session 7

Title

Recent Developments in Space Law – National and Regional Space Legislation

type

oral

Description

The increasing involvement of private actors in outer space has raised the need for States to enact national space legislation, which contributes to a growing body of national space law worldwide. Recent developments and updates involve interesting innovations. At the regional level, States are also active in developing regulatory frameworks to facilitate and improve cooperation between States and their nationals in the respective regions. In the European Union, recent developments in space law concern the project of an EU Space Act and the regulatory framework of the EU Space Programme, as well as other forms of cooperation with the European Space Agency. In other regions, cooperation between States with respect to space activities is also growing. Examples include the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization, the newly established African Space Agency, the Arab States in the Gulf Cooperation Council, the member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States with their dedicated convention on outer space cooperation, or the Latin American countries within their recently created Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Güneş Ünüvar, Moon Village Association (MVA), Luxembourg ;

• Co-Chair: Dr. Christina Giannopapa, European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), Czech Republic;

• Rapporteur: Ms. Theodora Liameti, University of Luxembourg, Greece;