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. Frans von der Dunk

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    The Netherlands

    2

    Legal issues surrounding human settlements on the moon and other celestial bodies

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. Sandeepa Bhat

    National University of Juridical Sciences

    India

    4

    The Lunar Registry: An Enhanced Registry of Space Objects and Activities

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Ruvimbo Samanga

    Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

    South Africa

    5

    Developing and Managing Moon and Mars Settlements in Accordance with International Space Law

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Antonino Salmeri

    University of Luxembourg

    Luxembourg

    6

    Civilizational Inheritance and Transcendence: Why should ancient laws have any influence on space settlement?

    confirmed

    Prof. Christopher Johnson

    Secure World Foundation

    United States

    7

    Property Rights and Sovereignty within the framework of the Common Heritage of Mankind Principle

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Arpit Gupta

    India

    8

    Back to the Future: Roman Law and Ownership of Objects Created on Celestial Bodies

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Gabrielle Leterre

    University of Luxembourg

    Luxembourg

    9

    ‘Jurisdiction and Control’ over Space Products in the Age of Moon and Mars Settlement: An Analysis from a Private Law Perspective

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. Fumiko Masuda

    Okayama University

    Japan

    11

    The extraterritorial application of human rights in outer space

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Jonathan Lim

    Jus Ad Astra

    Australia

    12

    The Forthcoming Collision of International Migration Law and International Space Law in the Settlement of Outer Space

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Andrew Butler

    University of Melbourne

    Australia

    13

    Outlaws of the Moon? Crime and punishment for a spacefaring civilisation

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. Christopher Newman

    Northumbria University

    United Kingdom

    14

    Colonies on the Moon (and/or Mars)? New Challenges for International and National Law

    10

    confirmed

    Prof. George (Georgios) D. Kyriakopoulos

    National and Kapodistrian University Of Athens

    Greece

    15

    Laws of Celestial Settlement: Opening a Two-Forked Legal Pandora-Box - Extension of National Law or an International All Inclusive Treaty

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Sethu Nandakumar Menon

    United Arab Emirates

    16

    Futures scenarios for local and international law applicable to the settlement of the Moon as the basis of a settlement strategy

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Anton Alberts

    South Africa

    18

    Compromise, Commonhold and the Common Heritage of Mankind

    10

    confirmed

    Ms. Chelsey Denney

    None

    United Kingdom

    20

    Legal Support for the Private Sector: An Implementation Agreement for the Moon Treaty

    10

    confirmed

    Mr. Dennis O'Brien

    Space Treaty Project

    United States

    21

    Space Settlements, Space Objects and the Concept of Territory in Outer Space

    10

    confirmed

    Dr. Thomas Cheney

    Open University

    United Kingdom